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WITH A GENEALOGICAL RECORD FROM 1 193 TO 1902 



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CHARLES BURR TODD 

AUTHOR OF "LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOEL BARLOW," " STORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,' 

"STORY OF WASHINGTON," ETC. 



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Preface .... 

Preface to the Fourth Edition 

The Name .... 

Introduction 

The Burres of England . 

The Author's Researches in England 



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xiii 
xvi 
xix 
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PART I 

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL 



Jehue Burr . 
Jehue Burr, Jr. 
Major John Burr 
Judge Peter Burr 
Col. John Burr 
Col. Andrew Burr 
Rev. Aaron Burr 
Thaddeus Burr 
Col. Aaron Burr 
Theodosia Burr Alston 



Fairfield Branch . 
The Gould Family . 
Hartford Branch . 
Dorchester Branch 
New Jkrsey Branch 

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PART II 
GENEALOGY 



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PART I. 



HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 



i 






PREFACE. 



THERE are people in our time who treat the inquiries of the 
genealogist with indifference, and even with contempt. His 
researches seem to them a waste of time and energy. Interest in 
ancestors, love of family and kindred, those subtle questions of race, 
origin, even of life itself, which they involve, are quite beyond their com- 
prehension. They live only in the present, care nothing for the past and 
little for the future; for " he who cares not whence he cometh, cares not 
whither he goeth." 

When such persons are approached with questions of ancestry, they 
retire to their stronghold of apathy; and the querist learns, without diffi- 
culty, that whether their ancestors were vile or illustrious, virtuous or 
vicious, or whether, indeed, they ever had any, is to them a matter of 
supreme indifference. 

Now we think it can be shown that this state of feeling is an abnormal 
one, a perversion of the natural and kindly impulses of the heart, which 
lead us to regard our progenitors with respect and affection. Sometimes 
it is assumed; often it is caused by that lofty independence of character 
which disdains to admit that its eminence has been attained through the 
wealth or patronage of ancestors; but more generally it arises from the 
disgust and aversion caused by that foolish pride of lineage which refuses 
recognition to a man unless he can unfold a long and famous pedigree, 
and which claims honor and consideration from the mere accident of 
birth, without regard to character or attainments. This pride of lineage 
is, undoubtedly, one of the weakest and most foolish foibles of humanity; 
yet there is above and beyond it a veneration and love for ancestry that is 
commendable. Indeed, this forms one of the most pleasing traits of the 
race, and has obtained among all peoples and in all ages. We see it in 
that beautiful custom of the East, which makes an oath sworn by the 
tomb of ancestors forever sacred: in ^Eneas bearing his father from 
flaming Troy; in the thousand legends and poems of the classics; in the 
invention of the Jewish records, and their preservation so that the Saviour's 

vii 



VI 11 PREFACE. 

lineage could be traced through them to its source in Adam; in the stern 
Roman bearing with him in his migration the carved images of his 
fathers, and giving them the choicest places in his new home; and, lastly 
and more markedly, in its power to rouse a slumbering people, when 
every other resource has failed, and lead them up to new Thermopylae 
and Nasebys. 

This deep, underlying principle of humanity forms the basis of 
Genealogy, and gives strength and solidity to the structure. Again, one 
of the chief uses of the science is that it preserves pedigree; and pedigree 
has an intrinsic value in men, as well as in animals, whatever may be 
thought to the contrary by the unlearned and vulgar. It is a merit in 
itself, and it confers merit on its possessor. How often do we hear it 
said of a young man who is doing well: " It is to be expected; he comes 
of good stock " ; and of another, who is following evil courses: " You can 
expect nothing better; I have known his family for years; there is bad 
blood in him " ; and so experience and observation have wrought out the 
established truth that blood will tell, and that it is good policy to look 
askance at a man of evil ancestry. (There are, however, exceptions to 
this rule. Virtue is of perennial growth in the human soul, and may 
bloom even in the breast of the convict's son, while boys born to good 
families sometimes go astray — generally, however, from want of parental 
care and management, or from other extraneous causes, and not from any 
predisposition to evil.) 

Man's experience, then, has settled that the virtues as well as the vices 
of the fathers are transmitted to their children. Genealogy, by its re- 
searches in heredity and transmission, goes farther, and asserts that their 
traits and predilections, their acquisitions, mental and physical, their 
modes of thought and even of expression are transmitted also, and teaches 
that generations whom we thought long since dead still live in us, act in 
our actions, and think in our thoughts. Now, if these things are so — and 
their truth is established beyond cavil, — are not the votaries of the science 
justified in propounding a new axiom, that he is the real millionaire who 
inherits a virtuous ancestry; since he must receive with it a good name, 
good abilities, and sound judgment, and these in turn will confer on him 
a clear title to wealth, honest fame, and all the acquisitions and achieve- 
ments of the human mind. 

Genealogy preserves this blessing of ancestry to man. It also includes 
in its province the questions of heredity, transmission, and selection — 
questions which affect the origin and perpetuation of life itself. It be- 
comes a point, therefore, for modern society to determine, whether it is 
not worthy of a better fate than to be imprisoned in the pages of the 



PREFACE. IX 

Doomsday-Book or relegated to the monkish antiquary and the cob- 
webbed sanctum of the vital statistician. 

Of late there has been a marked revival of public interest in the labors 
of the genealogist. Publications devoted to his specialty have met with 
more generous support. Societies have been incorporated by legislatures 
for the better prosecution of genealogical inquiries, and in most States an 
accurate registration of the births, marriages, and deaths in each town- 
ship is provided for by law, so that at no distant day we may hope to see 
the restless, migratory spirit of the early days of the Republic succeeded 
by a better cultivation of home ties and sanctities, and of the humanizing 
virtues of filial respect and affection. 

After some years of labor, and many unavoidable delays, the " His- 
tory " is now offered to the family. That it has some deficiencies is not 
denied; it is hoped that it has also some merit; these will probably be 
discovered by the critically inclined, and need not be adverted to here. 
Few, however, who read the pages of the work will form any just idea of 
the labor and difficulty involved in its compilation; in tracing the scat- 
tered members of the family through all their wanderings for a period of 
nearly three centuries; in the labor of extensive correspondence, which 
alone would fill volumes; and the examination of town, parish, and State 
records, histories, ancient wills and deeds, tombstones of the dead, and 
other sources of information; and these labors too sometimes increased 
by the neglect or refusal to respond of those from whom information was 
sought. 

In constructing the genealogy, the compiler has visited most of the 
towns where the family early took root, and has personally examined the 
records pertaining to his subject; its accuracy, except in the few instances 
stated, maybe received without question; its statements are supported 
by either documentary or oral evidence; in completeness it is believed that 
ft will compare favorably with most family histories published; the earlier 
generations will be found complete, or nearly so — the later more frag- 
mentary — but for this the author should not be held responsible, since he 
was forced to depend upon the living for his data. But the record has 
been a much more than ordinarily difficult one to construct. The family 
is a pioneer one par excellence, and the insatiate sea and clamorous West 
alike absorbed great numbers of its members, all knowledge of whose 
fate was lost by their kindred at home, and of course to the family his- 
torian who sought to preserve it. The partial loss of the Fairfield 
records also added to the difficulty of tracing that branch of the family. 
The material for the biographies has been drawn mainly from old papers 
and records preserved in the State Library at Hartford, for free access 



PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. 



TWENTY-THREE years have passed since the " History of the 
Burr Family " was first issued. It was found after publication 
that some families had not been included at all, while others were 
very imperfectly represented. There were also errors, as was unavoid- 
able. Many requests came to the author for another edition accompanied 
with much additional data, and in 1879 a second edition was issued, the 
body of the work being reprinted from the old plates, and some twenty 
pages of data added in an appendix. 

In 1 89 1 a third and much larger and more complete edition was 
issued. That edition having become exhausted and there being a demand 
for a fourth, the present edition was undertaken. In this many omis- 
sions, especially in the early history of the different branches, have been 
supplied and some errors corrected. Much new biographical and histori- 
cal data lias also been added. That the book is still incomplete is due in 
part to the limitations of human effort, and in part to the neglect of some 
to respond to the author's requests for information. 

The author desires to acknowledge the kindness of all who have 
aided him in the work. His thanks are especially due to Messrs. Lucius 
P. Barbour, Robert P. Wakeman, Winthrop Perry, and Tunis Burr for 
corrections and additions in the early history of the Fairfield and Hart- 
ford Branches, and to Messrs. William O. Burr, Edwin Gould, Oliver G. 
Jennings, Theodore T. Jackson, and Miss Helen Gould for their gen- 
erous financial support and encouragement. 

New York, December 1, igor. 




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XII 






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THE NAME. 



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E may claim for our system of nomenclature the hoariest an- 
since it was instituted by the Creator himself when his 
crowning work stood complete before him, and was pronounced 
" very good." Curiously enough the first man was named from the sub- 
stance of which his body was formed — Adam — red earth, and quite 
naturally he in turn gave to his children names suggested by the sub- 
stances or objects sensible to his touch or vision; in this way, no doubt, 
arose the custom, almost universal in the East, of applying names which 
meant something; which signified some time, place, quality, or circum- 
stance connected with the individual's birth, or perhaps some incident in 
the life of his parents. 

It was the Romans, if we mistake not, who first dignified the individual 
by the application of two or more names — the prasnomen and the cogno- 
men, answering to our Christian or baptismal name, and surname — a 
custom which has become as universal as it is proper and necessary; and 
from them the various nations of Europe, coming under vassalage, no 
doubt derived the custom. Old English surnames arose in various ways, 
some in a manner admitting an easy explanation, while others have baffled 
the most learned and ingenious research. By far the largest number 
were derived from occupation, as Farmer, Fuller, Shepherd, Walker, 
Rider, etc. ; another large class from mental and physical peculiarities, 
as Short, Sharp, Quick, Keene, Long; and still another from natural 
and visible objects, as Wolfe, Hogg, Lyon, Hay, Rose, Reed, etc. This 
list might be extended indefinitely, and may be continued by the reader 
at his pleasure. 

Another very important and interesting class of names is of foreign 
origin, and was introduced at the time of the Norman invasion and con- 
quest. Camden (quoted by Lower, in his valuable work on " English 
Surnames ") observes on this point, that there is scarcely a village in Nor- 
mandy which has not surnamed some family in England, and in his list of 
families thus imported from Normandy, Bretagne, and the Netherlands, 









x iv THE NAME. 

places the name of Burr — anciently and properly written Beur. The 
name is one of locality, as a glance at any good map of the Nether- 
lands, in which the ancient spelling of places is retained, will show; it 
had formerly a much softer and smoother sound than at present, having 
been spelled Buer, and pronounced Bure — something like the modern 
French word Beurre (butter), — but the Anglo-Saxon, with his fondness 
for the harsher consonants, eliminated the e, and adding a final r, gave it 
to us in its present form, one of the shortest and crispest names in the 
language. From the foregoing it appears that the traditions which 
ascribe to the family a German origin are correct, although before taking 
root here, it was Anglicized by five centuries' contact with English soil 
and opinions, and imbibed much of the Englishman's love of fair play and 
sturdy defence of what he regards as his rights. The name is not com- 
mon in England, although sufficiently numerous to be respectable, and 
numbers among its members several families of the nobility. A brief 
account of some of these, gleaned by the author in his researches, is in- 
troduced here, not as bearing upon the subject, but as being of interest 
to the family. 

From Walford's ' County Families of the United Kingdom," we 
extract the following: 

" I >aniel Higford Davall Burr, eldest son of Lieut. General Daniel 
Burr, by his second wife Mary, daughter and heir of James Davis, Esq., 
<>f Chepston, Co. Monmouth, born in 1S11, married 1839 Anne Margaretta 
only dau. of the late Capt. Edward Scobell, R. N., and has issue. 

" Mr. Burr was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford, is a 
Magistrate for Co. Gloucester, and a J. P. and Q. L. for Berks and Co. 
Hereford. Lord of the manor of Aldermaston, and patron of two 
livings; he was M. P. for Hereford 1837-48. This family was formerly 
seated in Herefordshire, and Mr. Burr purchased Aldermaston from the 
( !ongreves in 1^47." 

The coat-of-arms of this family is thus described, in Burke's " Cyclo- 
paedia of Heraldry." 

" burr (as borne by the present David Higford Davall Burr, Esq., late 
M. P. for Hereford). 

' Ermine on a Mount Vert, issuing from park palings, with gate 
proper, a lion rampant, or, holding in dexter paw a scimetar all proper. 

" On a chief, indented sable, two lions rampant, argent, quartering 
among others. 

I 'avis, gule, on a bend ermine, a lion passant, sable. 



INTRODUCTION. 



XV11 



wealthy Quaker, and an associate of William Penn. This family settled 
largely in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, and much that the 
compiler has been able to glean concerning it will be found in the 
genealogy of the family in Part II. Mr. Savage found on the English 
shipping-lists the names of two other Burrs — emigrants to America, — viz., 
Matthew Burr, set. twenty-seven years, who embarked in the Primrose, 
Captain Douglas, at Gravesend, July 27, 1635, and Jeremy Burr, aet. 
twenty, who sailed in the Speedwell, Captain Chappell, for Virginia, May 
28, 1635, but no traces of them or of their descendants are found in this 
country. 

Concerning the interesting question as to the relationship existing be- 
tween the ancestors of the three Puritan branches, I have nothing except 
conjectures and suggestions to offer; not a scrap of evidence, nor a tra- 
dition even,* tending to prove or disprove the fact of such relation- 
ship, is known to be in existence. The author is of opinion, however, 
— from the similarity of personal appearance, physical structure, and 
mental traits apparent in their descendants, and the fact that the 
same traditions obtain and the same Christian names are of frequent 
recurrence among them, — that these persons were from the same or allied 
families. Corroborating this is the fact of their nearly simultaneous ap- 
pearance in America — although not coming in company, — as if one had 
been sent first to spy out the land, and then that his favorable report had 
induced the others in turn to seek their fortunes in the new land of 
promise. There are some points in connection with the history and 
development of the Fairfield branch which will prove of the greatest 
interest, not only to the genealogist, but to the student of heredity as 
well. This branch was exceeded by none of the old colonial families of 
New England, either in the influence which it exerted on public affairs, 
or in the quality and mettle of the men which it produced. Its founder 
may have been a scion of some noble house in England, but was more 
probably a well-to-do member of the middle class; but whatever his birth, 
we must concede to him possession of certain marked qualities, such as 
great energy, a superabundance of will power, and the talent of leader- 
ship — that subtle quality difficult to define, but which men readily 
recognize, and which renders its possessor a leader in society; and allowing 
him these qualities, it will be interesting to note how they were transmitted 
to and reproduced in his descendants. His son, Major John Burr, was 
an officer in the French and Indian wars, Assistant, i. e., Senator, or 
member of the Upper House, and Magistrate of the Colony. His three 

* Except the familiar one that three brothers emigrated from England and became 
the founders of the family here. 



XVI II 



INTRODUCTION. 



other sons were representatives and local magistrates of Fairfield. His 
grandson, Colonel John Burr, commanded a detachment in the expedi- 
tion to l'ort Royal against the French, and in the Albany expedition 
against the Indians. He was also an Assistant and Magistrate of the 
Colony. Nathaniel Burr, another grandson, was a lawyer of prominence. 
Samuel Burr, also a grandson, graduated at Harvard College, and was 
master of the famous Charlestown Grammar School for twelve years, or 
until his death. Another grandson, Peter Burr, also graduated at Plar- 
vard, was Chief-Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony, Assistant, 
and Magistrate; he was also elected Deputy-Governor by the Senate, but 
lost the position from the refusal of the Blouse to concur. 

The little town of Fairfield, on the shores of the Sound, with its strong 
families of Burrs, Golds, Wakemans, and Sillimans, then enjoyed that 
political dominance of the Colony which Hartford now exercises over 
the State, and as the former Deputy-Governor — Gold — had been a native 
of that town, the House, through jealousy, refused to elect his townsman, 
Mr. Burr, as his successor. Of the fourth generation, Colonel Andrew 
Burr, grandson of Major John, commanded the Connecticut regiment 
raised for the expedition against Louisburg, and shared in the hardships 
of the siege and the glory of the final victory. He was also Assistant and 
Magistrate and a lawyer of eminence. In the same generation we have 
Rev. Aaron Burr, a graduate of Yale College, and reckoned one of the 
best scholars and most finished orators of his day — the founder and first 
President of the present Princeton College. Lastly in the fifth genera- 
tion we note Col. Aaron Burr — mentally and physically at least, the most 
perfect \w\x\ America ever produced. But we must not dwell longer: we 
have only hinted at a train of thought which the reader may pursue at his 
leisure, and for which he will find abundant material in the records which 
follow. 

(The foregoing was written for the first edition. Since then the re- 
searches of Dr. Chauncey R. Burr in the mother country seem to have 
established a different origin for the name at least, and throw considerable 
light as to the localities from which the four founders of the family 
removed. Dr. Burr's chapter will be read with interest.) 



THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. 



AMONG the cases tried before the Assistants Court at Boston, July 
28, 1691, was one in which Capt. Jonathan Williams of Scituate 
was the plaintiff, and Peter Barnes, Simon Burr, and Joseph Joy, 
all of Hingham, the defendants. The suit was instituted to decide the 
ownership of " two mares and a foale." No doubt the question was of 
absorbing interest to those concerned, though it has ceased to be to the 
present generation. One incident of the suit, however, is of interest, and 
that is, that in the course of his testimony Simon Burr gave his age as 
seventy-four years. The year of his birth, therefore, must have been 
161 7. This effectually disposes of the idea that he could have been the 
son of Rev. Jonathan Burre, who was born in 1604. Nor could he have 
been his brother, for although Jonathan Burre had a brother Simon, as 
the parish registers of Redgrave show, he died an infant and was buried 
at Redgrave, March 25, 16 n. Simon Burr of Hingham, then, must 
be regarded as the original immigrant of the Hingham family. I am in- 
debted to Mr. Isaac Sprague, of Wellesley Hills, Mass., for the statement, 
that among some old papers he was once sorting, mention was made of a 
sale in 1645, of " a house and house lot," in Hingham, " next unto Simon 
Burr's." In 1647, he appears on the town records as a grantee of lands 
there. This date of his first appearance fixes the approximate time of his 
immigration, which was that of the second great Puritan influx into New 
England. 

The eastern counties of England — Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex — sup- 
plied the bulk of these immigrants. It is but natural, therefore, to look 
for Simon Burr's antecedents here. For in not a few instances have 
families been found living side by side in the New World, which for gen- 
erations had been neighbors in the Old World. Hingham was largely 
settled by Norfolk people, though there is nothing to indicate that Simon 
Burr was one of them. 

As far as my researches have gone, and they have been considerable 
during the past six years, I have been unable, with a single exception, to 

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XX THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. 

find any Burrs at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth 
centuries, living outside the counties named. The exception is the family 
of Michael Burr, of Chipping Wickombe, in the county of Berks, Kent, 
who made his will 19th June, 1613. But as I have been unable to trace 
him in either direction, I consider the evidence of his residence as of little 
value. East Anglia, then, is the region to be most thoroughly explored. 
Of the three counties, Norfolk supplies a fair number of Burres, as shown 
by the wills at Norwich. But they are a scattered lot and I have not been 
able to connect them well together. Suffolk has two registries — one at 
Ipswich, the other at Bury St. Edmunds. In the former there are no 
Burre wills of early date; in the latter but three, to wit: those of Thomas 
Burr of Elmsett, 1561; Elizabeth Burr of Whepsted, 1633; and William 
Burr of Wetheringest, 1635. In each case the years searched were 1550- 
1640. The family, therefore, is not of Suffolk origin. The case is dif- 
ferent, however, when we come to Essex. The Court of Brobate here is 
that of the Archdeacon for Middlesex, Essex, and Hertfordshire, and the 
place of deposit, Somerset House, London. There are also a good many 
Essex wills on file in the Brerogative Court of Canterbury, preserved also 
at Somerset House. Nor must I forget the Commissary and the Consis- 
tory Court of London, at the same place. The whole method of research 
now in vogue is very cumbersome, and not a little irksome pecuniarily. It 
is forbidden to copy the smallest item of the will itself without paying for it. 

Of the Essex family, the branch which centres in and about Canfield 
furnishes the only example of the use of the Christian name, Simon. 
There are four of them here. It will be well, therefore, to limit our 
inquiries, at present, to this family and its connections. In the latter 
part of the sixteenth century there were living at Great Canfield three 
families of the name of Burre, viz.: those of Richard Burre, William 
Burre, and Robert Burre. Richard Burre, "the elder," as he is styled 
in his will, was living in 1562, when this was made, and dead in 1569, 
when it was probated. His children were Symonde, Richard, George, 
Henry, Joane, and Alice. Of these, Symonde Burre was married at 
Great Canfield in 1552. Richard Burre was buried there in 1610. The 
others I have no record of. 

Symonde Burre left issue: 

1. Rich. Burre, son and heir, bapt. 1553 (the first of his name in the 
"Book of Baptisms "), named as godson in his gr. father's will; m. Joane 
and left issue. 

2. Joane, bapt. 1555. 

3. Symonde Burre, bapt. 1557; m. Joane; will prob. 18 Dec, 1598, 
wherein he is called " Symonde Burre the younger "; left issue. 



THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. XXI 

4. John Burre, bapt. 1558; named as godson in gr.father's will. 

5. Anne, bapt. 1562. 

6. Johan, bapt. 1564, m. Thos. , 1580. 

7. William Burre of Little Canfield, yeoman, 1618. Freeholder in 
Dunmow Magna, 1633. Justice of the Peace, 1633; bapt. at Great Can- 
field, 1567. Issue. 

8. Henry Burre, bapt. 1569. 

Rich. Burre, son and heir of Symonde Burre, left issue: 

1. Rich. Burre, son and heir, bapt. at Great Canfield, 1581. Will 
d. at Great Dunmow, 7 May, 1626, wherein he names his brother Simon, 
and his " well beloved cusen, Mr. James Millbourn of Little Canfield, 
Gent." 

2. John Burre, bapt. 1583. 

3. Symond Burre, bapt. 15S5 (being the last entry of the name in 
the "Book of Baptisms"); living in 1626. 

Symonde Burre, the 2d son of Symonde Burre, left issue: 

I. Henry Burre, son and heir, liv. in 1598. 

William Burre, the 4th son of Symonde Burre, left issue: 

I. Anne, m. at St. Dlonis, Backchurch., London, 28 April, 1618, 
James Milbourne, of Dunmow, in the Co. of Essex, Gent. 

Of the second family, William Burre was married at Great Canfield, 
1559, and buried there 1599. Issue: 

1. William Burre, bapt. at Great Canfield, 1559. 

2. Symonde Burre, bapt. 1561. 

3. A daughter (name undecipherable), bapt. 1565. 

4. James Burre, bapt. 1569. 

5. Robert Burre, bapt. 1572. 

I have been unable to trace any of these. Of the third family, Robert 
Burre of Great Canfield was dead in 1570, when his will was probated, 
wife Elizabeth being executrix. Issue: 

1. Margery, bapt. at Great Canfield, 1562; m. there, 1584, Peter 
Show. 

2. Johan, bapt. 1565. 

3. William Burre, bapt. 1568; Fob. inf. 

4. Brydget, bapt. 1570. 

5. John Burre, son and heir, named in father's will. 
These, also, I cannot trace. 

Of the family to which the Reverend Jonathan Burre belonged, I have 
the following memoranda: 

John Burre and Mary Fowle were married at Redgrave, Suffolk, on 
the istof April, 1593. Issue: 



xx ii THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. 

1. John Burre, son and heir, bapt. at Redgrave 23 June, 1594. 

2. Sarah, bur. at Redgrave, 29 Sept., 1597. 

3. Joseph Burre, bapt. 20 Jan., 1598. 

4. Mary, bapt. 28 Sept., 1600; m. there 13 Nov., 1626, Robt. 
Lynberd. Survived her husband, and bur. 5 July, 1643. 

5. Sara, bapt. 28 Nov., 1602. 

6. Jonathan Burre, Esqr., clerk, M. A. Cantab., Rector of Rick- 
inghall Superior. Suff., and later colleague of Rich. Mather, Esq., M. A. 
Cantab., clerk; Minister to the First Church at Dorchester in the Colony 
of the Massachusetts Bay; bapt. at Redgrave 12 April, 1604; d. at Dor- 
chester, 9 Aug., 1 641. Issue. 

7. Rebecca, bapt. 13 Aug., 1606, as " Rebecca Bures." Emigrated 
to X. E. with her bro. Jonathan, and admitted to the church at Dorches- 
ter 10 Dec, 1639. 

8. Simon Burre, bapt. 25 March, 161 1; bur. there, 161 1, as 
" Simond Burre, the son of John Burr." 

John Burre, the father, was bur. there 1st Sept., 1624. 

There is one other entry in the Redgrave registers, which may prove 

of value in unravelling this family skein. It is that of the marriage of 

Henry Burre to Anna Fisher on the 3d of June, 1600. The Redgrave 

registers go back to 1538, and yet the first Burre entry is in 1594. 

Clearly, then, the family of Burre is not of Redgrave origin. John Burre 

must have come to Redgrave a stranger, and so also Henry Burre. It 

may be assumed, with a fair degree of probability, that they were either 

Norfolk or Essex men, and in choosing between, these several scattered 

bits of evidence are of value. In the foregoing record, the name ' ' Simon ' 

is spelled with a " d " — " Symonde " or " Simond." The infant son of 

John Burre, of Redgrave, bapt. as " Simon Burre," is buried as " Simond 

Burre." Even Simon Burr of Rehoboth, son and heir of Simon Burr of 

Hingham, is referred to in the bond of execution on his estate as " Mr. 

Symond Burr." Little value as ancient orthography usually has, I think 

that in this case the " d " was held on to for a purpose, and that was to 

emphasize the fact that Simond was to be regarded as a surname and not 

as a Christian name. For in the generation immediately preceding that 

of Richard, William, and Robert Burre of Creat Canfield, mentioned 

above, a William Burre of Essex is found marrying Katherine, dau. and 

coheir of Thos. Staunton, and coheir to her mother, sole dau. and heir to 

John Fitz-Simond, of an old Essex family. Nothing would be more 

natural than that the Simond name, ending as it did in an heiress, should 

be perpetuated among her children. The same name occurring in the 

Redgrave family suggests a like origin, and in the Canfield family the 



THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. xxiil 

brothers, John and Henry Burre, sons of Symonde Burre, may well have 

been the same who appeared on the scene at Redgrave in the years 1593 

and 1600, respectively, particularly so since they disappear from Canfield. 

Among the records at Hingham, Mass., are the following entries: 

" Esther Burr dyed ye 20, to mo. 1645. 

Hen. Burr dyed ye 14, 12 mo. 1646. 

Rose Burr dyed ye 24, 4 mo. 1647." 

And in Peter Hobart's record: 

" 1644. — Esther Burr dyed Nov. 25. 
1645-6. — Henry Burr dyed Februar 9. 
1647. — Simon Burr's wife dyed July 23." 

From these it appears that Rose Burr was Simon Burr's wife. Who 
the Henry and Esther Burr were, can only be surmised. But of this I 
feel assured, they were not his children, for had they been, their parent- 
age would have been recorded along with that of their burial, as they 
could not have been more than seven or eight years of age. The alter- 
native is that they were original immigrants, contemporaneous with Simon 
Burr and probably nearly related. I venture a guess that all three were 
children of Henry Burre by his wife Anna Fisher, of Redgrave, and that 
their thoughts were turned to the New World by the emigration of their 
first cousins, Rev. Jonathan Burre of Dorchester and his sister Rebecca. 
The late Solomon Lincoln of Hingham went so far as to assert that Simon 
Burr migrated thither from Dorchester, which would lend color to this 
belief. If he had his authority, I have not been able to discover it. One 
link remains in this chain of circumstantial evidence. It is that of the 
repeated use by Simon Burr of Rehoboth, eldest son of Simon Burr of 
Hingham, of an heraldic lion on his seal. It first appears on the bond of 
administration on his father's estate, 1692 (Suffolk Co. Prob. Office at 
Boston), and is a lion rampant. The second instance is on his own will, 
dat. 14 Dec, 172 1 (Bristol Co. Prob. Office at Taunton), and is a lion 
passant, standing on a wreath, the whole device being evidently intended 
as a crest. The fact that twenty-nine years intervene between the sepa- 
rate appearances of this lion militates very strongly against the chances of 
its being a mere coincidence. The lion evidently had some association 
in Simon Burr's mind, whether of the rampant or passant variety. And, 
as we shall see later, the only lion rampant or passant borne by any Burre 
family of England was confined to the Essex branch and is blazoned 
as: 

Ermine, on a chief, indented sable, two lions rampant, or. 

Mention has been made of a William Burre, who some time in the 



XX iv THE BURKES OF ENGLAND. 

latter part of the fifteenth century married an heiress of the Staunton and 
Fitz-Simond families. This William had a nephew, Stephen Burr of 
Barking, Essex, who made his will 26 July, 1496. In it he describes 
himself as Stephen Burr, of Berking, in the Co. of Essex, yeoman. He 
commends his soul to Almighty God, Our Lady Saint Mary, and all the 
Holy Company of Heaven; his body to be buried in the parish church 
of St. Margaret's, Berking, before the Rood. He leaves bequests to the 
Prioress of Berking Abbey and several of the clergy, for neglected tithes 
and contributions; 'mentions his sister Alice, also Alice, dau. of his bro. 
William, deceased; the bulk of his property, lands, tenements, and rents, 
including a farm called " Bures in Pilgrims Hatch," is bequeathed to 
Thomas Burr, with instructions to care for " my dearly beloved father 
John Burre and my mother Agnes Burre." Possession to be given after 
two years, during which time " my well beloved wife Alice Burr " is to 
enjoy the income. Should Thomas Burr's male issue fail, succession 
to be given to that of bro. Rich. Burr; should this fail, to the male issue 
of sister Alice; this failing, to the discretion of his feofee. Dau. -in-law 
Margaret Clark named, and a Priest directed to sing for the repose of his 
soul during the space of two years. The will is prob. 26 Dec, 1496. 
There is one feature of this will which is of great interest. It is the refer- 
ence to a farm lying in the parish of Wells and village of Pilgrim's Hatch 
called "Bures," " Bures Place," or " Bures Farm," I presume it would 
have been called. 

Thos. Burr's descendants married well and became one of the County 
Families of England. As such they were interviewed by the Heralds on 
their periodical visitations. The earliest of these to which I have had 
access is that of Thos. Hawley for Essex, made in the 6th year of King 
Edward the Sixth (1552). In it the arms of Bure of Barkinge are given as: 

Ermine, on a chief, indented sable, two lions rampant, or. 
The Herald in his own hand makes the following note: 

" Vide Bures of Acton, Suffolk." 

These same arms occur over and over again in following visitations, till 
finally, in the year 1633, the visitant of London again relieves his mind, 
apropos of his call on Master Humphrey Burre of London, Merchant. 
' This is the Amies of Bures but Mr. Burr sheweth an ould scocheon 
carved in Wood and painted in Cullers nere an hundred yeares ould and 
saith hee had it from his Anncestors out of Somersetshire and that they 
did beare it." 

Humphrey Burre traced his descent back into Essex by way of 
Somerset. 



THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. XXV 

Bures was the name of an ancient and honorable family seated for 
many generations at Acton Hall in Suffolk, and Foxearth in Essex, their 
original starting-point appearing to have been the village of Bures, St. 
Mary's, Suffolk, which also gave the family its name. It is not a little 
interesting to be able to trace a name back to its source, and, I may add, 
not a little rare. In this case, however, there can be no doubt but what 
it has been done. The reference by Stephen Burr to his farm called 
" Bures, " the use by his descendants of the Bures arms (ermine, on a chief, 
indented sable, two lions rampant, or), and also the same usage in the an- 
cestry of Humphrey Burre, all point unerringly to a common Bures origin. 
And finally, as if to place the matter beyond all manner of doubt, the 
daughter of Robt. Bures of Brokehall, Foxearth, is bapt. in 1552 as 
"Jane Buer, ye daughter of Robt. Bures, Gent," while, by a curious 
reversion to the original name, the sister of Rev. Jonathan Burre is bapt. 
at Redgrave, in 1606, as " Rebecca Bures filia Johanis Bur." The 
genesis of the name is, then: 

Bures, Bure, Burre, Burr. 

The precise point at which the departure from the main stem occurs I 
am unable, at present, to state, nor is it of vital importance. But it may 
have been in the person of John Bures, who, in 1382, witnessed a deed 
of Thos. Sampson of Kersey, Suffolk, as well as in any other. This John 
was the son of Andrew de Bures of Acton, 2d son of Sir Andrew de 
Bures of Acton Hall, and Lord of the manor of Foxearth, Knt. (by his 
wife Alice, dau. and heir of Sir John de Reydon, of Overbury Hall, 
Leyham, Suffolk, Knt.). He had brothers, Andrew de Bures of 
Brompton's Manor, Essex, Esqr., where he held court in 1402, and Robt. 
de Bures of Waldingfield, Suff., in 1399. His sister Margaret m. William 
Sampson, and possessed a holding in Reydon, Suff., derived probably 
from her grandmother. 

Andrew de Bures, 2d son of Sir Andrew de Bures of Acton Hall, m. 
istly, Alice Spencer, by whom he left issue, and 2dly, Cecily, dau. and 
heir of Wm. Chamberlain of Radwintre Hall, Essex, who predeceased 
her husband in 135 1, without issue. He d. in 1376. 

Sir Robt. de Bures of Acton Hall, Knt., son and heir of Sir Andrew 
de Bures of Acton Hall, enjoyed possession but little over a year, dying 
Oct. 7, 136 1, and being buried in the parish church of All Saints, Acton. 
He m. Joan, dau. and heir of Sir Rich, de Sutton, who survived her 
husband and m. 2dly, Rich, de Walgrave. Their sole issue was Alice, 
dau. and heir, who m. the Hon. Sir Guy de Bryan, Jr., Knt., eldest son 
of Admiral, Lord Bryan, Knight of the Garter, Lord Keeper of the Great 



xxvi THE BUR RES OF ENGLAND. 

Seal, Ambassador to the Pope, etc. She survived her husband and 
entered a convent, dying on the 7th March, 1435, and buried in the family 
chapel at Acton. Issue: two daus. , the Ladies Elizabeth and Philippa. 
The former of whom m. Sir. Robt Lovell, and so became the ancestress, 
through her dau. Maud, of the Earls of Arundell and Wiltshire; the 
latter m. istly, Sir John Devereux, and 2dly, Sir Henry le Scrope, Lord 
Scrope, of Masham, and d. s. p. 1406. The Bures inheritance went off 
in the line of Maud, to be returned after many years to the male issue of 
Andrew de Bures of Acton. 

Sir Andrew de Bures of Acton Hall, who m. Alice, dau. and heir of 
Sir John de Reydon, was the 2d son of Sir Robt. de Bures of Acton Hall, 
Knt., by his wife Alice, who d. 1302. The manors of Acton and Tale- 
maches were secured to him and his issue, male, in 1312 and 1314 respec- 
tively, by the sons of his step-mother Hillary, dau. of Sir John Fermor of 
Foxearth Hall, Knt., by her former husbands, Hugh Talemache of Bently 
and John de Hodeboville. He d. on the 12th April, 1360, and was bur. 
in the chancel of the church at Acton. There were formerly brasses here 
both to his memory and that of his son, Sir Robt., who d. in 1361. We 
have it on Weever's authority that they read: 

' Hie jacet Andreas de Bures et Robertus de Bures, films ejus dem 
Andrei Milites, qui Andreas obiit 12 die Aprilis Anno Domini 1360, et 
dictus Robertus obiit 7 die menso Octob. Ann. Dom. 1361, Quorum 
animabus propitietur Deus." 

Nor have we far to seek to learn what became of them, for in the 
Journal of William Dowsing, Parliamentary Visitor, appointed in 1643 
to demolish superstitious pictures and ornaments in the Suffolk churches, 
occurs the following note: 

" Bures, 23 Feb., 1644. 

' We brake down above 600 Superstitious Pictures. 8 Holy Ghosts, 
3 of God the Father and 3 of the Son. we took up 5 Inscriptions of 
' quorum animabis propitietur Deus,' one ' pray for the soul ' and super- 
stitions in the windows and some divers of the Apostles." 

Sir Andrew de Bures, the son of Sir Robt. de Bures, had brothers — 
John, Michael, and William. John de Bures, the eldest son, was of Bow- 
thorp Manor, in Norfolk, 1360, which he held in capitc. : Together with 
others he also appears at Acton, in 13 17, as seized of a tenement there. 
Wife's name Alice. 

Michael de Bures, 3d son, was of Bromehall, Essex, in 1349, and 
dead before 1373; m. Mary, dau. and coh. of Sir John de Whelnetham, 
Knt. Also dead before 1373. Issue: 



THE BURRES OF ENGLAND. xxvii 

William de Bures, 4th son, was a Priest and clerical incumbent at 
Wickhambroke, Suff. 

Sir Robt. de Bures, the father, of Acton Hall, Knight Templar of 
Jerusalem, was a noted man in his day. He was the son of Nicholas de 
Bures, the holder of certain lands in Magna Bures, Suff., in 1272, and a 
Juror for Balbergh Hundred, Suff., in 1275. In 1310 he proffers the 
service of one fourth part of a knight's fee, together with his bro., James 
de Bures. He was in the field under Edward II., when he was appointed 
Royal Commissioner for Suffolk to raise foot forces therein, 1316. The 
same year he certifies to being Lord of the Township of Acton, and is 
appointed Conservator of the Peace for Co. Suffolk. In 1324 he was re- 
turned by the Sheriff of Suffolk as being one of those summoned by 
general proclamation to attend a great council to be holden at Westmin- 
ster the Wednesday next following Ascension Day of that year. If I 
mistake not, this council was convened by the Barons to take steps toward 
deposing Edward II., which event actually occurred in 1327. He was 
twice married, istly to Alice, by whom he left issue, as above, and 2dly 
to Hillary, dau. of Sir John Fermor, as already mentioned, and by whom 
were no issue. He died in 133 c, and was buried in the family chapel at 
Acton. There is a magnificent brass here to his memory, representing 
him in full armor, the rampant lions on his shield, and with crossed legs, 
the mark of the Crusader. The brass is considered by archaeologists as 
the most perfect and splendid specimen of its date in all England. 

In the same chapel are also brasses to the memory of Alice de Bryan, 
d. 1435, tne widow of Hon. Sir Guy de Bryan, Jr.. and dau. of Sir Robt. 
de Bures of Acton Hall, who d. in 1361. She is represented in a nun's 
habit, standing under a double-pinnacled canopy, which bears the arms 
of: (1) Bryan; (2) Bryan impaling Bures; (3) Bures; (4) Bryan impaling 
Bures. The remaining brass commemorates Henry Bures of Acton Hall, 
Esqr., who d. 6 July, 152S, and represents a bare-headed figure in armor 
reclining upon his helmet. Arms: Bures impaling Waldgrave and Drury. 

Sir Robt. de Bures, Knight Templar of Jerusalem, had a bro., James 
de Bures, already alluded to, and a sister, Matilda, who m. Sir John de 
Peyton, of Boxford, Suff., Knt., and was bur. in the parish church at 
Boxford, where her arms impale those of her husband. 

Nicholas de Bures, father of the above, had brothers, Richard, Andrew, 
and John. Richard de Bures, called " son of Robt. de Bures," in the 
following deed of gift, gave to the Monastery of Stoke, near Clare, Essex, 
a rental in Bures. Andrew de Bures of Foxearth Hall, Essex, d. before 
1337. In 1286 his manor, with all the rights thereunto appertaining, 
together with the advowson of the church there, was deeded to him by 



XXVI ll THE BURKES OF ENGLAND. 

Sir Walter Fitz-Humphrey, of Pentlow. John de Bures of Ayley, 
Somersetshire, where, in 13 18, he held Free Warren, as also in Bures, 
St. Mary's, d. in 1381, leaving issue. 

These four brothers, Nicholas, Richard, Andrew, and John, were sons 
of a certain Robt. de Bures, named as the brother of Walter de Bures, in 
a deed of the latter to the Monastery of Stoke, of lands situated in Bures. 
This Walter de Bures, in the same instrument, is described as " the son 
of William, the son of Baldwin de Bures." William, the father, had a 
brother, Galfred de Bures, described in a deed of gift to the Monastery 
of Stokes of a tenement in Bures, St. Mary's, as " Galfred the son of Bald- 
win de Bures." Finally, at the head of the line lost in the mists of 
medievalism, stands Baldwin de Bures, of Suffolk, who was living in 1193. 

I append a tentative pedigree of the English family, which will serve 
to elucidate the foregoing account. 



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THE AUTHOR'S RESEARCHES IN ENGLAND. 



THE writer visited England in March, 1S95, with the hope of dis- 
covering the birthplace there of Jehu and Benjamin Burr, as well 
as of Henry Burr, founder of the New Jersey Branch. Being 
informed by Dr. Chauncey R. Burr that he had exhausted the other 
sources of genealogical information, I turned my attention to the vast 
store of authorities in the British Museum, such as town, county, and 
family histories, printed parish registers, and an immense collection of 
MS. pedigrees and family collections, with originals and copies of the 
Heralds' Visitations, shipping lists of emigrants sailing to America, etc. 

Having a letter of introduction from Sir Walter Besant I was given 
every facility for research, but although I spent many days in the alcoves, 
my labor was utterly barren of result. Not a Jehu or a Benjamin that 
would come within the prescribed period of birth rewarded my search. 
Previously, on the advice of Dr. Burr and of English friends, I had had 
printed several hundred circulars offering five pounds reward — two 
pounds for a certified copy of the baptismal entry of Jehu Burr (also 
spelled Beur — Burre), the same also for that of Benjamin Burr, and one 
pound for that of Henry Burr. This circular was sent to the rector of 
every parish in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex Counties with a request that 
if there was more than one church in his parish the rector would pass it 
on to his vicar, and ask the latter to hand it to his curate. These circu- 
lars as I have said were widely distributed. It is morally certain that 
every clergyman receiving one made a search of his parish registers but 
this, too, failed to give us the birthplace of anyone of the founders of the 
three branches. 

My own opinion is that the two were born in Holland to some of the 
refugees for conscience' sake there, or perhaps to some Nonconformist 
family in England, in which case the baptism would not be recorded on 
the parish register. 

Mr. Tunis Burr, whose researches entitle, him to credit, thinks they 
were born in or near Fairfield, Kent, pointing out that the first settlers 
often named their towns in the New World from those they had left in 
the Old, and also that many of the families who settled Fairfield had 
been long seated in or near Fairfield in Kent. 



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THE BURR FAMILY. 

PART I.— HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 



FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 



JEHUE BURR. 

WITH Winthrop's fleet, early in 1630, came to the New World one 
whose descendants were "destined to play a not unimportant 
part in the affairs of the coming nation. His name was Jehue 
Burr. He was the first of his race in America, so far as we have any 
record, and soon after his arrival settled in Roxbury, Mass. He was 
admitted a freeman in 1632. In 1635 both himself and wife appear as 
members of the church in Roxbury. About the same time he received 
his first appointment in the colony as overseer of roads and bridges be- 
tween Boston and Roxbury. At a General Court of the Massachusetts 
Bay Colony, held at Boston, Aug. 6, 1635, "Mr. Tresur " (Treasurer, 
an official title) Jehue Burre and John Johnson were appointed a com- 
mittee for " Rocksbury " and a like number of men for Boston " in the 
making of a cart-bridge over Muddy River, and over Stony River at the 
charge of Boston and Rocksbury." 

His name also appears in the records of a General Court held at New- 
town, March 1, 1635, as follows: " The difference betwixt Mr. Dumer 
and Jehue Burre, aboute Mr. Burner's swine spoyling his corne, is by 
their consent referred to the final determination of Wm. Parke, Goodman 
Potter, and Goodman Porter." 

No further mention is made of him in the Massachusetts Records. 

He did not, however, long remain a resident of Roxbury. There, 

1 



2 THE BURR FAMILY. 

opportunities for rising in the world were far too limited to suit one of 
his enterprising turn, and, in company with several other aspiring spirits, 
he early determined on a farther emigration. The settlers had often 
heard from the friendly Indians of the rich valley lands of the Connecti- 
cut, several days' journey west, and early in the spring of 1636, Wm. 
Pynchon, Jehue Burr, and six other young men, " of good spirits and 
sound bodies," with their families and effects, set out on a journey 
through the wilderness to this land of promise. The women and children 
performed the journey on horseback, the men on foot. They followed a 
blazed path through the forest that led them over wooded heights, 
through romantic glades, and across foaming torrents; now skirting the 
shores of an ancient lake, where the beaver reigned undisturbed by man, 
and again following the westward current of a placid river, until at last 
they issued from the forest, upon the banks of the Connecticut. Here 
they built their village, which they called Agawam, and which in our day 
has expanded into the flourishing city of Springfield. The following 
documents concerning the early history of Springfield, furnished the New 
England Historical and Genealogical Register by Mr. Stearns of Spring- 
field, will be interesting to the descendants of Jehue Burr. The first is 
a copy of the deed given by the Indians of Agawam to Wm. Pynchon, 
Jehue Burr, and Henry Smith, dated, " Agaam, alias Agawam. This 
fifteenth day of June, 1636, 

' It is agreed between Commuck and Metaneham, ancient Indians of 
Agaam, for and in the name of all the other Indians, and in particular 
for and in ye name of Cuttomas, the right owner of Agaam and Quana, 
and in the name of his mother, Kewenesek, the Tameshan, or wife of 
Wenarois, and Wianum the wife of Coa: To and with William Pynchon, 
Henry Smith, and Jehue Burr, their heirs and associates, for to truck and 
sell all that ground and muck of quittag, or meadow accompsick, viz.: 
on the other side of Quana, and all the ground and muckeos quittag on 
the side of Agaam, except cotteniackees, or ground that is now planted, 
for ten fathom of wampum, ten coats, ten hoes, ten hatchets, and ten 
knives; and also the sd. ancient Indians with the consent of the rest, 
and in particular with the consent of Menis, Westherme, and Itapometi- 
nan, do trucke and sel to William Pynchon, Henry Smith, Jehue Burr, 
and their associates, for all that ground on the east side of Quinnecticut 
River, called Usquanok, and Mayasset, reaching about four or five miles 
in length, from the North end of Massacksicke, up to Chicopee River, 
for four fathoms Wampum, four coats, four hoes, four hatchets, four 
knives. Also the sd. ancient Indians do with the consent of the other 
Indians, and in particular of Machetuhood, Wemapawem, and Mohe- 






JEHUE BURR. 3 

meres trucke and sell the ground and mucke of quittag, and grounds 
adjoining called Massacksicke, for four fathom of Wampum, four coats, 
four hoes, four hatchets, and four knives, and the said Pynchon hath in 
hand paid the said ten fathom Wampum, ten coats, ten hoes, ten hatchets, 
and ten knives to the said Commuck and Metaneham, and doth further 
condition with said Indians, that they shall have and enjoy all that cot- 
teniackees, or ground that is now planted, and have liberty to take fish 
and deer, ground nuts, Walnuts, and Acorns, and Sassikiminook, or a 
kind of Pease, and also if any of said cattle spoyle their come, to pay as 
it is worth, and that hogs shall not go on the side of Agaam but in corn 
time; also, the sd. Pynchon doth give to Wruthorme, two coats, over 
and above the said part expressed, and in witness hereof, the two said In- 
dians and the rest, do set their hands this present 15th day of June, 
1636." 

The deed was signed by thirteen Indians, and also by Pynchon, Burr, 
and Smith. 

The articles of agreement between the planters of Agawam are also 
preserved in the Genealogical Register. The following is an abstract: 

May 14, 1636. 

We, whose names are underwritten, being by God's providence en- 
gaged together to make a Plantation at and over against Agawam, upon 
Connecticut, doe mutually agree to certayne articles and orders to be 
observed and kept by us, and by our successors, except well and every 
of us, for ourselves, and in our own persons, shall think meet upon better 
reasons to alter our resolutions. 

ily. Wee intend, by God's grace, as soone as we can with all con- 
venient speede, to procure some Godly and faithful minister, with whom 
we purpose to joyne in Church Covenant to walke in all the ways of 
Christ. 

2ly. Wee intend that our town shall be composed of fourty families, 
or if we think meet after to alter our purpose, yet not to exceede fifty 
families, riche and poore. 

3ly. That every inhabitant shall have a common portion for a house- 
lot, as we shall see meet for every one's quality and estate. 

4-ly. That every one that hath a house-lot, shall have a portion of the 
cow-pasture to ye North of Endbrooke, lyinge northward from the towne, 
and also that every one shall have a share of the hassokey marsh over 
against his lot, if it be to be had, and every one to have his portionable 
share of all the woodland. 

5ly. That every one shall have a share cf the meddowe, or plantinge 
ground, over against them as nigh as may be, on the Agaam side. 



4 THE BURR FAMILY. 

61y. That the long meddowe called Massacksick, lyinge in the way to 
Dorchester, shall be distributed to every man as we shall think meet, 
except we shall find other conveniency for some, for their milch cattayle, 
and other cattayle also. 

7ly. That the meddow and pasture called Nagas, toward Pawtucket, 
on ye side of Agaam, lyinge about four miles above in the river, shall be 
distributed to every man as above said in ye former order, and this was 
altered with consent before ye hands were set to it. 

[Article 8th relates to the raising of taxes.] 

oly. That, Whereas Mr. William Pynchon, Jehue Burr, and Henry 
Smith have continued to prosecute this plantation, when others fell off 
for fear of the difficulties, and continued to prosecute the same at great 
charges, and at great personal adventure — therefore it is mutually agreed 
that forty acres of meddow, lyinge on the south of Endbrooke, under a 
hill-side, shall belong to the sd. Parties, free from all charges forever; 
that is to say, twenty acres to Mr. William Pynchon, and his heirs and 
assigns forever, and ten acres to Jehue Burr, and ten acres to Henry 
Smith, and to their heirs and assigns forever, which said forty acres is 
not disposed to them as any allotment of town lands, but they are to have 
their accommodation in all other places notwithstanding. 

[Article 10th fixes the tax to be laid upon those who should join the 
settlers at a later day.] 

uly. It is agreed that no man except Mr. Pynchon shall have above 
ten acres for his house-lot. 

[Articles 12, 13, and 14 refer to the distribution of the land among 
actual settlers.] 

The instrument is signed by seven persons, who may be reckoned the 
first settlers of Agawam, or Springfield. They seem to have considered 
themselves beyond the bounds of the Massachusetts Colony, and to have 
joined their fortunes with Connecticut at once, as, at the General Court 
of the latter for that year, Wm. Pynchon appears as Deputy for the 
plantation of Agawam, and indeed for several sessions afterward. Also 
the next year, 1637, Jehue Burr, who is described as a leading spirit in 
the settlement, was appointed collector of rates therein. He was prob- 
ably the first tax-gatherer in the Connecticut Valley, and was appeased 
with lesser rates than are some of his successors. From the act of legis- 
lature appointing him, we learn that there were then but four settlements 
or " plantations " in the Connecticut Colony, viz., Hartford, Windsor, 
Wethersfield, and Agawam. The collectors for these were Wm. Wads- 
worth, Henry Wolcott the elder, Andrew Ward, and Jehue Burre, respec- 
tively. Of this levy, Agawam' s apportionment was ^86 16 s., payment 




TOMBSTONE OF JUDGE PETER BURR 

FAIRFIELD CEMETERY, CONN. 



JEHUE BURR. 5 

optional " in money, in Wampum, at fovver a penny, or in good and 
merchantable beaver, at 9s. per pound." Mr. Moyam and Mr. Jehu 
Burr were deputies to Hartford General Court Apr. 5, 1638. 

Jehue Burr remained an active and useful member of the society at 
Springfield for about eight years, and then removed for the third and last 
time, to Fairfield, Conn., which had been discovered a few years before 
during the famous pursuit of the Pequots, and which, with its level lands 
and warm, productive soil, was very attractive to the early settlers. He 
seems to have taken a high rank at Fairfield from the first. The next 
year after his removal, in 1645, he represented Fairfield at the General 
Court, again in 1646, and for several succeeding sessions prior to the 
union of the Hartford and New Haven colonies. His name appears 
quite often in the records of the colony; in some cases hard to be distin- 
guished from his son Jehue. Thus, in Col. Rec, vol. i., p. 125, we read, 
" Jehue Bur the elder, and Tho. Barlowe, are to be warned to the Par- 
ticular Court." P. 226, Oct. 6, 1651, " Tho. Barlowe and Jehue Burr, 
having appealed from the Judgment of the last Court of Stratford, the 
Court, though they see no reason for confirming the full verdict of the 
jury, yet they judge it meet, that the said Barlowe and Burr should pay 
to Wheeler for his damage, forty shillings." 

As early as 1643 commissioners had been appointed by the New Eng- 
land colonies for the founding and maintenance of good schools and other 
places of learning in their midst, and in 1666 a plan was presented for 
" a generall contribution for the mayntenance of poore scollers at Cam- 
bridge College." The commissioners referred it to the several general 
courts as " a matter worthy of due consideration and entertainment," 
and it was so considered at the October session of the General Court of 
Connecticut, which ordered " that the proposition concerning the scollers 
at Cambridge, made by the sd. Commissioners, is confirmed, and it is 
ordered that two men shall be appoynted in every Town within tli is juris- 
diction, who shall demand what every family will give, and the same to 
be gathered and brought into some room in March, and this to continue 
yearely as yt shall be considered by ye Commissioners." 

The men appointed to this praiseworthy work for " Uncowau" (Fair- 
field) were Jehu Bur and Ephraim Wheeler. In 1660 he was appointed 
grand juror with twelve other important men of the colony, and as such, 
ordered by the General Court " to inquire into, and consider of ye mis- 
demeanors and breaches of ye orders of this Colony, and present all 
offences to ye next Particular Court." 

The succeeding May he was appointed commissioner for Fairfield, 
and ordered to repair to a magistrate and take the oath. He was 



6 THE BURR FAMILY. 

reappointed May 12, 1664, and again in 1668, with Wm. Hill as associate. 
This was his last public service, as later mention of the name in the 
records refers undoubtedly to his son Jehu. But little is found of him 
in the town records of Fairfield now extant. These records, for the first 
fifteen or twenty years after its settlement, are very fragmentary, many 
having been burned by the British in the war of the Revolution. There 
is, however, in vol. i., p. 147, a record of a land grant to Henry Jackson, 
signed by Jehu Bur, Commissioner, and dated March 18, 167 1. Also p. 
202, same vol., this entry, " Jehu Bur having held quiet possession of 
his house lot for fifteen years, it is granted him." Also, same date, John 
Bur received a deed from his father, Jehu Bur. 

As the founder of an important and honored family, it would be in- 
teresting to know the circumstances of his death, and his place of burial. 
Careful search, however, fails to discover either. We know that he died 
some time in 1672, from an entry on p. 238, vol. i., Fair. Records, Jan. 
12, 1673, which mentions John Burr as receiving twenty-seven acres of 
land by will of his father.* 

No vestiges of his grave remain. The head-stones of the earlier 
settlers were of exceedingly rude construction, apparently quarried by 
the relatives of the deceased before there was any regular stone-cutter in 
the place, and bore only the initials of the dead and the date of decease. 
But few of these remain, and they are so defaced by the lapse of time and 
the action of the weather as to be almost illegible. He was probably 
buried in the old Fairfield burial-ground, or in that at Stratfield, where 
many of his more immediate descendants repose. We have no record of 
his marriage, nor of the maiden name of his wife. He left four sons: 
Jehu, probably born in England, John, Daniel, and Nathaniel, all of 
whom became the fathers of families, and lived and died in Fairfield. 
No will or distribution of property is found. 

* In an article in the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Keg., vol. v., p. 472, the late Sylvester 
Judd, Esq., of Northampton, Mass., a careful and painstaking genealogist, places his 
death in 1650, but a careful search of the Fairfield records (as well as the opinions of 
other genealogists) places his death at a much later period. 



JEHU BURR, JR. [2*] 

JEHU BURR, son of Jehue, Sr., of Fairfield, was born in England 
about 1625, and died in Fairfield in 1692. His first important 
venture, so far as can be ascertained, was in the purchase of Wean- 
tenock, an extensive tract of land " of which the boundaries do not 
appear to have been very exactly defined, lying on both sides of the 
Housatonic River, and comprising the present township of New Milford, 
together with a part of the adjoining towns south and west." His part- 
ners in the enterprise were Capt. Nathan Gold, afterward Lieutenant 
Governor, and his brother John Burr, both of Fairfield. In 1670 the 
General Court of Connecticut granted them liberty to purchase Wean- 
tenock and lands adjacent, of the Indians, " to make a plantation if it be 
capable of such a thing," and appointed Mr. Gold, Mr. Jehu Burr, Mr. 
Hill, Mr. Tho. Fayrchild, and Mr. Tho. Fitch— all of Fairfield— a com- 
mittee " for the well ordering of the planting of the same, and also to 
entertain inhabitants." 

At the October session of the Court, 1670, he was returned as Deputy, f 
from Fairfield, having his brother John as associate. By this Court he 
was appointed a committee with Messrs. Wadsworth of Hartford (hero of 
the celebrated encounter with Gov. Fletcher), Steele, Munson, Fowler, 
Holly, Pratt, and Prentice, who were desired " to take into their con- 
sideration the land belonging to the severall plantations and consider and 
set such an appraisement upon the land as near as may be just and equal, 
and present it to this Court." 

At the General Court, May 8, 1673, he again took his seat as Deputy 

* Figures in brackets refer to the number in genealogical record. 

f Two deputies from each town or plantation in the colony, chosen by the freemen of 
said towns, constituted the Court of Deputies, answering to our House of Representa- 
tives. The Governor, Deputy Governor, and 12 Assistants, chosen by the freemen at large, 
made up the Court of Assistants, answering to our Senate. These two bodies constituted 
the General Court. There was also a third body called the Governor and Council, con- 
sisting of the Court of Assistants, which could be called by the Governor or Deputy Gov- 
ernor at any time, and had limited legislative powers. 

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8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

for Fairfield. By this Court he was voted for his public services a grant 
of 200 acres of land, " provided it be not prejudicial to former grants to 
particular towns or persons." Early in the succeeding summer (1673) 
occurred the seizure of New York and adjacent territory by the "Dutch," 
and their threatened demonstration on Connecticut. This audacious act 
threw the fiery little colony into a perfect fever of excitement; arms were 
brought out, swords polished, and bullets molded, and the mustering of 
the train-bands filled every valley, and was echoed from every hillside. 
Governor Winthrop at once called a special session of the legislature, 
which with equal celerity passed an act putting the colony on an immedi- 
ate war footing. The militia were ordered enrolled, arms to be collected, 
and a Grand Commission appointed " for the establishing, and Commis- 
sionating of Military officers, the pressing of men, horses, ships, barks 
and other vessels, arms, ammunition, carriages, provisions, and anything 
else they judge needfull for their defense," and all to be forwarded as 
soon as collected, to the coast, any one point of which seemed as likely 
as another to be selected for the threatened demonstration. The Fair- 
field train-band, (in which Jehu Burr, for his good ability and public 
services, had been commissioned lieutenant,) was no whit behind its 
fellows in patriotism, and was disposed along the coast, awaiting the ap- 
proach of the hostile squadron, which, however, never came, probably 
alarmed at the vast preparations made to receive it, and after some days 
of waiting the troops were disbanded, and the war cloud was dissipated 
as quickly as it had arisen. 

At the October session of the General Court, 1675, he was appointed 
one of the " Standing Council," to attend to affairs in the interim of the 
General Court. This body, much like the committee of war of later 
years, was clothed with arbitrary powers, and was composed of the best 
and most trustworthy men of the colony. He was reappointed to this 
position May 11, 1676. In 1690, he was nominated for Assistant, and 
again in 1691 and 1692, but seems not to have been elected, as we find 
him a Deputy from Fairfield at the May session in 1691. He was ap- 
pointed Commissioner for Fairfield, May 9, 167S, May 8, 1679, May 13, 
1680, May 12, [681, May 11, 16S2, May 10, 1683, May 8, 1684, May 14, 
1685, May 13, 16S6, May 12, 1687, May 9, 16S9. May 9, 1678, he was 
appointed " to administer the oath to the com'rs in fan field County," and 
again in 1691 " for Stratford, Norvvalke, Stamford and Greenwich." 

At the General Court in 1691, he introduced a very important bill, 
which shows him to have been a patron of learning, and keenly alive to 
the importance of a school system supported and controlled by the State. 
Indeed we may claim him as one of the originators of the present school 



JEHU BURR. 9 

system of Connecticut. As being of interest to the educator as well as to 
the family, this bill is given entire. 

" Whereas by an Act of ye Court in May, 1690, two Grammar 
Scooles were stated and appointed, ye one at Hartford, and ye other at 
New Haven, and 60 pounds a year allowed to be paid toward ye mayn- 
taunance of each of ye s'd scooles, out of ye public treasury of this 
Collony, as in and by ye s'd act of ye Court may more fully appear. 
This Court on further consideration of ye matter, do judge it convenient 
and necessary for ye increase and incouragement of good literature, in ye 
education of youth for public service and usefulness, that there shall be 
two other grammar scooles besides ym. already appoynted, viz.: one at 
Fayrefield, and another at New London, for ye ease and better advan- 
tage of ye said two counties, and that for the future, ye 60 pounds payable 
out of the publick treasury shall be paid as followeth, viz., 15//. per 
annum to each of ye s'd countie townes, that doth maintayne a grammar 
scoole, according to the true intent of this act, and ye s'd 15//. to be 
made 50//. per annum to each of ye s'd scooles." 

This bill after consideration by the Court was rejected, as it was 
thought that the colony could scarcely give the needed support to four 
schools of such character. The last mention of him in the records of the 
colony is in 1693, when the Court granted to Mr. Jehu Burr and to Mr. 
John Burr, their heirs and assigns forever, " about 50 acres of rocky and 
uneven land lying on each side of the upper side of a piece of meadow 
land before laid out to them." 

On p. 202 of the Fairfield Town Records there is this entry: " Jehu 
Burr having held quiet possession of a house-lot for 15 years, it is granted 
him " ; and in June, 1681, there is a record of his exchanging and selling 
several parcels of land. His long lot in Fairfield was the 94th from the 
Stratford line, and was 38 rods, 12 links in width. 

He^died in Fairfield, in 1692, leaving a wife and ten children. His 
will (date 1689) is as follows: 

' I give to my loving wife the estate I had with her, which was four 
pounds in money; she reserving the rest of her estate to her own use and 
disposal. Also I give to my said wife, ten pounds in provisions to be 
paid her within one year of my decease. 

" I give and bequeath to my son Daniel, as an addition to what I 
have already given him, eleven acres of land lying near the two miles 
rock, in Fairfield; also the long lot I bought of Mr. Jones. 

" I give and bequeath to my sons Peter and Samuel, all the rest of 
my land and all my housing. My son Peter is to pay to my son Samuel, 
fifty pounds in provisions when my said son Samuel shall arrive at the 
age of twenty-one years, when the said Samuel is to receive his portion. 



IO THE BURR FAMILY. 

' I give to my five daughters, Esther, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joanna, and 
Abigail, the rest of my estate, except what I shall hereafter give, and my 
just debts first paid, only my daughter Esther, what estate she has already 
received must be accounted for as a part of her portion; my said daugh- 
ters to receive their portions at the age of eighteen years, or marriage, if 
they marry sooner; and if any of my daughters die before they come to 
age to receive their portions, then said portions to be equally divided 
among said remaining daughters, and my will is if my son Samuel die 
before he arrives at the age to receive his portion, then said portion to be 
equally divided between his remaining brothers, Daniel and Peter. 

My will is, if my son-in-law, Samuel Wakeman, according to his 
promise, will engage to pay to his daughter, my grandchild, the estate he 
received from me, with my daughter Mary: being twenty pounds: when 
with said twenty pounds I will give to my grandchild, when she come to 
the age of eighteen years, so much as will make her portion equal with 
the rest of my daughters within ten pounds. 

' I give to my three sons, Daniel, Peter, and Samuel, all my commage 
equally to be divided amongst them: my will is, my son Samuel be put to 
some trade. 

' I do make my son Daniel executor of this my will. I desire my 
brothers John and Nathaniel to be overseers of this my will, and my will 
is, my own sons shall have their approbation and voice in the putting out 
of my children, and not any to be disposed of, or put out without their 
consent, as witness my hand, January 7th, 1689, (my desire is my brother 
Daniel to be a third overseer of this my will). 

il January ith, 1689. JEHU BURR. 

Delivered in Presence of 
John Burr, 
Nathaniel Burr." 

Facsimile of autograph from a paper in the Connecticut State archives: 



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MAJOR JOHN BURR. [3] 

MAJOR JOHN BURR was the second son of Jehu Burr, the 
elder, and was born probably in England, as he was an old 
man at the time of his death in 1694. Like his brother Jehu, 
he was a man of great executive ability, and prominent in the affairs of 
the colony. He was made freeman in 1664. Two years after, in 1666, 
he received his first public office as Deputy for Fairfield; he also appears 
as Deputy Oct. 8, 1685, May 13, 16S6, July 6, 1686, July 28, 1686, Oct. 
14, 1686, Jan. 26, 1687, March 30, 1687, May 9, 1689, June 15, 16S9. 

He was appointed Commissioner for Fairfield May 8, 1679, May 13, 
1680, May 12, 1681, May 11, 1682, May 10, 1683, May 8, 1684, May 14, 
1685, May 1, 1686, May 12, 1687, May 9, 1689. At the General Court, 
May 8, 1684, he was on a committee to lay out to Samuel Rogers, of New 
London, his grant of 300 acres of land " according to the conditions of 
his grant "; at the same court Mr. Jehu Burr, Mr. John Burr, Mr. Tho. 
Fitch, and Mr. Tho. Benedict were appointed and empowered a commit- 
tee " for to order the planting of a Towne, above Norwalke or Fayrefield, 
and to receive inhabitants to plant there." Again at the General Court, 
May 14, 1685, he was one of a committee appointed " to run the line be- 
tween Standford and Greenwich, and Standford and Norwalke, according 
to the grant of this Court formerly, and as soon as may be." Again 
Oct. 14, 1686, with the Deputy Governor, Capt. Samuel Talcott, and 
Lieut. Tho. Leffingwell, he was appointed to audit the " acco'ts with the 
Treasurer as soon as may be." The same committee had acted in 1685; 
they were reappointed in 1687, with the exception of Mr. Leffingwell, 
who was succeeded by Mr. John Wadsworth. He was also joint auditor 
in 1690, with his father-in-law, Capt. Thomas Fitch, Capt. James Fitch, 
and Mr. Wm. Pitkin, and by the General Court of Oct. 4th, same year, 
was appointed to " examine and audit Commissary Blackleach, his ac- 
compts with the Colony, the best way and as soon as may be." Oct. 8, 
169 1, he was appointed, with Major Gold (afterward Dept. Gov.), " to 
audit the Constable of Stratford's accounts, and to make it up to him "; 
also May 11, 1694, with Major Gold, a committee " to examine into the 
accounts between the Colony and Mr. Blackleach, and Mr. Trowbridge." 

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12 THE BURR FAMILY. 

The General Court of Oct. S, 1696, created a commission, composed 
of Governor Treat, Major Gold, and Major John Burr, for the arbitrary- 
arrest of litigation. The cause was a long-continued controversy between 
two brothers, Isaac and Samuel Hall, which had " troubled " the courts 
a long time, and could not be settled satisfactorily to either party. The 
commission was empowered to cite the litigants before them, and were 
enjoined " to use their best endeavours to settle them in a good and 
peaceable way, according to the rules of righteousness, if they can attayne 
to it: If that doe not doe, then the said gentlemen are to order and put 
each of them in a peaceable possession of their respective rights, accord- 
ing to their several and respective deeds, and evidences, and gifts, by 
will or any other way, and when this is done whosoever shall riotously, 
or in any other way, disturb the peace cf each other, they shall be forth- 
with secured and punished according to law." 

Oct. 6, 16S7, with Tho. Fitch, Jehu Burr, and Tho. Benedict, he ap- 
pears as the signer of a petition " in behalf of the plantation of Paquiage, 
that the same may be constituted to be a towne, and to be named Swam- 
field." The Court granted the petition, but named the new town Dan- 
bury, probably from a village of that name in Essex, near Chelmsford, 
England. It also granted the town a freedom from county rates for four 
years. After filling these varied offices and commissions to the satisfac- 
tion of all, he was called to assume a graver and more responsible office. 

At the session of Oct. 9, 1690, he took his seat as Senator and Magis- 
trate of the colony. He was re-elected to this position May, 1691, 1692, 
1693, 1694. The records show him to have been present at the sittings 
of the General Court, Oct. 9, 1690, June, 1692, Oct., 1692, March, 1693, 
Oct., 1693, Feb., 1694, and Oct., 1694. 

It was while he was performing his duties as Senator and Magistrate, 
that the fearful witchcraft delusion swept over New England. Connecti- 
cut, as is well known, enjoyed comparative immunity from this delusion, 
although it doubtless obtained there to a much greater extent than has 
been generally supposed; as early as 1692 complaints of witchcraft tame 
pouring in upon the General Court from every part of the State, chiefly 
however, from Fairfield and New Haven counties. Crops were blighted, 
cattle stricken, farming utensils made invisible, and the people aftlicted 
with strange and terrible maladies. To such an extent had these com- 
plaints increased, that at a Special General Court, held at Hartford, June 
22, 1692, a Court of Oyer and Terminer was created, which was to hold 
a judicial sitting at Fairfield on the second Wednesday of September 
that year, " for the trial of such capital cases and complaints as should 
come before them,"— such " complaints," it was understood, all arising 



MAJOR JOHN B URR. 1 3 

from one cause — witchcraft. The Court met at the time appointed. The 
record of its proceedings has been preserved to us, through the good 
fortune of the late Wm. L. Stone, editor of the Connecticut Mirror, who 
discovered it among a mass of ancient colonial papers in the possession 
of the Wyllys family, of Hartford, the only record of the earlier colonial 
courts probably in existence; hence we may be excused for reviewing its 
proceedings somewhat in detail. 

At the hour appointed for the opening of the Court, the magistrates 
entered, — men of a severe dignity, clad in judicial robes, — first his 
Excellency Governor Robert Treat, then Deputy-Governor William 
Jones, Secretary John Allyn, Mr. Andrew Leete, Capt. John Burr, Mr. 
Wm. Titkin, and Capt. Moses Mansfield. The grand jurors present were 
Joseph Bayard, Samuel Ward, Edward Hayward, Peter Ferris, Jonas 
Waterbury, John Bowers, Samuel Sherman, Samuel Galpin, Ebenezer 
Booth, John Piatt, Christopher Comstock, and William Reed. 

The trial proceeded. Mercy Desborough was first brought to the bar, 
and Secretary Allyn read her indictment as follows: 

" Mercy Desborough, wife of Thomas Desborough of Compo, in 
Fairfield, thou art here indicted by the name of Mercy Desborough, that 
not having the fear of God before thine eyes, thou hast familiarity with 
Satan, the great enemy of God and man, and that by his instigation and 
help, thou hast, in a preternatural way, afflicted and done harm to the 
bodies and estates of sundry of their Majesties' subjects, or to some of 
them, contrary to the peace of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King 
and Queen, their crown and dignity, and that, on the 25th of April, of 
their Majesties' reign, and at sundry other times, for which by the laws 
of God and this Colony, thou deservest to dye." 

The prisoner, on hearing the indictment read, plead " not guilty," 
and " referred herself to tryal by God and her country." Similar indict- 
ments were also found against Goody Miller, Goodwife Clawson, and 
Mrs. Staples, all of Fairfield. The testimony introduced in support of 
the charges was very voluminous. Nearly 200 depositions were taken. 
Hester Gorment, aged 34, testified that " when she lay sick in May last, 
she saw, about midnight or past, Widow Staples, that is, the shape of her 
person, and the shape of Mercy Desborough, sitting on the floor by the 
two chests that stand by the side of the house, in the inner room, and 

Mr. 's shape dancing upon the bed's feet, with a white cup in his 

hand, and that it performed some three times." Catherine Branch, aged 
17, deposed " that some time last summer she saw and felt Goodwife 
Clawson and Mercy Desborough afflict her, not together, but apart, by 
scratching, pinching, and wringine her body, and further saith that 



14 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Goodwife Clawson was the first that did afflict her, and afterward Mercy 
Desborough, and after that, sometimes the one and then the other, and in 
her affliction though it was night, yet it appeared as light as noonday." 
David Sellick and Abraham Fitch testified, " that when watching with 
Catherine Branch at the house of David Westcott, in the night, when 
said Catherine was in her fit, she, looking off the bed, said: ' Goody 
Miller hold up your arm hyer — I am sure you are a witch for you have 
got a dog under your arm.' Then said Catherine being asked what she 
saw, said she saw Goody Miller suckle a black dog. Then I took the 
light in my hand and went out into the outer room on some occasion, and 
passing two or three times across the room, I heard the same Catherine 
Branch scream out; then I took the light and went into the room, and 
found Abraham Fitch sitting upon the bed, and said Catherine lying 
across his feet, and seeing him looking very pale I asked what was the 
matter, and he said, that lying upon the bed he heard Catherine scream 
out, and looked out, and saw a oall of fire as large as his two hands pass 
along the dresser to the hearth, and then vanish away." 

The testimony was generally of a similar character to the foregoing, 
except several affidavits describing the blighting of grain, and the strange 
actions of cattle, sheep, and swine while under the spells of the sorceresses. 
The water ordeal was resorted to during the progress of the trial, as it 
had been at Hartford in 1662. Four witnesses swore that Mercy Des- 
borough, being bound hand and foot and put into the water swam like a 
cork, though one labored to press her down. Elizabeth Clawson also 
floated. The persons of the accused were also searched for evidence of 
their guilt. 

The Court assembled again at the same place, Oct. 28th, and further 
testimony was taken. The jury found Mercy Desborough guilty, and 
being sent out for a second consideration of their verdict, returned that 
they saw no reason for altering it, and found her guilty as before. The 
Court approved the verdict, and the Governor passed sentence of death 
upon her. The others were acquitted. Mercy Desborough was, how- 
ever, never executed, as the Fairfield Probate Records show her to have 
been living in 1707, when she was appointed administrator on the estate 
of her deceased husband. 

The first mention of Major Burr in a military capacity is in April, 
1690, when he was appointed captain of the " Trayneband of Fairfield." 
We can readily believe, however, that long before this he had taken an 
active part in the Indian wars of the colony. He was commissary for 
Fairfield County in the French and Indian war of 1693, and the next year 
was appointed major. There is no evidence of his having been commis- 
sioned colonel, although he is so called in the Fairfield Records. We 



MAJOR JOHN BURR. I 5 

have seen that in 1670 he was concerned in the purchase of Weantenock 
with his brother Jehu (see sketch of Jehu Burr), and also in the planting 
of Danbury. He had also many other grants from the town and colony. 
His long lot in Fairfield, granted in 1670, was the 46th from the Stratford 
line, and was 34 rods 5 links in width. As early as June, 1656, there is 
a record of several parcels of land purchased by John Burr of Chas. 
Farham, Wra, Hill, and others. In 1672, "John Burr hath by grant of 
the town, one parcel of land on the Mill Hill for a pasture, being in 
quantity, 19 acres three-quarters, and 24 rods, more or less, bounded on 
the south with land of Cowley Hull, on the west with land of Rowland 
Hull, by east and north with the commons." 

In 1684. " The Town's Committee appointed to exchange land by 
the town's order, have granted, by way of exchange, unto Mr. John Burr 
and Mr. Saml. Ward, the Great Swamp on the west end of the Mill 
Hill, and it is thought by us that the whole we have granted unto them 
is 25 acres and one half, they to divide it among them when they pleas, 
and it is bounded on all sides by the common. For and in consideration 
of the premises, the said John Burr returns to the town his building lot 
in the woods, and the said Saml. Ward returns to the town his building 
lot and his pasture lot he had in the woods." Jan. 12, 1673, he had 27 
acres by will of his father Jehu, also bought 6 parcels of land, and had 
two grants from the town including a long lot (this last was the 53d, and 
was 38 rods 12 1. in width). In 1682 he appears as Assistant Town 
Clerk. He died in the fall of 1694, after his nomination for Assistant. 
His will was dated March 19, 1694, and reads as follows: 

" Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving son John Burr, my home- 
lot that I now dwell upon, which formerly was Sticklins and Pinkneys, 
together with all the housing and fences thereon, and three acres and 
three quarters of land near the old field-gate, be it more or less next 
adjoining the home-lot, at the rear end of said lots: also I give him a 
piece of meadow in the home lot, about ten acres, which meadow was my 
father's, all which said parcels of land and meadow, I entail to the 
natural male heirs of my said son John, and in defect thereof my son 
Samuel shall inherit the said lands, and his natural male heirs, and in 
default of such issue, my sons Jonathan and David shall inherit: also I 
give unto my son John all my right of land of swamp and reeds at the 
Beach, and my land in Paul's neck, also my front division of land at 
Mill Hill: also I give him my lot which was my fathers near Aplegates: 
also I give him one third part of my long lot that shall remain after my 
son David hath had eighty acres, which eighty acres I give to my son 
David of the front of said long lot: he allowing a suitable highway of two 
rods wide through said land: Also I give my son John the one half of my 



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perpetual commons: also I give him twelve acres of land on Sasco Hill, 
which land was my father's: 

' Item. I give unto my loving son Samuel Burr my farms in the woods 
which the General Court granted me: I give him forty pounds out of my 
estate and to be kept out of my estate at the Coledge (Harvard) four years. 

" Item. I give unto my son Jonathan, a parcel of land in the new 
field comanly so called, which land was formerly wessoak and Joseph 
Biships: also I give him all my meadow in Sasco Neck — Also I give him 
all my land on Mill Hill the middle division: Also I give him my land in 
the old field near the new bridge which was my father's: Also I give him 
the like proportion in my long lot in the woods that I have given to my 
son John: Also I give him one quarter of my perpetual commons. 

' Item. I give unto my son David the home-lot I bought of John 
Cable, all my swamp at the end of Mill Hill, and my rear division of 
land at Mill Hill: Also I give him all my land in Sasco Field, which is 
three parcels: Also I give him the remaining part of the long lot: also 
I give him my second division of land at Compo: also I give him one 
quarter part of my commons. 

' Item. I give unto my daughter Mary, one hundred pounds, to be 
paid her when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years, or at mar- 
riage, if sooner. 

' Item. I give unto my daughter Deborah, one hundred pounds, to be 
paid her when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years, or at marriage 
if sooner. 

" Item. As for my loving daughter Sarah, I have already divided to 
her her portion: and my will is that in case either of my younger daugh- 
ters should die in their nonage, the surviving shall inherit her portion, 
and in like manner I provide in respect to my sons, if any of them shall 
die in their nonage, the remaining brothers shall inherit their portion: 
and I do nominate and appoint my loving son John Burr, to be sole 
executor of this my will, and desire my brother Nathaniel Burr, and my 
nephew Peter Burr, to be overseers of this my will, and that this, my 
last will and testament, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1 9th 
day of March, in the year of our Lord 1694, and in the reign six years 
of their majesties. JOHN BURR, Sen'. 

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JUDGE PETER BURR. [8] 

JUDGE PETER BURR was one of those important personages 
from Fairfield, mentioned by Hinman as having rendered the name 
of Burr illustrious. He was one of the first of the name who 
graduated at Harvard, having entered that institution in 1686, and gradu- 
ated in 1690. After receiving his degree, he taught a school in Boston 
for some years, then entered upon the study of law, and when admitted 
to the bar, settled at Fairfield in the practice of his profession. Shortly 
after, — May 9, 1700, — as Auditor of the Colony, he entered upon that 
public career which continued without intermission until his death in 
1724. Oct. 10, 1700, he was returned for the first time Deputy for Fair- 
field, and again May 8, 1701, Oct. 9, 1701, and Oct. 8, 1702. In Octo- 
ber and May he was Speaker of the House, and as such was allowed, by 
a vote of that body, " three pounds for his good conduct in May and 
October." From this time his promotion was rapid. Oct. 9, 1701, he 
was nominated for Assistant, but failed of an election; again nominated 
Oct. 8, 1702, and elected May 13, 1703, and again May 11, 1704, May 
10, 1705, May 9, 1706, Oct. 10, 1706 (nominated, elected each term in 
the following May), Oct. 9, 1707, Oct. 14, 1708, Oct. 13, 1709, Oct. 12, 

1710, Oct. n, 1711, Oct. 9, 1712, Oct. 8, 1713, Oct. 14, 1714, Oct. 13, 
1715, Oct. 11, 1716, Oct 10, 1717, Oct. 9, 1718, Oct. 8, 1719, Oct. 13,1720, 
1721, 1722, 1723, and 1724. He was present in Court as Assistant, Oct., 
1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, and 1707, May, 170S, Oct., 1708, June, 1709, 
Oct., 1709, May, 1710, Aug., 1710, Oct., 1710, May, 1 7 1 1, June, 1711 
(Special Court at New London, on French and Indian war), Oct., 17 11, 
Ma y, 1713. Oct., 1713, May, 1714, Oct., 1714, May, 1715, Oct., 1715, 
May, 1716, Oct., 1716, May, 1 7 1 7, Oct., 1 7 1 7, May, 1718, Oct., 171S, 
May, 1719, Oct., 1720, May, 1721, Oct., 1721, Oct., 1722, May, 1723, 
Oct., 1723, May, 1724, and Oct., 1724. 

He appears in Council (Governor and Council), Feb. 6, 1706, Aug., 

1 7 1 1, Sept., 1 7 1 1, Oct., 1 7 1 1, Oct. 26, 1 7 1 1, March, 1712, Feb., 1713, 
March, 17 14, May, 17 14, Oct., 17 14 (at New Haven on the death of 
Queen Anne and accession of George), Oct., 1714, March, 1 7 15, Oct., 
1715, May, 1 7 16, Oct., 1716, May, 1717, Oct., 1 7 1 7, Nov., 17 17, Oct., 

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1 8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1718, Dec, 1 7 18, March, 1719, Nov., 1720, Oct., 1721, Nov., 1722, May, 
1724, Oct., 1724. Jan. 16, 1725, Joseph Wakeman was appointed 
Judge of Probate for Fairfield, vice Hon. Peter Burr, deceased. 

The records of some of the above meetings of the Council in which he 
participated are of great public interest. That of Dec. 3, 17 18, was 
called for consultation on the famous Yale College case. Shortly before, 
the college had been removed from Saybrook to New Haven, not without 
protests, however, from several of the trustees and other parties interested, 
in particular Mr. Daniel Buckingham, of Saybrook, a trustee, having 
books and papers of the college, refused to deliver them up, alleging that 
he had no books or papers belonging to Yale College. The Council, 
however, thought differently, and (we quote from the records) " The 
said Buckingham continuing refractory, the Sheriff of the County of New 
London was instructed to demand the books, and, on his refusal, to enter 
into the said house and chamber and deliver to the rector of the said 
college, Mr. Samuel Andrew, or to either of the gentlemen, viz: Mr. 
Samuel Russell, of Branford, or Mr. Thomas Ruggles, of Guilford, by 
him appointed to receive them; and the said Buckingham was ordered to 
give bonds with surety in the sum of one hundred pounds for his appear- 
ance at the General Court at Hartford in May, to answer for misdemeanor 
and contempt in refusing to deliver up the said books and papers." 

February, 1707, a letter from Gen. Schuyler of New York was read, 
' saying that he was informed that the French and enemy Indians were 
preparing to make a descent upon the frontier towns of New England "; 
also one from Capt. John Minor and Mr. John Sherman, " signifying 
their suspicion that Pohtatuck and Owiantonuck Indians were invited to 
join with the enemy, and these two tribes were ordered to be removed 
with all convenient speed to Fairfield and Stratford, and if this could 
not be done, then two of their chiefs were to be taken to Fairfield and 
held there as hostages for their good behavior." Orders were also sent 
to the " frontier towns" of Symsbury, Waterbury, Woodbury, and Dan- 
bury, " to provide with all possible speed a sufficient number of well 
fortified houses, for the safety of themselves and families, in their respec- 
tive towns; and that they maintain a good scout out every day, of two 
faithful and trusty men, to observe the motions of the enemy." 

March, 1712, " ordered that Lieut. Wm. Crocker, of New London, be 
forthwith dispatched with a party of volunteers, not exceeding 15 men (if 
they can be obtained), consisting of English and Indians, to march into 
the province of Hampshire, to join with the scout that shall be sent from 
thence up to Coasset, to meet with the Indian enemy (if it may be) that, 
according to information, are hunting in those parts." 



JUDGE PETER BURR. 1 9 

In March, 17 19, the Council adopted the following plan for a new 
State House, to build which the sum of five hundred pounds had been 
voted by the General Court of 17 18: 

" Resolved that a house of 72 feet long, 30 broad, 24 between 
joints with a range of pillars under the middle of the beams of the cham- 
ber floor, a door on each side and at each end, a staircase at the south- 
west, and another at the southeast corners; two chambers, 30 feet long 
at each end, one for the Council and the other for the Representatives, 
with a space of twelve feet between the two houses, and a staircase into 
the garret, and on the other side a lobby to the Council Chamber, will 
well serve the occasions designed by the Assembly, and answer their ex- 
pectations in the grant aforesaid." 

Judge Burr several times filled the important office of Auditor of the 
Colony, viz.: May 9, 1700, May 8, 1701, May 14, 1702, May 10, 1710, 
Oct. 11, 1711, May 8, 1712, May 14, 1713, May 13, 1714, Oct. 14, 1714, 
Oct. 13, 1 7 15, and May 8, 1718. In Oct. 1718, he was appointed, with 
Roger Wolcot, Richard Christophers, and John Copp, " to inspect and 
audit the Colony's accounts so far back as they judge needful, in order 
to rectify some mistakes which are supposed to be therein, and to report 
thereof to this assembly," as soon as may be. He was continued as 
Auditor, May 14, 1719, May 11, 1721, May 9, 1723, and May 14, 1724. 
He was appointed Justice of the Peace for Fairfield, May 8, 1701, and 
May 14, 1702; Judge of Probate Court, Oct. 10, 1723, and May 14, 1724; 
Judge of County Court, May 13, 1708, May 12, 1709, May 11, 1710, May 
10, 1711, May 8, 1712, May 13, 1714, May 12, 1715, May 10, 1716, May 
9, 1717, May 8, 1718, May 14, 1719, May 12, 1720, May 11, 1721. 
May 10, 1722, May 9, 1723, May 14, 1724; Judge of the Superior Court, 
May 10, 1711, May 8, 1712, May 14, 17 13, May 13, 1714, May 12, 
1715, May 10, 1716; Chief Judge of the Superior Court, Sept. 7, 1712, 
May 9, 1723, and May 14, 1724. During this year — 1724 — he performed 
efficiently the duties of five important offices, — Auditor, Assistant, Judge 
of the Probate Court, of the County Court, and Chief Judge of the 
Superior Court. He probably held in addition the commission of Major 
of the 4th regiment, which had been given him in 1708. His services on 
the committees appointed by the various assemblies were important and 
arduous, and are presented here somewhat in detail as necessary to the 
complete filling out of the record, necessarily brief, of his public career. 

At the General Court, Oct. 8, 1702, he appears on a committee with 
Capt. Nathan Gold, Mr. John Elliot, Capt. Thomas Hart, and Capt. 
Ebenezer Johnson, " to endeavour an amicable agreement with the gov- 
ernment of Rhode Island, or a committee by them appointed, respecting 



20 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the settlement of the line between the Colonies of Connecticut and 
Rhode Island." 

At the same court he was appointed with Capt. Nathan Gold and 
Lieut. John Wakeman, " to lay out to the town of Fairfield sixe hundred 
acres of land, granted to them May 9, 1672, for the benefitt of a gramar 
school there." Same court, appointed with Mr. John Wakeman " to lay 
out to the heirs of Major Gold one hundred acres of land granted May 
12, 1687." Same court, with Major John Chester, Capt. Gold, Capt. 
White, Capt. Hart, and Lieut. Talmage, appointed to draw a bill to pre- 
vent " disorders in retailers of strong drinke, and excessive drinking, also 
to prepare a bill to put in execution the reformation lawes." Oct. 14, 
1703, on committee with Capt. Gold and Mr. John Wakeman " to repair 
to the town of Greenwich, and there to endeavour a reconcilement of 
such differences (concerning rights and privileges of the old town) as are 
amongst them." General Court, May n, 1704, on Committee of Safety 
for Fairfield County, with Capt. Gold, Mr. Curtis, Capt. Wakeman, 
Capt. Judson, Capt. Olmstid, and Mr. Stiles. These committees played 
a very important part in the military polity of the colony. They were 
clothed with full powers in their respective counties " to consult, advise, 
direct, and command in all things necessary for the defence of her 
Majesty's subjects, and carrying on the war against the common enemy." 

General Court, Oct. n, 1705, appointed committee with Gov. Win- 
throp, Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, et at, "to consider in behalf of this 
government the complaints laid against this colony, in England, and to 
furnish our agent in England with what directions or informations they 
can, in order that he may answer such complaints." Oct. 10, 1706, on 
committee with Capt. Gold, to lay out to Mr. Samuel Wakeman 200 
acres of land, and to Richard Osborn, of Fairfield, 80 acres " for his 
good service in the Pequot war." General Court, May 13, 170S, with 
Joseph Curtis and Richard Christophers, Esqrs., Capt. Fowler, and Mr. 
John Sherman, of Woodbury, " to settle the unhappy differences between 
the town and village of New Haven." This committee reported to the 
General Court of Oct., 1708, and the report was laid on the table until 
the next General Court, " unless the parties concerned come to an 
agreement before the convening of the same," which they probably did, 
as there is no further mention of it. General Court, Oct. 13, 1709, ap- 
pointed Committee of War for Fairfield County, with Gov. Gold, Capt. 
Joseph Wakeman, and others. 

Same court, a committee with Richard Christophers, John Ailing, 
et al, "to examine and pass the accounts between the Colony and the 
officers and men employed in the late Canada Expedition, and to take 



JUDGE PETER BURR. 21 

especial care that the Colony have no wrong or damage thereby, and that 
none of the Colony's creditors, in their said accompts, do charge the 
Colony debtor for any service, matter, or thing whatsoever, more than 
the law allows, and to draw and sign orders to the Colony's treasurer for 
paying all the sums due out of the treasury." The committee was sworn 
" without partiality or respect of persons, to truly and faithfully do, per- 
form and execute the office and trust committed to and reposed in 
them," and were allowed the sum of four shillings per day, for their time 
and expenses in the aforesaid service. Same court, with Mr. Moses 
Dymon, a committee for the County of Fairfield, " to take care of all 
arms, cloathing, utensils, or any other things lodged in the county by any 
of our soldiers on the late expedition to Wood Creek, or other persons, 
which the Colony have paid for, and to sell the same to the best profit 
and advantage of this Colony." 

Oct. 12, 1 710. " ft is ordered and enaeted by this Assembly, that 
Nathan Gold, Esqr., Peter Burr, Esqr., and Joseph Curtis, Esqr., shall 
be commissioned with full powers under the seal of this corporation, to 
apply themselves to Col. Robert Hunter, Governor and Commander-in- 
chief of her Majestie's Province of New York, &c, and in behalf of this 
corporation to pray his Excellency to joyn with said commissioners, such 
and so many gentlemen as his Excellency shall think fit, with full power 
in behalf of the said Province of New York to run the dividing line be- 
tween the said Province and this Colony of Connecticut, according to the 
establishment thereof made by his late Majestie, King William the Third, 
of happy memory, and monuments and bound marks upon the said 
dividing line, to erect and make, such and so frequent as the Commis- 
sioners of both parties shall think necessary for the perpetual limitation 
and bounding of the said Province, and this Colony." 

The commissioners were to take with them a surveyor and such other 
help as the Governor should think fit, and were to sign and seal an agree- 
ment with the commissioners of New York, as to the line above men- 
tioned, which was to be preserved " in perpetuam rei memorian," and 
prevent all such disputes and inconveniences as haply might otherwise 
arise. It was not, however, until after years of wrangling, and the ap- 
pointment of near a score of commissioners, that the boundary question 
was finally settled. Oct. 11, 17 11, on committee with John Copp, County 
Surveyor, to lay out to the heirs of Major Gold, deceased, 100 acres of 
land. May 8, 1712, on petition of the town of Danbury for the small 
slip of land lying between that town and Fairfield, it was ordered that 
that and all the country lands between Danbury on the north and Fair- 
field and Norwalk on the south, should be sold at vendue. The persons 



22 THE BURR FAMILY. 

' to sell the same," were Nathan Gold and Peter Burr, Esqrs., " the first 
time of sale to be the first Wednesday of August next, at such time as the 
said gentlemen shall appoint; and the place shall be at Fairfield meeting 
house, reserving meet passages for highways." 

The money made by such sales was to be " improved to the building 
a public house or houses, for the use of the Assembly and other Courts." 

At the same court he was on committee with Nathan Gold and others, 
' to inspect and view the whole affair relating to the settlement of New 
Town, and to report whether in their judgment the place was capable of 
containing more inhabitants than had been admitted." Oct. 9, 17 12, a 
committee with Nathan Gold, Deputy-Governor, and Rev. Mr. John 
Davenport, " to endeavour an agreement between the societies of Green- 
wich, Old Town, and Horse Neck." May 13, 1714, to receive and 
count the votes of the freemen. May 10, 17 16, same committee. May 9, 
17 1 7, same committee. Same court, with Capt. Wakeman and Lieut. 
Hubbell, " to set off a new parish from the northern part of the town of 
Stratford." May 8, 171S, to count votes of freemen. Same court on 
committee to receive the dead stock in the hands of the administrators on 
the estate of the late treasurer, deceased. Oct. 9, 17 18, a committee 
on New York boundary. Same court, with Richard Christophers and 
Roger Wolcott, Esqrs., " to inspect the audit of the Colony's accounts, 
so far as they judge needful in order to rectify some mistakes which are 
supposed to be therein." Same court, to receive of the treasurer the 
bills brought in by rates and exchange, and to burn and consume them. 

May 14, 1719, Commissioner on New York boundary. Oct. 10, 
1723:^ " Enacted by the Governor and Council, and Representatives in General 
Court assembled, that Peter Burr, Samuel Eells, Roger Wolcot, and Jona- 
than Law, Esqrs., be Commissioners on the part of this Colony for per- 
forming the said work (/. e., of completing the New York boundary line) 
in conjunction with such commissioners as shall be in like manner 
appointed by the government of New York. 

" And it is hereby further enacted 

" That whatsoever line shall be ascertained and established, with monu- 
ments erected therein by the said commissioners, according to the aforesaid 
agreement made in 1683, and the survey that followed thereon as in conscience 
it ought to be, shall forever after be and remain, the line of partition bctweeti 
this Colony and the Province of New York." 

At the General Court of Oct. 8, 1724, on receipt of a letter from Gov. 
Burnett of New York, naming the third Tuesday of the succeeding April 
for the commissioners of the two colonies to meet, the above commission- 
ers were reappointed, with the addition of John Copp, surveyor, and Mr. 



JUDGE PETER BURR. 23 

Edmund Lewis, his assistant, " on the third Tuesday of April next, to 
meet with the gentlemen commissioners from New York, to treat with, 
settle, agree, run, ascertain, and fix the partition line between the Prov- 
ince of New York, and the Colony of Connecticut, from Lyon's Point to 
the Massachusetts line, according to the agreement made at New York 
on the 23d day of November, 16S3, and the survey made thereupon, and 
after confirmed by an act of King William in Council, on the 28th day of 
March, 1700." 

The last public service of Judge Burr was rendered at the General 
Court of October, 1724, as chairman of a committee " respecting the 
motion of the Lt. Governor and Council of Massachusetts, laid before 
the assembly by Col. John Stoddard, in reference to the war between that 
Province and the Eastward Indians." The report of this committee is 
found on p. 503, vol. vi., of the "Colonial Records of Connecticut." 
After remarking " that this assembly never was advised with, when that 
war began, and that it had never been shown by said Province that the 
grounds of that war were lawful and just," it proceeds, " but your com- 
mittee are of opinion it is not best at present to desist lending said Pro- 
vince some help if there should be need, and that therefore the Committee 
of War at Hartford, the detached men in Hartford County, together 
with other measures already concerted by this Assembly for the defend- 
ing Hampshire County and our own frontiers, all continue in the state 
they are now in, until this Assembly in May next and no longer," and 
concludes as follows, " but lest the government of the Massachusetts 
should think we are unwilling to cultivate that good understanding that 
hath been between the two governments, your committee are of opinion 
that this Assembly do recommend to the General Assembly of that Prov- 
ince that they would once more maturely look into the grounds of said 
war, lest haply, thro' haste or otherwise, the matter hath not yet been 
thoroughly examined, and if the war should proceed (without sufficient 
grounds) much blood should be spilt, and the country greatly distressed 
and impoverished, it would be very lamentable, and the desired success 
could not be expected." 

The foregoing is a complete record of his services on the committees 
of the Assembly, but his name appears yet further on the records of the 
colony in connection with public business. May 10, 1705, he was ap- 
pointed Lister of the town of Fairfield, and as such added to the list of 
the town 1,578^" 19^. May 9, 1706, appointed with Captain Gold " to 
receive land purchased by Justis Bush, Samuel Hawley, et al. of the 
Indians without libertie from the corporation," — for which they were to 
be prosecuted at the next county court, unless they should resign the 



24. THE BURR FAMILY. 

title to the above purchase before the session of the court. Oct. 14, 1708, 
he was commissioned Major of the 4th regiment in the County of Fair- 
field. General Court, May 8, 17 12: ' It is ordered, that Major Peter 
Burr do make out his warrants to the clerks of the respective trainbands 
in Norwalk, that they send him an attested account of the number of 
officers and souldiers in their muster roles; and if it appear to him that 
their numbers are sufficient to make two captains' companies, this court 
allow and order that they be divided into two companies, and order the 
said Major to state the line between said companies, and lead them to a 
choice of officers, and make return of the proceedings therein to this 
Assembly on October next." 

Governor and Council at New London, July 31, 1724: " Resolved, 
that Major Peter Burr, and Major Samuel Eells, and the gentlemen near 
them in military and civil command, consider whether the friend Indians 
in the western parts of this Colony, at New Milford, Potatuck, and else- 
where (who are now restrained from hunting), may not be safely em- 
ployed, to the number of fourteen or fifteen, under the conduct of 
Lieutenant Gaylord, of New Milford, or some other suitable person, with 
two or three more Englishmen, to range the woods to the northward of 
the westward towns of the Colony, and endeavour to take a scalp of the 
enemy Indians that are sculking in that frontier; and that if they judge 
they may be trusted they immediately form such a scout, and that blank 
commissions be for that purpose sent to them. The scout must be 
assured that, beside the stated wages, there is fifty pounds to be 
paid them for every scalp they bring in." Oct. 10, 1723, on the 
death of Deputy-Governor Gold, he was elected to that position by 
the Upper House, but was negatived by the Lower, which elected 
Joseph Talcott, who was in turn negatived by the Upper House. 
A compromise was effected the next day in the election of Joseph Talcott 
by both houses. The fact that the late governor and Mr. Burr were 
natives and residents of the same town (Fairfield) was the principal cause 
for this action on the part of the Lower House. 

In private life Judge burr was universally beloved and respected. As 
a public man he exerted an influence for good in the colony — then in the 
formative period of its career — not exceeded and rarely equalled by any 
of the fathers of the Commonwealth, and in ability, attainments, and 
public services he was eclipsed by none. He died Dec. 25, 1724, and 
was buried in the old Fairfield burying-ground. His tombstone, half 
sunken in the ground, bears this inscription: 



JUDGE PETER BURR. 2$ 

Here lyes interr'd 

The body of the Honor'ble Peter Burr, Esqr. 

aged 56 years and 9 months, 

who departed this life 

Dec. the 25th 

Anno 1724. 

Feb. 18, 1725, nearly two months after his decease, the Boston News- 
letter, a weekly journal of that city, contained the following paragraph: 

" We hear from Fairfield, in the Colony of Connecticut, that the Hon. 
Peter Burr, Esq., formerly a schoolmaster in this place, and since an 
Assistant in that Government, lately died there." 

Fac-simile of autograph from a State paper: 
Judge 




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COLONEL JOHN BURR. [25] 

E was a son of Nathaniel Burr and grandson of Jehu Burr the first. 
Of the earlier members of the family none seem so intimately con- 
nected with the present generation as does Col. Burr. Old men 
still point out the limits of his farm, the site of his house, and of the old 
oak under which he bought his lands of the Indian Sagamores ; and until 
1874, a great-granddaughter was living, who retained many pleasing and 
vivid recollections of her grandsire. He was born in May, 1673, and held 
his first public office in the Colony in 1704, during Queen Anne's war, as 
Commissary of the County. The Commissary, it is proper to note, was an 
officer to whom varied and arduous duties were entrusted. He was to 
take and keep fair accounts of all public charges which should arise in his 
county by reason of the war, and to provide for the soldiers engaged in 
the public service. He was also to send orders to the several towns, to 
provide two pounds of "biskett" for every listed soldier of such town, 
which was to be made of the county's wheat received for rates ; but if 
there was none of this in the country, then wheat was to be impressed on 
a warrant from an Assistant or Justice. He was further expected to have 
such a stock of supplies on hand that in case of a sudden call to arms the 
public safety should not be endangered thereby. 

At the next Court, in May, 1704, he appears as Deputy from Fairfield, 
and was continued in this office Oct., 1705, May, 1708, (perhaps in the 
interim, the Journal of the House for this time being lost,) May, 17 10, 
Aug., 1710, May, 1711, June, 1711, May, 17 12, Oct., 1713, May, 1713, 
Oct., 1714, May, 1 7 1 7, Oct., 1718, May, 1719, Oct., 1 7 19, May, 1720, May, 

1721, May, 1723, Oct., 1723, May, 1724. Oct. 10, 1723, he was elected 
Speaker of the House, and again May 14, 1724. He was voted 30X. each 
session for his " good services " as Speaker. He was appointed Auditor 
May 9, 1717, May 12, 1720, and May 15, 1725. Justice of the Peace and 
Quorum, May 10, 17 11, May 13, 17 14, May 12, 17 15, May 10, 17 16, May 
9, 1 7 1 7, May 8, 1718, May 14, 1 7 1 9, May 12, 1720, May 11, 1721, Mayio, 

1722, May 9, 1723, May 14, 1724, and May 13, 1725. Assistant, May 8, 
1729, May 14, H3°, May 15, 1731, May n, 1732, May 10, 1733, May 9, 

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COLONEL JOHN BURR. 2J 

1734, May 8, 1735, May 13, 1736, May 12, 1737, May 11, 1738, May 10, 
1739, May 8, 1740, May 14, 1741, and May 13, 1742. Present in Court as 
Assistant, Oct. 9, 1729, May 14, 1730, Oct. 8, 1730, May 13, 1731, Oct. 14, 
1731, May ir, 1732, Oct. 12, 1732, May 10, 1733, ct - ", J 733, Ma Y 9, 
1734, Oct. 10, 1734, May 8, 1735, Oct. 8, 1735, May 13, 1736, Oct. 14, 
1736, May 12, 1737, Oct. 13, 1737, May n, 1738, Oct. 11, 173S, May 10, 
1739, Oct. 11, 1739, and May 8, 1740. Judge of County Court, May 12, 
1726, May 11, 1727, May 9, 1728, May 8, 1729, May 14, 1730, May 13, 
1731, May 11, 1732, May 10, 1733, May 9, 1734, May 8, 1735, Ma Y 
13, 1 736, May 12, 1737, May 11, 173S, May 10, 1739, May 8, 1740, May 
11, 1741, May 13, 1742, and May 12, 1743. Judge of Probate Court, Dec. 
29, 1726, (in place of Joseph Wakeman, deceased), May 11, 1727, May 9, 
1728, May 8, 1729, May 14, 1730, May 13, 1731, May 11, 1732, May 10, 
1733, May 9, 1734, May 8, 1735, Ma ) r l 3, l 73 6 , May 12, 1737, May 11, 
1738, May 10, 1739, May 8, 1740, May 14, 1741, May 13, 1742, May 12, 

J 743- 

He was several times commissioned in the military service of the 
Colony. Aug. 4, 17 10, he was appointed Major of the forces engaged in 
the brilliant expedition to Port Royal, Nova Scotia. Col. Nicholson was 
appointed Commander-in-chief, and Matthew Allyn, Lieut. Colonel. Con- 
necticut's quota was 300 men. The expedition proved highly successful ; 
with the aid of the British fleet, Port Royal was taken, and named An- 
napolis, in honor of Queen Anne, and by the third of November Major 
Burr and his men reached New London on their return, as is shown by an 
entry in the records of a meeting of the Governor and Council, held at 
New London, Nov. 3, 1710 ("Col. Rec," vol. v., p. 189) : 

" Whereas Major John Burr hath laid before this board an account of 
money expended by him for the support of himself and 28 of his company, 
in their travel from Plymouth to Stonington, amounting to four pound, ten 
shillings, and two pence : Ordered, that Rich. Christophers, Esq. pay unto 
the said Major Burr the aforesaid sum out of the bills of credit in his 
hands belonging to the Colony, and that he also deliver the said Major 
Burr out of said bills, the sum of four pounds more, for the defraying the 
further charge of himself and his men, to their several dwellings." 

It seems that Major Burr and company were entertained by Capt. John 
Prentts during their stay in New London, as at a meeting of the Council, 
Nov. 7th, it was ordered " that Rich. Christophers, Esq. pay unto Capt. 
John Prentts, the sum of one pound, eighteen shillings, and ten pence, for 
the entertainment of Major Burr and his company." 

In his character as a military man, as well as in his civil capacity, he 
was several times entrusted with difficult and dangerous commissions for 



28 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the State, as will appear by the following extracts from the Colonial 
Records : 

New Haven, Sept. 15, 1720. 

" It having been represented to this board, that an Indian living near 
Danbury called Chickens, has lately received two belts of wampumpeag 
from certain remote Indians, as is said, to the west of Hudson River, with 
a message expressing their desire to come and live in this Colony, which 
said messenger is to be conducted by aforesaid Chickens to the Indians 
at Potatuck, and Wiantenuck, and Poquannuck, in order to obtain their 
consent for their coming and inhabiting among them, and that hereupon 
several of our frontier towns are under considerable apprehensions of 
danger from Indians, fearing that the belts have been sent on some bad 
design : It is resolved, that Capt. John Sherman of Woodbury, and Major 
John Burr of Fairfield, taking with them Thomas Minor of Woodbury, or 
such other interpreter as they shall judge meet, do repair immediately to 
said Indians at Potatuck and Wiantenuck, and cause the said Chickens, to 
whom the belts and messenger were sent, to attend them, and to make the 
best inquiry they can into the truth of said story, and what may be the 
danger of said message, and as they shall see cause take proper order that 
the said Indian with the belts, and the principal or chief of the Potatuck 
and Wiantenuck Indians, attend the General Court at its next session, to 
receive such orders as may be useful to direct them in their behavior in 
relation thereunto ; and that Major Burr return home by way of Danbury, 
that the inhabitants there, and in those western parts, may be quieted as 
to their apprehensions of danger from the Indians, if upon inquiry they 
find there is no just ground for them." 

New Haven, Oct. n, 1722. 

" For conveniency of several members of this court, who live remote, 
and that they may within the present week have sufficient to return home, 
it is ordered that Major Burr, Major Fells (here follow eleven other 
names), be a committee who shall stay after the court is up, and inspect 
and take care that the several acts of this court be truly and exactly 
entered on the records." 

"Governor and Council at Hartford, Apr. 26, 1725. 

'This board having intelligence by a copie of a letter from Philip 
Scheyler of Albany, that the enemies are all come over the lake, and that 
it woidd be prudence to strengthen the frontiers on Connecticut River : 
It is considered and resolved, that notice thereof be forthwith sent to Litch- 
field, Waterbury, Woodbury, Farmington, Simsbury, and New Milford : 
and the commission officers of the aforesaid towns are ordered forthwith 



COLONEL JOHN BURR. 29 

to make a view of the arms and ammunition of the soldiery in said towns, 
to see that all the soldiers in their respective companies be forthwith well 
equipt with their arms and ammunition, according to law, and that they 
are in perpetual readiness to defend themselves and offend the enemy, 
wheresoever they shall be called or directed by their officers, or by the 
Governor and Council, or Committee of War. And it is ordered, that New 
Milford, Litchfield, Simsbury, Waterbury, and Woodbury, do forthwith set 
up a constable's watch in their respective towns ; and the constables of the 
respective towns aforesaid, are ordered by the advice of the commission 
officers and selectmen of the said towns, to see such watch or watches 
faithfully kept by such numbers of men, and in such places as the said 
townsmen and officers, or the major part of them, shall from time to time 
agree to and appoint. 

" Resolved, that a scout of ten effective, able-bodied men be forthwith 
sent out from Simsbury, to take their departure from Salmon Brook at 
Simsbury and march across the Wilderness to Housatunnack and Wea- 
taug, and inform the sachems of said Indians, that as we look upon them 
to be our friends, we send them the news that many of the westward 
Indians are come out against these frontier parts of the country, and also 
that Scatecock Indians are all drawn off, it is supposed to the enemie ; 
and we send them this news, that they may secure themselves in the best 
manner they can, from the said enemie : and farther to inform them, that 
it being difficult to distinguish them from the enemie, they are forbid to 
let their men hunt, or travel in the land belonging to their government, on 
either side of the Housatunnack River, where we must send our scouts to 
discover the enemie that come down this way. And whereas, we have 
intelligence from Albany, that the enemie are come all out from Canada, 
before the Boston gentlemen got to Canada, and the Skatacuck Indians 
are drawn off, and there is discovery of Indians in the wilderness above or 
north of Litchfield and New Milford : for the quieting and securing these 
towns at least for the present, while they get their seed into the ground. 
// is resolved, that orders be sent to Major John Burr of Fairfield, from this 
board, that he forthwith send out his warrants by order of the Governor 
and Council that sat this day at Hartford, April 26, 1725, to the chief 
commission officers of the towns of Fairfield, Stratford, and Milford, 
and cause five effective, good, able-bodied men to be detached or imprest 
in each of the respective towns, and forthwith to cause the said fifteen 
men under command of a serjeant by him, said Major appointed, to 
march to New Milford, and to attend the service of guarding, scouting, 
watching, and warding, by the direction of the commission officers of the 
said town of New Milford." 



30 THE BURR FAMILY. 

May 10, 1733, he was appointed one of the judges in a Court of 
Chancery, which had full power " to hear and determine accounts in 
equity, and award execution thereon, in all causes and controversies be- 
tween the possessors of the bills of the New London Society and the 
mortgagers, as also between the mortgagers themselves, their officers, 
committees, debtors, or receivers, respecting said bills, or the doings of 
said society upon any suit between the parties." 

The student of early Connecticut history will recognize this New 
London Society as one of the most barefaced frauds ever organized. 
Ostensibly a sort of banking and general merchandise concern, it issued 
indented bills for different amounts, payable in silver, or bills of credit of 
the Connecticut or neighboring governments, it being given out that the 
company had a paid-in capital sufficient to meet them when due. The 
bills became a circulating medium and passed into the hands of all classes ; 
presently it was discovered that the only assets of the company were 
mortgages on certain wild lands owned by the stockholders : a rush on the 
bank ensued, and the bills became worthless. As was natural a great 
clamor against the company then arose, and criminations and recrimina- 
tions, suits, charges, and counter-charges startled the staid society of the 
day with revelations of iniquity hitherto undreamed of. In this emergency 
the General Court constituted the above Court of Chancery, with power to 
try not only suits between the victimized public and the stockholders, but 
between the stockholders themselves, who had by this time fallen into a 
fierce altercation over the distribution of the spoils. There were other 
public services performed by Col. Burr, not so important as the above, 
but worthy of mention. At the General Assembly May 9, 17 17, with Peter 
Burr, Samuel Eells, Jonathan Law, Esqrs., and Major John Clark, he was 
appointed " to return the thanks of this Assembly to the Rev. Mr. Timothy 
Cutlar for the great pains he took in the sermon he preached yesterday, 
and to desire a copy that the same may be printed." 

May 12, 1720, he was one of a committee "to deliver into the treas- 
urer's hands the sum of ,£1,320 2s. 6d., being a part of the dead bills 
brought in by the rate of 17 18, taking his receipt for the same." May 11, 
1721 : "Ordered by this Court that a patent be granted to the Hon. 
Nathan Gold, Esqr., Peter Burr, Ksqr., Major John Burr, Capt. Joseph 
Wakeman, Capt. Moses Dimon and Lieut. Jonathan Sturgess, all of Fair- 
field, and their heirs at common law, to hold a grant of 600 acres of land, 
made to the town of Fairfield, by the General Assembly at Hartford in 
1672, for the maintenance and support of a grammar school to be kept 
there, and for no other use whatsoever." May 14., 1731, appointed with 
Mr. Joseph Whiting to return the thanks of the Assembly to the Rev. Mr. 



COLONEL JOHN BURR. 3 1 

Whittlessey, " for the sermon he preached yesterday, and to desire a copy, 
etc." In 1732, he was on a committee to let out ,£3,000 of the bills of 
credit, " to such persons, freeholders in the Colony, as shall mortgage in 
lands, double in value to the sum said mortgager shall borrow." This 
was quite a delicate task, as the committee were to be " very careful and 
inform themselves well, that the title to said land is clear, and that it is 
at least double the value of the mortgage, and free from encumbrance." 
Oct. n, 1733, a difficulty in the town of Lebanon concerning highways 
was reported, and he was appointed on a committee with Matthew Allen 
and James Wadsworth, to hear and report on the same. October 13, 1737, 
with Edward Lewis and Ebenezer Silliman, he was appointed to sell rights 
of western lands at the court-house in Fairfield. 

Col. Burr was probably one of the largest land-holders in the State. 

May 12, 1720 : "the Assembly gave, granted, bargained, sold, and con- 
firmed to Roger Wolcott, Esq. of Windsor, Major John Burr of Fairfield, 
John Riggs of Derby, Samuel Gunn, and George Clark the third of that 
name, both of Milford, John Stone of Stanford, Ebenezer Fitch of Wind- 
sor aforesaid, and Peter Pratt of Hartford, being all of this Colony, one 
certain piece, or parcel of land bounded south on Mansfield bounds as 
stated in the patent to that town dated October the 20th, 1703, west upon 
Willamantick River, north upon Stafford, east upon Ashford, by a line 
drawn from Ashford nine mile and half tree, standing in Mansfield 
line, southerly of a house set up by Obadiah Abbey, then to run from 
that tree north, nine degrees easterly to Stafford bounds, the whole parcel 
being in estimation about 16,000 acres, be it more or less, it being in 
consideration of the sum of five hundred and ten pounds in current 
money, by instruments well executed in the law, secured to be paid to 
the publick treasury of this Colony by said grantees ; to have and to hold 
the same to them, in equal parts or proportions, saving all grants by this 
assembly already made of said lands, and regularly laid out and returned ; 
and this assembly further order and enact, that a patent at the request of 
said grantees under the seal of this Colony, signed by the Governor and 
Secretary, be made of the aforesaid land to the said Roger Wolcott, John 
Burr, John Riggs, Samuel Gunn, George Clark, John Stone, Ebenezer 
Fitch, and Peter Pratt for the firm holding the premises to them, and their 
heirs forever." Besides this grant he had a large farm surrounding his 
residence (which stood on what is now Fairfield Avenue in the city of 
Bridgeport), which he bought of the Indian Sagamores, also a " long 
lot," * and several other large grants from the town of Fairfield ; to this 
should be added a large inheritance from his father. 

* Mis long lot was the 58th counting west from the Stratford line ; his father's, the 



32 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Col. Burr was one of the principal founders of the old North Church 
of Stratfield (now the First Congregational of Bridgeport). He was also a 
principal subscriber at the organization of the St. John's Episcopal Church, 
Bridgeport, in 174S. He died in Dec, 1750, and was buried, probably, in 
the old Stratfield burying-ground. His estate was valued at 15,288 pounds, 
an immense sum in those days. A copy of his will is appended : 

" April 26th, 1750. Item. My will is that as I have agreed to give my 
loving wife Elizabeth, by a marriage covenant dated 29th March, 1727, it 
shall be performed, I having already paid two hundred pounds mentioned 
jn said covenant (according to my said wife's directions) to her daughter 
Mary, the remaining part of the sum in bills of credit mentioned therein. 
My will is, that my executor shall pay to my said wife, the sum of thirteen 
hundred pounds in bills of credit of the old tenor or equivalent in new 
tenor, to make up the principal and full of the money, and my will farther 
is, that my said wife shall have the use of my dwelling-house where I now 
live, and the whole of the orchard adjoining, during the time she remains 
my widow, and also liberty to get firewood for her own use in my chestnut 
hill lot, during said term, and also provisions for half a year. 

" Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter Abagail Hubbell 
the sum of ten pounds in bills of credit of the old tenor, which with what 
I have already given her, is to be her full share of my estate. 

: ' Item. I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Mary Smedly, the 
sum of ten pounds old tenor, which with what I have already given her is 
her portion. 

" Item. I give and bequeath to my grandson Ebenezer Dimon, the son 
of my said daughter Mary, the sum of one hundred pounds in bills of 
credit old tenor, or equivalent thereto, to be paid him when he shall arrive 
at the age of twenty-one years. 

" Item. I will and bequeath to my grandson, William Dimon, the sum 
of fifty pounds, in bills of credit, old tenor, or equivalent thereto, to be 
paid him when he shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years. 

" Item. I will and bequeath to my grandson David Dimon the sum 
of fifty pounds, in like currency, or equivalent thereto, to be paid him 
when he arrive at the age of twenty-one years. 

" Item. I will and bequeath to my beloved son John Burr, and to his 
heirs and assigns forever, the value of twelve hundred and fifty-eight 

I |th, having been laid out first. The former lay between Cornelius Hull's and Henry 
Rowlands, and was 38 rods 12 links in width ; the latter between John Banks and 
Obadiah Gilbert, and was 34 rods 5 links in width. The long ]<>ts were granted by the 
town, and were of uniform length, running back through the wilderness to the Danbury 
line, a distance of about 14 miles, and in amount were laid out in direct ratio to the taxes 
paid by the grantee. 



COLONEL JOHN BURR. 33 

pounds in bills of credit old tenor, to make him equal to what I have 
already given to my son William, and also the sum of four hundred 
pounds more in like currency, or the value thereof, on account of his 
being my eldest son. 

" Item. All the remainder of my estate both real and personal, of 
what kind so ever, not before mentioned in this will, I will, devise, and 
bequeath to my beloved sons John Burr and William Burr, and their 
heirs and assigns forever in equal portion, on condition that they keep 
and maintain my son Joseph Burr, during his natural life, with good and 
sufficient clothing, meat, drink, washing, and lodging and other necessaries. 

" Finally. I do hereby constitute and appoint my well beloved sons, 
John Burr and William Burr, executors of this my last will and testament 
hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I set 
my hand and seal. 

JOHN BURR. 

" In presence of 

Lyman Hall, 
Richard Hubbell, 
Benj'n Hubbell, Junr." 

Fac-simile of autograph : 






COLONEL ANDREW BURR. [53] 

HE was a son of John, and grandson of Major John Burr, of Fair- 
field. His father died when he was quite young, and he, having 
no brothers, his father's portion of the major's estate descended 
by entail to him. He was a lawyer by profession, an assistant and magis- 
trate of the colony, several times Speaker of the House, and wielded large 
influence in the councils of the Colony ; yet his chief claims to distinction 
rest undoubtedly on his military services, which were many and varied. 
Passing first to the consideration of his military career, we find him, in 
1 73 1, lieutenant of the second company or train-band of Fairfield. Two 
years later, he was promoted to be captain of the same company. In 
1739, he was appointed major of the Fourth Regiment, of which the Fair- 
field company formed a part ; the next year he was made commissary, to 
provide supplies for the troops ordered to be raised for an intended expe- 
dition against the French power in the West Indies.* 

In 1745 occurred the famous Cape Breton Expedition, which, as being 
intimately connected with the family history, should be noticed in detail ; 
it was in fact the most brilliant passage in the long series of colonial wars, 
and worthier of more attention than it has received from historians. The 
fortress of Louisburg was built on a precipitous rock, at the head of 
Chateaurouge Bay — an arm of the Atlantic, — about midway of the eastern 
coast of the island of Cape Breton. By the treaty of 17 15, the French had 
relinquished Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to England, and soon feel- 
ing the need of a fortress in that region, seized upon this rock, and in the 
course of twenty-five years' persistent labor had succeeded in converting 
it — with its natural escarpments of rock, strengthened by every device 
known to the science of war — into the most formidable fortress of the New 
World. About the time of its completion, in 1744, war again broke out 
between France and England, and very soon after the colonists discovered 
that the French privateers were using the place as a covert, from which to 
dart out on their fishing and trading craft, employed in those waters. 
They accordingly determined to capture it, and Maine, New Hampshire, 

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut entered into a coalition to 
effect this object ; New York and the western colonies were invited to join, 
but declined participating in the affair. As soon as the news of the agree- 
ment reached Hartford, Governor Law called a special meeting of the 
Assembly, which accordingly met at New Haven, February 26, 1745. 
Major Andrew Burr was chosen Speaker and Captain John Fowler clerk 
of the House. Of the seventy-five deputies present, thirty-six were 
colonels, majors, or captains. The war spirit of the colony was at its 
highest, and several extreme war measures were passed almost without de- 
bate. The first measure provided for the enlisting of five hundred, after- 
ward raised to eight hundred, men for service in the intended expedition, 
and further provided that each man so enlisting should be paid from the 
public treasury eight pounds for each month of actual service in the war. 
If he provided himself with a good firelock, sword, belt, cartridge-box, 
and blanket, he was allowed a premium of ten pounds ; if not, of three. 
He was to have, further, one month's wages before embarkation, " to be 
excused from all impresses for the space of two years after his discharge 
from service, and have an equal share in all the plunder with the soldiers 
of the neighboring governments." 

A second act directed that the colony sloop-of-war Defence should be 
forthwith equipped and manned with her full complement of men, and 
sail, with all convenient speed, as a convoy to the transports for Cape 
Breton. A third appointed Hon. Roger Wolcot commander-in-chief, and 
Major Andrew Burr colonel of the forces engaged in the expedition. 
Jonathan Trumbull and Elisha Williams, Esqrs., were also appointed a 
committee to visit Boston and confer with the committees of the different 
governments there in managing the affairs of the war, and a board of com- 
missaries was created, of which Col. Gurdon Saltonstall was chairman, who 
were instructed to provide four months' provisions and other necessaries 
for the troops, and also good well-found vessels for transports. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Assembly again met at Hartford, 
March 14, 1745. Colonel Burr was continued Speaker, and Captain 
Fowler clerk. The Assembly then proceeded to fix the pay of officers of 
the expedition. The major-general was voted ,£100 per month, the 
colonel ^65, the lieutenant-colonel ^55, the major ^45. Hon. Roger 
Wolcot was also granted ,£300 to provide his tent, bedding, etc., 
and for the entertainment of the chaplain ; Colonel Burr, Esq., ^120 ; 
Simon Lathrop, Esq. (lieutenant-colonel), ^80 ; and Israel Newton, 
Esq. (major), ^"60 for the same purpose. The different officers of the 
regiment were commissioned. The treasurer was directed to pay to 
the commissaries twelve thousand pounds in addition to the four thou- 



36 THE BURR FAMILY. 

sand already paid, to provide for the needs of the expedition, and an 
act was passed empowering the commissaries to impress transports, 
provisions, etc., when they could not otherwise procure them on just 
and reasonable terms. In the meantime, recruiting had been briskly 
carried on, and Colonel Burr had rendezvoused his regiment of five 
hundred men at New London, where the commissaries had been busy 
collecting a fleet of transports to receive them. This fleet consisted of 
twelve vessels — the colony sloop-of-war Defence, the Rhode Island sloop- 
of-war, a privateer, a snow of Newport, another snow * ; Captain Rouse, 
a ship ; Captain Snelling, a brig ; a snow, and three sloops. One of these 
was the Jane, of Norwalk, subsequently lost off Louisburg ; another, the 
Diamond, of Middletown, lost on her return passage from Louisburg with 
all on board ; and a ship, Captain Ting. 

By the middle of April everything was in readiness, and the little army, 
amid a storm of huzzas and farewells from the crowded streets, marched 
on board the transports, which immediately put to sea, standing out to 
windward of Block Island, and through the portals of the sound at Mon- 
tauk into the ocean. f The fleet was sixteen days at sea, but came safely 
and dropped anchor, April 30, 1745, in Cabaroosa Bay, near the fortress. 
Not, however, without mishap. On the 23d, they fell in with the French 
frigate Renommt, thirty-six guns, from Louisburg, with dispatches to 
France, which engaged them, and damaged the Rhode Island sloop-of-war 
considerably, but which, after an hour's spirited conflict, was glad to haul 
off and bear away on her voyage. Had she known their weakness, with 
her superior weight of metal she might easily have sent the whole convoy 
to the bottom. The Massachusetts troops had arrived on the 4th, so that 
the combined land and naval forces of the colonies, numbering about 
4,500 men, were collected in readiness for the approaching struggle. On 
the morning of the 30th, the fleet crossed the bar, and approached the 
town, piloted by the fishermen of Marblehead and New London. The 
surprise of the garrison at sight of this armament, which, seen in the offing, 
they had supposed to be privateers in wait for their trading craft, was com- 
plete, but at the tap of the drum, they sprang to arms, and a detachment 
of 150 men, under command of Col. Bouladrie, was sent to resist the land- 
ing of the troops. Gen. Wolcot, however, with Yankee shrewdness, made 
a feint of landing at one point, while Col. Burr, with his men, waded the 
surf, reached the shore at another, and were drawn up in line of battle 

* A vessel equipped with two masts like the fore and mainmasts of a ship, and a third 
small mast just abaft the mainmast carrying a trysail. 

f The fleet sailed Sunday, April 14th, at 11 a.m. (see Journal of Rev. Adonijah Bid- 
well, chaplain of the expedition). 



COLONEL ANDREW BURR. 37 

before the enemy could cover the distance between them. Then followed 
a sharp skirmish in which the French were utterly routed, and fled, leaving 
their commander, Bouladrie, and half their number in the hands of the 
victors. 

Thus the initial step of the campaign, that of gaining a safe landing for 
the troops, was accomplished. From their camp that night, Wolcot and 
Burr could take in at a glance the whole line of coast and the defences of 
the enemy. Hard by, two miles away, was the grand battery, armed with 
thirty 42-pounders, and commanding the harbor and city. Nearly op- 
posite their position, on an island of the bay, was the Island battery, mount- 
ing the same number of 28-pounders. Between the town and the mainland 
lay a morass two miles wide and impassable for horses, and when this was 
passed, the fosse So feet wide, and the ramparts 30 feet high, and mount- 
ing 65 cannon of different calibres, still interposed between the invaders 
and the city. In the batteries and the fortress were posted 600 regulars and 
1,300 militia, well armed and provisioned for five or six months, and, in 
addition, an irregular force of half-breeds and Indians was ambushed in 
the neighboring forests, and was available under certain contingencies. 

Having thus briefly stated the obstacles, let us go on and see how they 
were overcome. 

Early next morning a detachment of 400 provincials was sent around 
behind the hills east of the city, burning houses and stores as they ad- 
vanced, until they came within view, at scarce a mile's distance, of the 
grand battery. At this moment, the smoke from the burning houses surg- 
ing through the provincial ranks, deceived the enemy into the belief that 
a great army was upon them, and panic-stricken, they threw their powder 
into a well and fled in confusion toward the town, leaving the provincials 
to rush in and secure the fortress without the loss of a man. 

It was a proud moment for the gallant fellows, and as the tricolor of 
France came down with a run, and the great guns, double-shotted, were 
turned upon the foe, they felt, no doubt, that their losses from the pirati- 
cal Frenchmen were amply avenged. Next morning the army addressed 
itself seriously to the work of the siege. Five fascine batteries were begun 
beyond the morass, and within striking distance of the town, the Connecti- 
cut troops erecting the redoubt nearest the enemy's position, and but two 
hundred yards distant. The heavy cannon were placed on wooden floats, 
and drawn by the strong lumbermen of Maine across the morass to the 
batteries, where they were placed in position. The men carried the ammu- 
nition and other stores in baskets on their shoulders, as in more peaceful 
days they had been wont to carry grain from their sunny cornfields. 
Working slowly in this manner, by the 20th of May they had succeeded in 



38 THE BURR FAMILY. 

erecting five fascine batteries, one of five 42-pounders, and in completely 
investing the town. On the 21st they commenced a furious bombardment 
in which they were aided by the British men-of-war, several of which had 
now come in ; this was continued for twenty-four days, almost without 
cessation, although the besiegers suffered greatly during the time from 
cold, hunger, severe rains, the sorties of the besieged, and the attacks of 
the Indians. 

By the 14th of June, it was observed that the fire of the carronades and 
42-pounders had begun to tell terribly on the walls, and success seemed 
near. The Island battery was then nearly silenced, and untenable ; the 
west gate of the town broken down ; a large breach made in the adjoining 
wall ; the circular battery of 16 guns in ruins ; the northeast battery badly 
damaged, and the soldiers driven from its guns. Under these circum- 
stances it was determined that, on the 18th, the combined land and naval 
forces should assault the town, but the enemy, judging that such an attack 
was intended, and fearful of its result, on the 16th sent in a flag of truce, 
asking for terms of surrender. These were given and accepted, and, on 
the 1 6th of June, the city and fortress of Louisburg, with the island of 
Cape Breton, were surrendered to the provincial arms. Theirs had been 
the hardships of the enterprise, and theirs was the glory of the victory, 
though they were not destined to share in its fruits. During the siege 
prizes to the value of five million dollars had been taken, a share of which 
belonged of right to the colonists, but which was awarded by the home 
government to the naval forces, nor is there any record of their receiving 
a penny of it, nor any indemnity whatever for the losses and burdens of 
the war, although a few years later they saw the mother country reap the 
fruits of their victory in the acquisition of Canada, and the withdrawal of 
French pretensions in that quarter. 

A very interesting memorial on this subject was addressed to the 
British King, by the General Court of Aug. 16, 1745. Its closing para- 
graphs are as follows : 

"Will your Majesty be pleased further to permit us humbly to recom- 
mend to your royal consideration and favor, the officers and soldiers who 
have voluntarily served their King in this expedition, going through 
incredible labors and fatigues in erecting batteries, (one of which they 
advanced within about 200 yards of the city walls,) drawing guns, (some 
42-pounders) firing nine or ten thousand great shot and shells, and small 
shot without number, and in receiving the enemies' shot near equal, in all 
which the officers and soldiers from Connecticut, (whose loyalty and 
resolution is inferior to none,) bare their full share, notwithstanding all 



COLONEL ANDREW BURR. 39 

which, these officers and soldiers, (who would have been entitled to the 
plunder if taken) received no benefit thereof, the same by capitulation 
being given up, and the city and forts, with their artillery, saved and sur- 
rendered to your Majesty, whereas the officers and soldiers at sea, both 
before and since the surrendery, have had great and valuable prizes fallen 
into their hands, even within sight of the city walls, particularly since 
the surrendery, two French East India ships richly laden, and one South 
Sea ship, which we have advice had on board four hundred thousand 
pounds sterling in money, besides a valuable cargo in goods, and it is 
supposed that the captures there amount to a million pounds sterling or 
more, which it is probable would never have fallen into the hands of 
your Majesty's subjects if this expedition had not been undertaken. We 
have presumed to send your Majesty a roll of the officers from Connecti- 
cut, and most humbly pray your Majesty's most gracious acceptance, 
audience, and favor. "Signed by Jonath. Law, Gov." 

In taking leave of the subject, it is worthy of remark that fifteen days 
after the surrender, and before news of the event had reached the colony, 
the Connecticut Assembly passed a vote to raise 300 additional men for 
the Cape Breton expedition. The said troops "to be and belong to Col. 
Burr's regiment now employed in such service." 

The General Assembly of Aug. 15, 1745, detailed Col. Burr with 350 
men of his regiment for garrison duty at Louisburg, until the next June, 
or until the pleasure of the home government should be known. He was 
shortly relieved, however, for we find him Speaker of the House at the 
next session of the Assembly in October, 1745.* 

With the spring of 1746 another war threatened the half exhausted 
colonies. The English ministry then decided on a campaign against the 
Canadas, and sent directions to the colonists to furnish their quota of men 
and stores for the expedition. In this war Colonel Burr seems not to 
have taken active service, though he bore a prominent part in the prepa- 
rations for enlisting and provisioning the troops. He with Gurdon 
Saltonstall (afterward Governor), and four other prominent gentlemen, 
constituted a board of commissaries for providing transports, provisions, 
arms, clothing, and other necessaries for the use of the troops. He was 
at the same time appointed War Committee for New Haven County, with 
Col. Thomas Fitch as colleague, " to assist his Honour the Governor in the 
affairs relating to the war, referred, or that may be referred by this Assembly 
to said Committee." f No mention is made of him in a military capacity 

* " Aug. 31, Col. Burr, and 60 or 70 Connecticut men sailed in a sloop for Connecti- 
cut." — Rev. Mr. Bidwell's Journal. 

f This campaign against Canada proved abortive. 



40 THE BURR FAMILY. 

again, until 1750, when, at the October session of the Assembly he was 
commissioned Colonel of the Fourth Regiment (of Fairfield County). 
The war of 1744 terminated with the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in October, 

1748, and from that time to the famous French and Indian war in 1756, 
the colonists enjoyed comparative peace, yet during this time there were, 
no doubt, almost daily incursions of the savage hordes along the borders, 
so that we are not to infer that his sword was left to rust from disuse ; of 
his personal history and adventures not a scrap remains, and the bio- 
grapher is unfortunately confined to the bare, dry details of the records 
for the materials of his history ; enough, however, is gleaned there to 
prove that he was an efficient officer, brave, firm, and capable, and of great 
reputation in the colony. In the consideration of his civil career, we must 
return for details to the invaluable records of the colony. 

He was Deputy for Fairfield, Oct., 1727, 1729, 1731, May, 1732, Oct., 
1732, Feb., 1733, May, 1733, Oct. 1733, May, 1735, Ma Y, L73 6 , l 737, l 73&, 
Oct., 1738, May, 1739, Oct., 1739, May, 1740, July, 1740, Oct., 1740, 
Nov., 1740, May, 1741, Oct., 1741, May, 1742, Oct., 1742, May, 1743, 
Oct., 1743, May, 1744, Oct., 1744, Feb., 1745, March, 1745, Oct., 1745, 
May, 1746, and June, 1747. He was Justice of the Peace, May, 1727, 
1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1744, and 1745. Appointed 
Judge of County Court, May, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 

I75 2 , T 753, 1754, 1755. x 75 6 , T 757, '758, 1759. r 76o, 1761, 1763. Judge 
of Probate Court, May, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, :75s, 1756, and 
1762. Assistant or member of the Upper House, May, 1746, 1747, 1748, 

1749, i75°» !75 r , T 75 2 , 1753. T 754, i755» l 7S^>, J 757, i75 8 > x 759. 1760, 
1761, 1762, 1763. Present in Court as Assistant, Oct., 1746, Jan., 1747, 
May, 1747, Oct., 1747, May, 1748, Oct., 174S, May, 1749, Oct., 1749, May, 

1750, Oct., 1750. Nov., 1750, May, 1751, Oct., 1751, May, 1752, Oct., 1752, 
May, 1753, Oct., 1753, May, 1754, Oct., 1754, Jan., 1755, March, 1755, 
May, 1755, Aug., 1755, Oct., 1755, Jan., 1756, Sept., 1756, Oct., 1756, 
Jan., 1757, Feb., 1757, May, 1757, Oct., 1757, March, 1758, May, 1758, 
Oct., 1758, Feb., 1759, March, 1759, May, 1759, Oct., 1759, March, 1760, 
May, 1760, Oct., 1760, March, 1 76 1, May, 1761, Oct., 1761, May, 1762, 
Nov., 1762, May, 1763, Oct., 1763. Clerk of Lower House, Oct., 1738, 
May, 1740, July, 1740. Speaker, Oct. 8, 1741, May, 1742, Oct., 1742, 
May, 1743, Oct., 1743, May, 1744, Oct., 1744, Feb., 1745, March, 1745, 
and Oct., 1745. 

June 2, 1726, he was appointed by the Governor and Council, sheriff 
of Fairfield County ; his recognizance was 2,000 pounds ; his sureties 
were Thomas Hill, of Fairfield, and John Lyon, of Greenwich. He held 
the office until the 13th of May following, when he resigned it, " repre- 



COLONEL ANDREW BURR. 4 1 

senting the disadvantages that attended him in sustaining the office," and 
Thomas Hanford, of Fairfield, succeeded him. While sheriff, he had 
some difficulty in disposing of a certain Thomas Shaw, who had been 
placed in his charge by the Superior Court at its August term in Fairfield, 
" to be disposed of in service," and to aid him, a resolution was passed at 
the fall term of the Assembly, impowering him to agree with the person to 
whom said Shaw should be indentured, that in case he (Shaw) should 
persist in his thievish and burglarious practices, so as to expose himself to 
the gallows, and to suffer the pains of death, which then " seemed very 
hazardous," in that case, such person should be paid back so much of the 
money agreed upon as should then — i. e., at the time of the hanging — 
remain unsatisfied for, by the service of said Shaw ; and with this guaran- 
tee, we are to infer that Mr. Shaw soon obtained a situation, as we hear no 
more of the matter. 

At the Oct. session of the Court, 1727, he was appointed with Capt. 
Moses Dimon, to sell lands of Joseph Lockwood, of Fairfield, minor. 
May 11, 1732, he was on a committee with Capt. Piatt and Esq. Lewis, to 
layout a new parish at Stanford and Horse Neck. At the May session in 
1733, he was one of a committee of six, who submitted a report on the 
disposal, or dividing, of the several townships laid out in the western 
lands. The report recommended first, an act granting all the money re- 
ceived from the sale of the seven towns lately laid out in the western lands, 
to the then settled towns of the colony, divided to them in proportion to 
the list of their polls, and ratable estate for that year, and to be secured 
and forever improved for the use of the schools kept in said towns accord- 
ing to law. And second, an act, creating a committee of two for each 
county, to sell the townships, or receive subscriptions for the shares — each 
town being divided into fifty shares, three of which were reserved, one for 
the first minister there settled, one sequestered for the use of the estab- 
lished ministry forever, and the third for the use of the school or schools 
in such town forever. The report was accepted by the Assembly, and 
Andrew Burr, and Samuel Burr, were appointed to take subscriptions for 
Fairfield County. The land open to buyers in this county lay in Town- 
ship No. 4, the middle town of the tract, bounded on the west by Ousa- 
tunnuck River. In Oct., 1734, he was appointed with Stephen Burr, to 
sell estate of David Burr, of Fairfield, and to put the money it should 
produce at interest for the use of the same. 

May, 1737, he was appointed with Nathan Stanley and others, to re- 
ceive the money contributed by the several societies, "for the civilizing 
and Christianizing the Indians in this Colony." May, 1746, on committee 
with Ebenezer Silliman and Thaddeus Burr, to settle differences in the 



42 THE BURR FAMILY. 

parish of North Stratford, " and to pursue proper and peaceable methods 
for the settlement of a gospel minister among them." May, 1749, he was 
granted eighty-one pounds for his services as committee in assisting Col. 
Fitch in revising the laws. Jan. 8, 1755, on committee with Ebenezer 
Silliman, Samuel Fitch, and Joseph Piatt, " to assist the Governor with 
their advice and counsel," in regard to the raising of forces for the 
defence of his Majesty's just rights and dominions in North America (see 
letter of Sir Thomas Robinson, in " R. I. Col. Rec," vol. v., p. 406). 
Also March 17, 1756, the same were appointed a Committee of War, "to 
attend, and advise the Governor in any matters aforesaid — (relating to the 
intended expedition against Crown Point) — whensoever he shall think 
proper to call them together." November, 1755, appointed with David 
Rowland and John Reed, "to repair to Greenwich, to consider and settle 
some disputes that had arisen between the parishes of Greenwich and 
Horse Neck, respecting their parochial extension, and levying ministerial 
taxes." The same committee was reappointed on the same business at 
the May and September sessions of the Court, in 1756. Feb. 9, 1757, he 
was appointed " to receive the arms and accoutrements belonging to the 
king, used by the soldiers of the Colony in the last campaign," (that 
against Crown Point). His last appearance in public life was as Assistant 
at the October session of the Court in 1763. He was renominated for 
Assistant at that time, but died before the election in May. His death 
occurred at his home in Fairfield, Nov. 9, 1763, and his tomb is still to be 
seen in the old burial-ground at Fairfield. 

His domestic life was a pleasant and happy one. He married, April 
30th, 1 7 19, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Sturgis of Fairfield, who bore him 
thirteen children. She died about 1745. He again married .Sarah Stanly 
of Hartford, by whom he had one child, a daughter, born Dec. 3, 1749. 

He died Nov. 9, 1763. His will was dated Nov. 24, 1760, and reads 
as follows : 

"24th Nov. 1760; Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my loving wife 
Sarah, the household <;oods that she brought with her, that are in being 
after my decease. And also the use of one-third of my real estate that I 
shall die possessed of during her natural life, this to be in lieu of dower. 

"Item. All the rest of my estate I will and bequeath to my children, 
viz : David, Andrew, John, George, Oliver, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah and 
Jerusha, in manner and proportion hereafter mentioned, I having already 
given to my son David the value of thirty-four pounds lawful money, 
which shall be accounted as part of the portion given him. 

'Item. To my son Andrew, I have already given him thirty pounds 
lawful money, which shall be accounted part of his portion : And to my 



COLONEL ANDREW BURR. 43 

son George I have given ten pounds lawful money which shall be ac- 
counted part of his portion. 

" Item. To my son David, in consideration of his being my first born, 
I give all my law books being in partnership with Gov. Fitch : Also what 
I expended on his College learning. Also the acre of land I gave him 
where his house now standeth to be over and above his share with the rest 
of his brethren. 

" Item. All the rest and remainder of my estate not given before in 
this my last will, I give, devise, and dispose of the same to my afore- 
named children to them their heirs and assigns forever, in such manner 
that each of my sons shall have twice as much as each of my daughters 
aforenamed, making what is set off to my three sons as part of their por- 
tions respectively, and what I have charged to my daughter Elizabeth 
shall be part of her portion given in this my will, so that my aforenamed 
daughters shall have equal share, and half so much as each of my said 
sons, and my will is, that whatsoever I shall hereafter give to any of my 
children and shall be charged to them : or if it be by deed of gift, shall 
be taken and accounted as part of the portion of my estate, given to them 
in this my will. As to my daughter Ann, the wife of Capt. Sam. Sturges, 
I have already given her what 1 consider her full portion. 

" Finally. I do hereby constitute and appoint my dutiful and beloved 
sons, David Burr and George Burr, executors of this my last will and 
testament (hereby revoking all former wills by me made.) In confirma- 
tion whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and date fixed 
before written. My will farther is, that if my movables will not pay my 
debts, besides what is given to my wife, then my executors shall have 
power to sell lands to pay them. 

"ANDREW BURR. 

" Signed in presence of 
David Rowland, 
Andrew Rowland, 
Sarah Ward." 

Fac-simile of autograph : 




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REVEREND AARON BURR, D.D. [46] 

ON the 4th of January, 17 16, there was born to Daniel Burr, of 
Upper Meadow, a district in the northern limits of the present 
town of Fairfield. Ct., a son, on whom the graces that preside at 
birth seem to have lavished all those gifts which they so charily bestow on 
the majority of mankind. He had a lively, intelligent, profound intellect, 
a handsome person, equable temper, sufficient wealth, and all the advan- 
tages of birth, breeding, and education, and still further to insure his suc- 
cessful rearing, five hearty, healthy boys, and three merry girls shared 
with him in the care and solicitude of his parents. 

" From childhood," says his biographer,* " he had a strong inclination 
for learning, and early discovered tokens of that extraordinary quickness 
of intellect which afterward distinguished him." Fortunately his friends 
had the discernment to perceive this, and early determined to give him a 
liberal education, with a view to entering him later in some one of the 
learned professions. Accordingly, in his eighteenth year, he entered Yale 
College, then beginning to acquire that prestige as an educator of youth, 
which had before belonged exclusively to Harvard, and after the usual term 
of four years graduated with the highest honors of the class. This oc- 
curred in 1738. He was particularly proficient in Greek and Latin, and 
on receiving his first degree, was a candidate for, and received the priv- 
ileges of, a resident graduate on the Berkeley foundation, which were 
only granted, after competition, to the three best scholars in Greek and 
Latin of the class. The year after and while pursuing his post-graduate 
studies, an event occurred which exerted a controlling influence on his 
subsequent career. In this year he experienced that mysterious change 
which we call conversion, and which has changed the life current of so 
many men. A very interesting account of this event is given, in the 
following extract from his private papers : 

' This year God saw fit to open my eyes, and show me what a misera- 
ble creature I was. Until then I had spent my life in a dream, and as to 
the great design of my life had lived in vain. Though before I had been 

* Slearns' " Hist, of First Church, Newark." 
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REV. AARON BURR, D.D. 45 

under frequent conviction, and was driven to a form of religion, yet I 
knew nothing as I ought to know. But then I was brought to the foot- 
stool of sovereign grace, saw myself polluted by nature and practice, had 
affecting views of the Divine wrath I deserved, was made to despair of 
help in myself, and almost concluded that my day of grace was passed. It 
pleased God at length to reveal his Son to me as an all-sufficient Savior, 
and I hope, inclined me to receive him on the terms of the Gospel." 

His thoughts were now turned towards the Christian ministry, as the 
worthiest, most sacred and most responsible pursuit of man, and in Sep- 
tember, 1736, he was licensed as a candidate for sacred orders. His first 
parish was Greenfield, Massachusetts, a pretty village in the valley of the 
Connecticut, a few miles above Springfield. He remained there but a 
short time, and then removed to New Jersey, and preached, as the old 
chronicles inform us, at a place called Hanover ; while here a wider sphere 
of action opened before him. In 1677, a colony of Connecticut people, 
principally from New Haven, had settled in East Jersey. The church 
which they then founded had grown with the years, until it had now be- 
come a numerous and wealthy society, known as the First Church of New- 
ark ; it was now without a pastor, and having heard of the piety and 
eloquence of the young preacher from Connecticut, they appointed a com- 
mittee, in Nov., 1736, to go down to Hanover and treat with him "on the 
subject of his becoming a candidate." Next month, Dec. 21st, it was put 
to vote " whether the town desire Mr. Aaron Burr should have a call for 
further improvement in the work of the ministry among us, as a candidate for 
further trial, which was carried in the affirmative, nemine contradicente." 
They were cautious folk, however, and engaged him at first, for but one year, 
commencing Jan. 10, 1737. The connection proved mutually satisfactory, 
and at the expiration of the year he was ordained as their pastor, by the 
Presbytery of East Jersey, with which the church was then connected. 
His emotions, on being inducted into this responsible office, are thus re- 
ferred to in his journal : " Jan. the 25th, I was set apart to the work of the 
ministry by fasting, prayer, and imposition of hands. God grant that I 
may ever keep fresh in my mind the solemn charge that was then given, 
and never indulge trifling thoughts of what then appeared to me to be of 
such awful importance." 

The early part of his ministry was remarkable for that wonderful re- 
ligious movement, which, commencing at Northampton and other towns in 
the Connecticut Valley, spread from town to town and from point to point, 
until nearly the whole country was embraced in its ever increasing circles. 
Great Britain also presented, at the same time, a similar phenomenon. 
This movement is known in religious annals as the " Great Awakening." 



46 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Whitefield and the Wesleys were its leaders in England, and Whitefield, 
Edwards, and Burr among its chief promoters in America.* The personal 
friendship and connection with Whitefield, begun at this time, forms one 
of the most charming passages in the life of this good man. The vessel 
in which the former took passage for this country was bound to Newport, 
R. I., and as it happened Mr. Burr was in that city when the vessel with 
its distinguished passenger arrived. It is probable that he accompanied 
Whitefield on his journey to Boston soon after ; at least he was in that city 
while the latter was preaching there, and his letters of this date contain 
many pleasant little scraps of information concerning the great preacher 
and his sermons. For instance, in one, the first of the series, he remarks : 
" To-day I heard Mr. Whitefield preach in Dr. Coleman's church. I am 
more and more pleased with the man." Again, "on the 21st I heard him 
preach on the Common to about 10,000 people. On Monday visited him 
and had some conversation, to my satisfaction." " On the 23d went to 
hear him preach in Mr. Webb's church, but the house was crowded before 
he came. Same day Mr. Whitefield preached at Mr. Gee's church, and in 
the evening at Dr. Sewall's. On Saturday I went to hear him preach 
again, on the Common ; there were about 8,000 there." 

It was during Mr. Burr's stay in Boston at this time that an incident 
occurred, which is related as showing his remarkable power as a preacher. 

One evening a young lady very wealthy and accomplished, but a skep- 
tic in religion, was passing by the church in which he was to preach, and 
attracted by the crowd that was pouring in, entered. By and by Mr. Burr 
entered the desk. There being nothing remarkable in his appearance, she 
regarded him with contempt, and would have left the church had not a 
regard for appearances restrained her. But with the first deep, melodious 
tones of the preacher her interest was awakened ; she listened with the 
most breathless attention to the sermon which followed, and at its close 
went out weeping and convinced. That evening dated a most decided 
change in her character and life ; she became a humble, earnest Christian, 
and some years after died, in the triumphs of faith. 

After some weeks spent in Boston, Mr. Burr returned to his parochial 
duties in Newark. Some time after, in November, 1740, he was visited by 
Mr. Whitefield, who preached in his church with the most gratifying re- 
sults. A correspondence was kept up, it is said, between the two until Mr. 
Burr's death. 

Two years after this visit, in June, 1742, the First Church of New 

* A letter from Newark at this period mentions Mr. Burr as one of the ministers 
whom the good Lord had stirred up and inspired to water the seed sown by Mr. White- 
field in that region. 




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REV. AARON BURR, D.D. 47 

Haven honored Mr. Burr with an invitation to become their assistant pastor 
with Mr. Noyes, and appointed a committee with President Clapp at their 
head, "to go down to Newark and lay the call before Mr. Burr, and at the 
same time to treat with the good people of Newark and gain their consent 
to Mr. Burr's removal." But both Mr. Burr and " the good people of 
Newark " seem to have been perfectly satisfied with their mutual relations, 
and the delegation was obliged to return home unsuccessful. Soon after 
we may suppose that Mr. Burr returned their visit, as he was chiefly occu- 
pied during this summer with sending the devoted Brainerd on his long 
cherished mission to the Indian tribes of the continent, and in the course 
of the summer made a long journey into New England and urged upon its 
people the duty and necessity of christianizing the Indians about them, 
and also recommended Mr. Brainerd as well fitted, both by nature and 
grace, for the work. Other ministers seconded these efforts and the result 
was that, in 1744, Brainerd was ordained and sent on a mission to the In- 
dians at the Forks of the Delaware. 

A marked peculiarity of President Burr's character was the large devel- 
opment in him of the paternal instinct, — a trait also shared by his famous 
son. He loved children, and had an instinctive desire to take every bright, 
active boy he saw and "make a man of him." As an educator of youth, 
he was justly celebrated. Very early in his pastorate at Newark he gath- 
ered a class of boys, eight or ten, about him, and instructed them in the 
principles of the English and classical languages. This was but the begin- 
ning. On the 23d Oct., 1746, Jonathan Dickinson, John Pierson, Eben- 
ezer Pemberton, and Aaron Burr, with an equal number of lay associates, 
received a charter for a new college of New Jersey, and which was organ- 
ized the first week in May, 1747, at Elizabethtown. Of this institution 
Jonathan Dickinson was the first President. In August, 1747, Mr. Dick- 
inson died, and the students, eight in number, were removed to Newark, 
and placed under the care of Mr. Burr. The following September, Gover- 
nor Belcher granted a new charter, under which the college is at present 
conducted, and on the 9th of November, 1748, Mr. Aaron Burr was unani- 
mously chosen the first president of the new college, "an office," says the 
college record, " which he was pleased modestly to accept, and took the 
oath of office required by the charter." His devotion to the interests of 
his new charge knew no bounds ; indeed, he is to be regarded not only as 
the first president and true founder of this sturdy giant of our day, but as 
its fostering parent as well. 

"The college," says Dr. Stearns, "was at the time in a feeble condi- 
tion, and he not only contributed freely of his own means, but by the 
weight of his own influence and personal efforts, he was able to accomplish 



48 THE BURR FAMILY. 

much in securing for it the patronage of the liberal, here and in other parts 
of the world." For the first three years of its existence, he received no 
salary whatever as president, and his intense interest in its welfare is shown 
in a letter of the period, which, after remarking that the college had lately 
drawn ,£200 in a lottery, adds, " It hath given the President such pleasure, 
that his spirits are greatly refreshed which were before very low." Mr. 
Burr remained president of the college, actively laboring in its behalf until 
his death in 1757.* Indeed, it is highly probable that his unparalleled 
labors in its behalf were the main cause of his untimely decease. 

In the midst of this life of activity occurred his marriage with Miss 
Esther Edwards, daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards of Stockbridge, 
Mass. This event, and the manner of its accomplishment created no 
small amount of gossip in the social circles of the day. Mr. Burr was then 
thirty-seven, the young lady twenty-one. His courtship, judging from the 
letters of a young gentleman then a student in Princeton College, to his 
friends, describing the affair, was quite patriarchal. 

The young letter-writer thus describes it : " In the latter end of May, 
the President took a journey into New England, and during his absence 
he made a visit of but three days, to the Rev. Mr. Edwards' daughter at 
Stockbridge ; in which short time, though he had no acquaintance, nor 
had ever seen the lady these six years, I suppose he accomplished his 
whole design, for it was not above a fortnight after his return here, before 
he sent a young fellow (who came out of college last fall) into New Eng- 
land to conduct her and her mother down here. They came to town 
Saturday evening the 27th ult., and on Monday evening following, the 
nuptial ceremonies were celebrated between Mr. Burr and the young lady. 
As I have yet no manner of acquaintance with her, I cannot describe to 
you her qualifications and properties. However, they say she is a very 
valuable lady. I think her a person of great beauty, though I must say 
I think her rather too young (being twenty-one years of age) for the 
President." 

A few weeks later, on becoming acquainted, he wrote again, giving his 
impressions of the lady : " I can't omit acquainting you that our President 
enjoys all the happiness that the married state can afford. I am sure, 
when he was in the condition of celibacy, the pleasure of his life bore no 
comparison to that he now possesses. From the little acquaintance I have 
with his lady, I think her a woman of very good sense, of a genteel and 

* The autograph which accompanies this sketch, is from a paper in the Connecticut 
State Archives, praying the General Assembly for authority to hold a lottery in that State 
for the benefit of the college, which power was denied them by the law of Nesv Jersey- 
The paper is signed by Aaron Burr, Pres. of the college, as acting for the trustees. 



REV. AARON BURR, D.D. 49 

virtuous education, amiable in her person, of great affability and agreeable- 
ness in conversation, and a very excellent economist." 

The marriage was solemnized, June 29, 1752. Two years later, May 
3, 1754, the old parsonage in Newark was enlivened by the birth of a 
daughter, Sarah, and again, Feb. 6, 1756, by the advent of a son Aaron. 
They were the only children of President and Esther Burr. 

In the autumn of 1756, the college buildings at Princeton were com- 
pleted, and the president removed thither, severing his connection with 
the church which he had served to the great satisfaction of all parties, for 
twenty years. But the career of this busy and pious man was near its 
close. In August, 1757, he made one of his swift journeys into New 
England, penetrating as far as Stockbridge, the residence of his father-in- 
law. He returned home much exhausted, but was obliged to set off at 
once to Elizabethtown to meet Governor Belcher, on pressing business 
connected with the college. At Elizabethtown he learned that the wife of 
the Rev. Caleb Smith was dead, and hastened to condole with his bereaved 
friend, and on his arrival was prevailed on to preach the funeral sermon 
of the deceased lady. On his return to Princeton, he suffered from attacks 
of intermittent fever, but disregarding it, made a forced journey to Phila- 
delphia, still on college business. From this journey he returned utterly 
exhausted, only to meet fresh demands upon his energies, for Governor 
Belcher, his old friend and ally, the firm friend and patron of the college, 
had died suddenly, and who but President Burr could fitly pronounce his 
funeral eulogium. He spent nearly the whole of that night in preparing 
it, and the next morning, nearly delirious with fever, travelled to Elizabeth- 
town, where the funeral ceremonies were to be held. During the sermon 
his friends perceived, with regret and alarm, that he was nearly prostrated 
by his disease ; this was his last sermon. From Elizabethtown he returned 
to his home at Princeton, where he expired from the effects of the fever, 
September 24, 1757. His funeral was celebrated in the college chapel, and 
his remains interred in the college churchyard, where, eighty years after, 
the body of his famous son was brought for burial. 

Few men, probably, have been more sincerely mourned than was 
President Burr. A large concourse of people, comprising many of the 
magnates of the land, gathered at his funeral. A glowing eulogium was 
pronounced upon him by Governor Livingston, of New Jersey,* and the 
press and the pulpit vied in paying manly tributes to his virtue, talents, 
and beneficence. 

Of President Burr's personal appearance and habits we have but few 

* Afterward published ; a copy — and the only one that I have been able to find — is 
preserved in the library of the Mass. Historical Society, Boston, 



50 THE BURR FAMILY. 

details, and they are chiefly supplied by his biographer, Dr. Stearns, and 
by Gov. Livingston. According to Dr. Stearns, he was small in stature, 
and of a delicate frame but capable of great effort. " He was a small 
man, and very handsome, with clear dark eyes of a soft luster, a slender, 
shapely person, and the style and bearing of a prince," said the letter- 
writers of his day. 

'To encounter fatigue," says Gov. Livingston, "he had a heart of 
steel, and for the despatch of business the most amazing talents. As 
long as an enterprise appeared not absolutely impossible, he knew no dis- 
couragement, but in proportion to its difficulty augmented his diligence, 
and by an insuperable fortitude frequently accomplished what his friends 
and acquaintances deemed utterly impossible. In private intercourse he 
was modest, easy, courteous, and obliging." A perfect master of the art 
of pleasing in company, his presence threw a charm over every social 
circle. Temperate even to abstemiousness, he was a lover of hospitality, 
and possessing ampler means than most of his brethren, he distinguished 
himself as a bounteous giver. 

" As a pastor," says Dr. Stearns, "' Mr. Burr was eminently faith- 
ful and assiduous ; of winning manners and distinguished skill in find- 
ing out and opening the avenues of the heart, he employed his address, 
learning, and activity for the promotion of the moral improvement and 
spiritual welfare of the souls committed to him." Gov. Livingston also 
touches upon this topic. !< He was none of those downy doctors who 
soothe their hearers into delusive hopes of divine acceptance, or sub- 
stitute external morality in the room of vital godliness. On the con- 
trary, he scorned to proclaim the peace of God, until the rebel had laid 
down his arms and returned to his allegiance. He was an ambassador 
that adhered inviolably to his instructions, and never acceded to a treaty 
that would not be ratified in the court of Heaven. He searched the 
conscience with the terror of the law, before he assuaged its anquish 
with the balm of Gilead, or presented the sweet emollients of a bleeding 
Deity. He acted, in short, like one not intrusted with the lives and for- 
tunes, but the everlasting interests of his fellow mortals, and therefore 
made it his business to advance the divine life, and restore the beautiful 
image of God displaced by the apostacy of man." 

There are several portraits of President Burr in existence, but all I 
believe copies of an original portrait, which was captured by the British 
during the Revolution, and somewhat defaced, but was afterward recovered 
and restored. The painting in the college library is copied from that 
portrait. 

Mr. Burr was not a voluminous writer. In 1752 he published a Latin 



REV. AARON BURR, D.D. 5 1 

Grammar, known as the Newark Grammar, and which was used in the 
college long after his death. He also published a pamphlet of 60 pages 
called "The Supreme Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ Maintained "; a fast- 
day sermon, delivered Jan. 1, 1755; "The Watchman's Answer to the 
Question, What of the Night?" a sermon, 1756, and the funeral sermon 
on Governor Belcher, 1757. A Latin oration by him on the death of 
Philip Doddridge is still preserved in manuscript in the college library. 



Fac-simile of autograph 




4d&i 




Ata.^ S'.yM, 



52 THE BURR FAMILY. 

His monument in Princeton churchyard bears this inscription 

M. S. 

Reverendi admodum viri 

AARONIS BURR, A.M. 

Collegii Neo Canadensis Prsesidiis 

Natus apud Fairfield Connecticutensium 

IV Januarii A. D. MDCCXVI 

S. V. 

Honesta in eadem Colonia Familia oriundus 

Collegio Yalensi innutritus 

Novarcae Sacris innutritus MDCCXXXVIII 

Anno circitcr viginti pastorali Munere 

Fideliter Fructus 

Collegii N. C. Presidium MDCCXLVIII accepit 

In narsoviae Aulam sub Finem MDCCLVI translatus 

Defunctus hoc vico XXIV Septembris 

A. D. MDCCLVII S. N. 

yEtatis XLII eheu quam brevis 

Huic Marmori subjicitur quod mori potuit 

Quod immortale vindicarunt cceli 

Qua^ris viator Qualis Quantusque fuit 

Perpaucis Accipe 

Vir corpore parvo ac tenui 

Studiis vigiliis assiduis que laboribus macro 

Sagacitate, Perspici cacitate Agilitate 

Ac Solertia (si fas dicere) 

Plus quam humana pene 

Angelica 

Anima ferme totus 

Omnigena Literatura instructus 

Theologia prsestantior 

Concionator volubilis suavis et suadus 

Orator facundus 

Moribus facilis candidus et jucundus 

Vita egregie liberalis ac beneficus 

Supra vero omnia emicuerunt 

Pietas ac Benevolentia 

Sed ah ! quanta et quota Ingenii 

Industrial Prudential Patientiae 

Cffiterarumque omnium virtutem 

Exemplaria 

Marmoris Sepulchralis Augustia Reticebit 

Multum desideratus multum dilectus 

Humani generis Deliciae 

O ! infandum sui Desidarium 

Gemit Ecclesia plorat accademia 

At Caelum plaudit dum ille 

Ingreditur 

In Gaudium Domini Dulce loquentis 

Enge bone et fidelis 

Serve 

Abi viator tuam respice finem. 



REV. AARON BURR, D.D. 53 

President Burr's will is preserved among the archives of New Jersey in 
the Secretary of State's office at Trenton. It opened as follows : " In the 
name of God, Amen, I, Aaron Burr, of Princeton in the county of Middle- 
sex, President of the College of New Jersey, being weak in body but 
through the mercy of God of sound and disposing mind and memory, do, 
this 18th of September, 1757, make and publish this my last will and 
testament in manner following : That is to say, after my funeral charges 
and just debts are fully satisfied and paid — in order to prevent the evil of 
funeral pomp and ceremony, and that nothing be done that have a ten- 
dency to divert the mind from the serious reflections proper on so solemn 
an occasion, — direct that my funeral be attended in the plainest manner 
consistent with decency, and that the surplus of the money which accord- 
ing to custom might have been expended at the funeral of a person of my 
situation and character of life, at some convenient time after my decease 
be distributed to such pious and charitable uses as my executors herein- 
after named shall think fit." 

The will then disposed of the estate — the use of the whole to his wife 
Esther, and absolute disposal of one half of it at her death, provided she 
remained his widow; if she remarried, then 200 pounds in lieu of dower. 
Two thirds of the remainder was given to his son Aaron Burr, and one 
third to his daughter Sarah, on condition that he left no other children. 
If his son Aaron died in his nonage, 200 pounds were bequeathed to the 
College of New Jersey, and if both children died an additional 200 pounds 
was given to his brother, Peter Burr, of Redding, Conn. Will proved 
Sept. 28, 1757. 



THADDEUS BURR. [127] 

THADDEUS BURR was born at Fairfield Aug. 22, 1735, a son of 
Thaddeus, and grandson of Judge Peter Burr. His mother was 
Abigail, daughter of Jonathan Sturges, Esq., of Fairfield. At the 
age of twenty he graduated at Yale College with the degree of A.M., and 
soon after, for conspicuous merit, the same honor was conferred on him 
by the College of New Jersey. March 22, 1759, he married a beautiful 
and accomplished lady, Miss Eunice Dennie, daughter of James Dennie, 
Esq., of Fairfield. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. Noah 
Hobart, then pastor of the church at Fairfield, and was entered on both 
the town and church records. The first ten years of his married life were 
spent in scholarly and social pursuits, and in the management of his large 
estates ; he first appeared in public life as Deputy for Fairfield at the Oct. 
session of the General Court, in 1769. In 1771 he again appears as 
Deputy, also Oct., 1775, Dec, 1775, May, 1776, Nov., 1776, May, 1778, 
Oct., 1778, and Jan., 1779. He was Justice of the Peace for Fairfield, 
May, 1777, 1778, 1782, and was High Sheriff of the County in 1779. He 
early espoused the cause of the colonies against the King, and in 1775 was 
a member of the town committee of war ; this we learn from an interesting 
historical incident which is worthy of record. 

The battle of Lexington commenced at five on the morning of Wednes- 
day, the 19th of April, 1775. At ten on the same morning, Trail Bissell, 
an unlaurelled hero, was commissioned by the authorities of the Colony 
to ride and alarm the country quite to Connecticut. Pike Scott's " Malise," 
he was the messenger of fear and hate, although unlike him, he bore not a 
fiery cross, but his paper commission, stamped with the broad seal of the 
Colony. At every principal village he stopped, while the town committee 
endorsed his papers ; and, before he left, a dozen swift horsemen, cours- 
ing north and south, carried the news to the most secluded hamlet, 
and sent hundreds of gallant yeomen hurrying up to Bunker Hill and 
Dorchester, eager to act well their part in the birth-hour of a nation. At 
four on the afternoon of Thursday our hero dashed into Norwich. He 
rode into New London at seven p.m. of the same day. He was in Lyme 

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THADDEUS BURR. 55 

at one on the morning of Friday ; in Saybrook at four a.m. ; Killingvvorth 
at seven a.m. ; East Guilford at eight a.m. ; Guilford at ten a.m. ; Bran- 
ford at twelve m. He reached New Haven on the evening of Friday, and 
Fairfield Saturday morning at eight, where Mr. Thaddeus Burr endorsed 
his papers as one of the town committee. From Fairfield the express con- 
tinued on through Westport, Norwalk, and Stamford to New York ; from 
that city to Elizabethtown, New Brunswick, Princeton and Trenton, where 
it arrived at nine a.m. on the 24th of April, one hour less than five days 
from Lexington. 

Not the least pleasing incident of Mr. Burr's honorable career was 
his intimate friendship with Gov. John Hancock of Massachusetts. This 
connection was formed in early life, and continued till death, Hancock 
frequently visiting his friend at Fairfield, and Burr in return spending a 
part of the winter at his friend's hospitable mansion in Boston. Hancock 
was married at Thaddeus Burr's house in Fairfield, an affair that provoked 
no little discussion among the social quidnuncs of a later generation, but 
which can be easily explained. For the few years preceeding the Revolu- 
tion, Miss Dolly or Dorothy Quincey, daughter of Edmund Quincey, was 
a reigning belle in Boston, and some time in the winter of 1775 became 
engaged to Mr. John Hancock. 

At the time of the battle of Lexington, she was visiting a friend in that 
place, and witnessed the whole affair from her chamber window. Hancock 
and other gentlemen of Boston were also present, and on the former 
ordering her somewhat sharply to return to Boston, she spiritedly refused, 
reminding him that she had not come under his control yet. But when 
troubles thickened, and Boston became a leaguered towns he came, chaper- 
oned by an aunt, her mother having been some time dead, to Fairfield, on 
a visit to her father's old friend Thaddeus Burr. Here she saw Aaron 
Burr, then a youth of twenty, and like most women whom he ever met, be- 
came warmly interested in him. In her letter she styles him " a handsome 
young man with a pretty fortune," and complains of the extreme caution 
of her aunt, which never allowed them to spend a moment alone in each 
other's society. But in July Burr went off to the camp at Boston, and had 
won laurels at Quebec before news of the pretty Dorothy's wedding 
reached him. On his return from presiding over the Continental Congress 
at Philadelphia in 1775, Hancock spent a few days with his friend Thaddeus 
Burr at Fairfield, and the marriage was then consummated. 

The newspapers of the day noticed the affair in a four-line paragraph, 
thus : " Sept., 1775. — On the 28th ult. was married at the seat of Thaddeus 
Burr, Esq. by the Rev. Andrew Eliot, the Hon. John Hancock, Esq., 
Prest. of the Continental Congress, to Miss Dorothy Quincey, daughter of 
Edmund Quincey, Esq., of Boston." 



5 5 THE BURR FAMILY. 

When Fairfield was menaced with an attack from the British in 1779, 
Mrs. Thaddeus Burr, a lady of rare excellence and dignity of character, 
remained behind with the hope that her sex, and position as a former 
acquaintance of Governor Tryon, might avail to protect the mansion-house 
with its rich store of paintings, furniture, and the like, from pillage and 
burning. The sequel is related by Dr. Dwight in the third volume of his 
' Travels." ;< Mrs. Burr, the wife of Thaddeus Burr, Esq., High Sheriff 
of the county, resolved to continue in the mansion house of the family, 
and make an attempt to save it from the conflagration. The house stood 
at a sufficient distance from the other buildings. Mrs. Burr was adorned 
with all the qualities which gave distinction to her sex ; possessed of fine 
accomplishments, and a dignity of character scarcely rivalled ; and proba- 
bly had never known what it was to be treated with disrespect, or even 
with inattention. She made a personal application to Gov. Tryon in terms 
which, from a lady of her high respectability, could hardly have failed of 
a satisfactory answer from any person who claimed the title of a gentleman. 
The answer which she actually received, however, was rude and brutal, 
and spoke the want not only of politeness and humanity, but even of vulgar 
civility. The house was sentenced to the flames and was speedily set on 
fire. An attempt was made in the meantime, by some of the soldiery, to 
rob her of a valuable watch, and rich furniture, for Gov. Tryon refused 
to protect her, as well as to preserve the house. The watch had been 
already conveyed out of their reach ; but the house, filled with every thing 
which contributes either to the comfort or elegance of living, was laid in 
ashes." 

Mr. Dwight was not quite right, however, in his statements, for the 
Rev. Andrew Eliot, then pastor of the church at Fairfield, and an eye- 
witness of the scene, says, in a letter written to a friend seven days after, 
" that Gov. Tryon consented to spare his house and Mr. Burr's, but that 
they were burned by the British rear-guard, consisting of a banditti, 
the vilest ever let loose among men." A few weeks after the burning, 
Gov. Hancock paid his old friend a visit, and while they were surveying 
the ruins, he remarked to Mr. Burr that he must rebuild, and offered to 
furnish the glass needed, provided he would build a house precisely like 
his own in Boston, — not an inconsiderable gift, as all who have seen the 
Governor's unique mansion, fronting on Boston Common, must admit. Mr. 
Burr accepted the offer, and built a house the exact counterpart of 
Mr. Hancock's. The site of the mansion burned in 1779 is now occupied 
by the residence of William R. Jones, Esq. 

The friendship between them continued until the Governor's death in 
r 793. Gov. Hancock's aunt, widow of Thomas Hancock, spent the last 




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TH A DDE US BURR. 57 

year of her life with Thaddeus Burr, and died at his house. Her tomb- 
stone may still be seen in the Fairfield churchyard, and, as one learns 
from the inscription thereon, was erected to her memory by Thaddeus 
Burr, Esq.* 

In January, 1788, Mr. Burr was a delegate (with Jonathan Sturgis) from 
Fairfield to the State Convention at Hartford, called to ratify the new 
Constitution of the United States, and steadily voted to adopt that in- 
strument. 

* H & W 

This Stone 

Erected 

By Thaddeus Burr 

& Eunice Burr 

To the memory of their dear friend 

Mrs Lydia Hancock 

Relict of the Honbl. Thomas Hancock, Esq., 

of Boston 

whose remains lie here interred, 

Having retired to this town from 

the Calamities of War during the 

Blockade of her native City in 1775 

Just on her return to the re-enjoyment 

of an ample fortune 

On x\pril 15 A.D. 1776 

She was seized with the Appoplexy and 

closed a life of unaffected Piety 

universal Benevolence and extensive Charity, 

Aged sixty three years 

Of this stone the oldest inhabitant of Fairfield is quoted by a writer in the New York 
Evening Post as saying : 

" This lady was the ' aunt,' who came with John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dolly 
Quincey to Fairfield, immediately after the battle of Lexington, and who was so jealous of 
Aaron Burr's influence over her. She was no relative, but chaperone to Miss Dolly, and 
aunt to Hancock, being the widow of his uncle and benefactor, Thomas Hancock, the 
rich Boston merchant. John Hancock had been a member of her family for years, and 
she loved him as a son. She remained in Fairfield with her friends Mr. and Mrs. Thad- 
deus Burr until Boston was evacuated, and then on the eve of her return home was stricken 
with apoplexy and died suddenly, as the inscription states. But why should she have 
been buried in Fairfield? and why was it left for her friends, the Burrs, to place a tomb- 
stone to her memory ? and why, all these years, have her ashes been left to mingle with 
alien dust instead of being deposited in the Hancock tomb with those of her husband and 
other friends? I have addressed these queries to members of the Hancock family and to 
others, but no one seems able to solve the problem ; perhaps it was owing to simple 
neglect, perhaps, again, the poor lady desired to be laid here, where, in time, her friends, 
the Burrs, would come to keep her company. It is a pretty spot you observe, with the 
blue Sound in sight, and the green fields all about." 



58 THE BURR FAMILY. 

An original portrait of Mr. Burr, and also of his wife, painted by 
Copley, were in the possession of the late Mr. Andrew E. Burr, of New 
York, a grand-nephew of Thaddeus Burr, to whose father they were left 
by the late Judge Warren, of Boston, in his will. The accompanying 
portraits are engraved from them. 

Mr. Thaddeus Burr died in Fairfield, Feb. 19, 1801, and was buried in 
the old Fairfield burying-ground. His funeral sermon was preached by 
his pastor, Rev. Andrew Eliot, from Isaiah xxxi., 19: "Thy dead men 
shall live, together with my dead body shall they rise." The passages re- 
lating to the life and character of Mr. Burr were as follows: "Your 
thoughts naturally accompany me in the sorrowful action of the preceding 
discourse, it having pleased that God in whose hand our breath is, to take 
away that eminent and useful person, who for many years discharged some 
of the first duties in the town, the county, and the state, in which he studied 
to improve the talents committed to his charge, and to render himself 
peculiarly useful to society and agreeable to his friends and constituents. 
I here seem to tread on forbidden ground, he having never been fond 
of my enlarging on characters, and having such a morbid distrust of his 
own abilities and acquirements : but forbid not, departed spirit, thy friends 
to read and view some of thy virtues for their own and others' imitation. 
Having been blessed with a liberal education and an ample estate, he in 
the first place sat down to the cultivation of them, and in connection with 
his amiable consort he enjoyed an almost uninterrupted scene of domestic 
felicity, and in which he exhibited himself the faithful and tender husband, 
the kind and indulgent master, and valuable neighbor. He was not 
blessed with children of his own, but in the office of guardian he exhibited 
the affectionate father. Orphans saw the loss of parents almost made up 
— for he made a deep impression on their minds ere they arrived at ma- 
turity, and those of tender age when they hear the things which he has 
done for their brethren will wish that he had longer lived. His house 
was the mansion of hospitality. There his friends partook of his bounty ; 
there the traveller often stopped, and the most reputable strangers so- 
journed. This society chose him to the first offices of trust. The town 
employed him for many years as one of their selectmen. For a number of 
years — until he declined the office — he was the sheriff of the county ; 
many times he represented the town in the assembly ; he was appointed 
one of the judges of our court but declined the office ; he was one of the 
electors of the first president of the United States ; citizens resorted to 
him for advice ; oft was he chosen to arbitrate in their differences, to 
audit their accounts, and adjust their matters, and thereby prevent a long 
suit at law. The mention of these things shows the opinion his fellow 



THADDEUS BURR. 59 

citizens had of him, and the confidence they reposed in his integrity and 
abilities. But in no part of his life did Mr. Burr shine more conspicu- 
ously, nor was he more heartily engaged, nor more eminently useful, than 
in the revolutionary war, when Americans stood on their guard, and an 
appeal was made to heaven by the just. When the citizens of this town 
resorted to their arms, he was their counsellor and director, and provoked 
them on to the contest, and during its progress was all life and activity. 
During the greater part of the war he was one of the Governor's council 
of Fifty ; he had the bravery to prepare a paper proving the righteousness 
of the contest. It seemed to all that we could not have done at that time 
without men of so much ability, influence, and promptitude. 

'' Until a few years past, he has been constantly in public business. 
Infirmities pressing upon him, he declined all business except his own 
private matters. We beheld with concern his tottering frame ; we looked 
anxiously at the prospect of his dissolution ; it has at length come upon 
him preceded by agonizing pain, and attended by loss of reason, which 
was the most distressing of all. But when an interval of reason took place 
he expressed to me his firm belief in religion, and when amid excruciating 
pains he was reminded of his Saviour's sufferings, he replied that his own 
were by no means comparable, and expressed an entire resignation to God's 
will, and that Christ was his only hope : and then the time came that the 
earthly house of this tabernacle must be dissolved : his agonies abated and 
he gently fell asleep, we trust in the arms of that Saviour who died for us." 

A writer in the New York Evening Post thus writes of Thaddeus Burr's 
mansion, and of the scenes enacted therein : 

" I have dwelt for some weeks near the site of the old Burr mansion 
house, in this beautiful Connecticut village, and in these few days have 
become all that the most zealous antiquary could desire. I have passed 
whole days in delving amid the musty records of the town and parish, 
religiously preserved in the crypts of the Town Hall. I have held 
frequent and confidential chats with ancient gentlewomen whose recol- 
lections extend beyond the Revolution to the palmy days of their village, 
and I have enjoyed the friendship and confidence of the ' Oldest Inhabi- 
tant,' whose reminiscences go back to the founding of the village itself 
(which occurred soon after the pious and utter extermination of the 
Pequots in a neighboring swamp). Most freely has been placed before 
me family papers and legends sacredly preserved, and the result is a mass 
of material, legendary and historic, which the public, if it has the least 
flavor of the antiquary in its composition, will be interested in knowing, 
and which I shall impart as freely if not as gracefully as it was delivered. 
Every New England village with any pretensions at all to antiquity has 



60 THE BURR FAMILY. 

its ancient mansion house, about which local traditions cluster, and whose 
very walls are permeated with the subtle aroma of the past. Fairfield was 
no exception to this rule, and its Burr mansion house has as good title to 
historic fame, perhaps, as any of the old-time mansions of Middlesex. 
Tradition says that it was built about 1700, by Chief-Justice Peter Burr, 
one of the earliest graduates from Harvard, Chief-Justice of Connecticut, 
and who once lacked but a few votes of becoming its Governor. The 
house stood somewhat back from the main street, on a slight eminence, 
beneath a canopy of elms, and with its dormer windows, its projecting 
gables and ivy-covered wings, presented quite the appearance of a baronial 
structure, the effect of which was increased, it is said, on entering its wide 
hall with its heavy oaken staircase, or in wandering about its ancient 
chambers with their tiled fire-places and heavy oaken panellings. 

"At the time of the Revolution, the period to which our recollections 
are limited, the mansion was owned by Thaddeus Burr, a grandson of 
Peter Burr, a gentleman of culture and ample estate, and who, like many 
of the colonial gentry, exercised a princely hospitality. The ancient 
chronicles record with pride that General Washington in his journeys to 
and from Boston was his frequent guest. Franklin, Lafayette, Otis, 
Quincy, Watson, Governor Tryon, Dr. Dwight, the poet Barlow are on 
the house's bede-roll of famous guests. There Trumbull and Copley 
dreamed and painted — the latter doing full-length portraits of his host 
and hostess, which are still preserved in the family. Governor Hancock 
was married there ; Madam Hancock died there. Aaron Burr passed 
many of his youthful days beneath its roof as the guest of his cousin (not 
uncle, as Mr. Parton has it), Thaddeus Burr. This fact is recorded in the 
old chronicles with special pride, nor was it difficult to discover the 
reason. Burr's family was of the bluest blood of New England, and had 
been seated in Fairfield for generations. His father, the Rev. Aaron 
Burr, the famous Princeton scholar and divine, was a native of Fairfield. 
Judge Peter Burr, before mentioned, was his grand-uncle. Colonel 
Andrew Burr, who led the Connecticut regiment in the brilliant attack 
on Louisburg in 1745, was a cousin, and his family for generations had 
filled the various offices of state, from deacon in the Puritan churches to 
magistrates and judges of the courts. Nor can one of these who believe 
in the ancient traditions of the village be made to admit that Burr was any 
other than a bitterly-persecuted man, who, as has been said, 'suffered the 
fate of those who come into the world a hundred years before their time,' 
and who was ' crushed by the church of his fathers which he had repudiated, 
by the Federalists whom his defection had incensed, and by the rivalries 
in his own party which his elevation to the Presidency had created.' 



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Dressed for a dinner-party at Governor Hancock's. From a portrait by Copley, now 
possession of Mrs. Harry K. Kn.ipp 



THADDEUS BURR. 6 1 

"To this mansion of historic fame, in May, 1775, came Miss Dorothy 
Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy, of Boston, who had moved for 
three years as the belle of the polite circles of that town, and who was 
now the affianced bride of Governor John Hancock. A few weeks before, 
she had witnessed the battle of Lexington from her chamber window, 
spiritedly refusing to obey Governor Hancock's command to return to 
Boston, but now that her native city had assumed the aspect of a 
beleaguered town, she had consented to pass the summer in Fairfield, 
beneath the roof of her father's old friend, Thaddeus Burr. The beauty, 
wit, grace, and dignity of this lady the village gossips are never tired of 
descanting upon, and it is plainly to be seen that they regard her residence 
in their village as an event which added measurably to its historic fame. 
She was accompanied on this occasion, we learn, by a chaperone in the 
person of her loving aunt, Madam Hancock, by her maid, and by that 
array of trunks and band-boxes which are deemed indispensable by young 
women of rank and fashion in their travels. Some two or three days after 
Miss Dolly's advent, the gossips say, a young cavalier rode into the village 
from the West, and alighted at the old mansion house. He was dressed 
in the height of fashion. His sword clanked in its scabbard at his side, 
and the village critics observed that he rode with the style and bearing of 
a prince; this cavalier was Aaron Burr, then a youth of twenty years, in 
the first flush and beauty of manhood, who had come on a visit to his 
favorite kinsman, Thaddeus Burr. When the young people were pre- 
sented in the parlors of the mansion house that evening, it is said their 
surprise and pleasure were mutual, and it is more than hinted by the gos- 
sips that consequences disastrous to Governor Hancock's peace of mind 
might have ensued had not the sage counsels of the elders prevailed over 
youthful passion and folly. It is at least true that Miss Dolly wrote a 
letter to a bosom friend not long after in which she speaks of Burr as ' a 
handsome young man with a pretty fortune,' and complains of the extreme 
caution of her aunt, who would not allow them to pass a moment alone in 
each other's society. It has been said of Aaron Burr, with hundreds of 
other unkind things, that he never refused a flirtation, yet his conduct on 
this occasion was honorable in the extreme. Whether it was, as Cousin 
Thaddeus is said to have hinted, ' that he could not afford to have so 
powerful a man as Governor Hancock for his enemy,' or whether, as is 
more probable, thoughts of war occupied his mind to the exclusion of 
those of love, certain it is that on this occasion he fled from temptation, 
and making a hasty departure from the mansion house, he set off for 
Litchfield, where he entered upon his legal studies with his brother-in-law, 
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except briefly in July, when, with his friend Ogden, he passed through 
the town on his way to the Continental camp before Boston. Miss 
Dorothy, however, passed the stirring days of that eventful summer in the 
ancient village, vvhiling away the time as best she might. She rode, she 
sang, she boated; she accompanied the young people to their ' feasts of 
shells ' on the neighboring beaches ; she conducted harmless flirtations 
with the village youths, her aunt having relaxed her vigilance after Burr's 
departure ; she wrote letters to her friends, some of which are in exist- 
ence, and every fortnight the lumbering mail coach brought her a huge 
packet from Philadelphia, addressed in the sturdy, upright and downright 
characters of John Hancock. One of these letters was shown me, having 
been preserved as a most precious relic. It is addressed to ' My Dear 
Dolly,' and is superscribed, ' For Miss Dorothy Quincy, at the house of 
Thaddeus Burr in Fairfield.' It was a cold, formal, unlover-like letter, 
and from the nature of girls, was no doubt very unsatisfactory to the fair 
one for whom it was intended. 

" In this way the summer days were passed, and when the autumn's 
purple and gold began to gather on the Fairfield elms, a grand wedding 
was celebrated in the old mansion house — no less an affair than the mar- 
riage of Governor John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, 
to Miss Dorothy Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy, of Boston. One 
can but admire the thoroughness of detail, the nicety of finish, the old- 
fashioned enthusiasm with which the village chroniclers describe this 
important event. Every act in the drama is as clearly defined as if by the 
glare of the electric light. We see Governor Hancock, having accom- 
plished the act which led the most Christian George to set a price upon 
his head, ride up to the mansion house attended by a retinue of gentlemen, 
delegates, and others, returning to their homes, and followed shortly after 
by a more glittering train, with prancing steeds and costly equipage, with 
coachmen and footmen in livery, and attended by gay cavaliers on horse- 
back ; these are the friends of the bride. There is Edmund Quincy, and 
there are Edmund Quincy's friends of Boston, grave, sober men and 
matrons of high degree, and gallant young cavaliers attending upon 
stately maidens — the pet companions of Miss Dolly and all of the bluest 
blood of the ancient town. To swell this train of beauty and worth 
Hartford and New Haven, even then the seats of a refined and cultured 
society, have contributed their cpiota ; and it is even said that later in the 
day the Governor and his staff added the grace of their presence to the 
festive scene. At nightfall, when the mansion was brilliantly illuminated, 
the mild radiance of the lamps beamed on a courtly throng which might have 
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their wearers presentable at the court of King George himself. Indeed, 
at this period of their narrative the chroniclers grow a little wearisome, 
detailing so minutely as they do the elaborate toilets of the ladies, the 
coiffures sprinkled with diamond-dust, the long-waisted gowns, the shim- 
mer of silks and satins, the ribbons, laces, and ruffles, the priceless gems 
that gleamed on shapely wrists and many bosoms ; nor were the gentlemen 
forgotten, for just as minutely are described the glossy queues, the plum- 
colored coats and velvet small-clothes, the white silk stockings, the 
elaborate ruffles at wrist and throat, which formed the costumes of the male 
portion of that august assemblage. In the midst of this grand array, 
before Parson Andrew Eliot of the Fairfield church, the stern-browed 
Governor and the blushing Dorothy plighted their mutual vows after 
the simple ritual of the Puritan faith. With the blessing of Parson Eliot 
the old chronicler closes his account of the wedding, but it is said that the 
merry-making was only kept up until the morning, and that the next day 
the whole bridal train departed toward Boston, leaving the old mansion to 
its wonted composure and quiet. This was the last merry-making ever 
held within its walls. During the four years of war which followed it 
was the scene of many secret conclaves of the patriot leaders, and in the 
British descent on Fairfield in 1779, the house was burned by order of 
Governor Tryon — a very particular account of which, by the way, is to be 
found in the ' Travels ' of the venerable Dr. D wight." 



COLONEL AARON BURR. [137] 

IN the army of General Washington which throughout the hot summer 
of 1776 was engaged in the mad attempt to fortify the city of New 
York against an overpowering British force were two young officers 
of brilliant genius, unbounded ambition, and winning personality, before 
whom the most successful careers seemed opening, but whom fate had 
decreed should oppose each other in life and in the end destroy one the 
other — Captain Aaron Burr and Captain Alexander Hamilton. Of the 
two Burr was far superior in birth, position, and prestige. His father 
was the Rev. Aaron Burr, D.D., the eminent divine whom Princetonians 
will always revere as the true founder of their University. His maternal 
grandfather was the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the most illustrious divine 
America had ever produced. His Burr forbears had been the chiefest 
pillars of the colonial fabric of Connecticut. A collateral ancestor, 
Colonel Andrew Burr, had led the colony forces to the capture of Louis- 
burg in 1745. Another, Peter Burr, was Chief Judge of the Superior 
Court of Connecticut, Major in her train bands, and one of the earliest 
graduates of Harvard College. A third, Samuel Burr, graduated at Har- 
vard in 1697, and became head-master of the famous grammar school at 
Charlestown, Mass. A fourth, Jehu Burr, may be considered the author 
of the present excellent school system of Connecticut. 

Burr's grandfather, the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, was the son of Rev. 
Thomas Edwards, who was the son of Richard Edwards, who in 1667 
married Elisabeth, daughter of that William Tuthill who in 1635 removed 
from Old England to New England and became one of the founders of 
the city of New Haven, Conn. This William Tuthill was a great-great- 
grandson of Joan Grafton, daughter of Richard Grafton, who descended 
in direct line from Alfred the Great. Considering the blood in his veins 
one might assert with confidence that it was impossible for Aaron Burr 
to have been a traitor. 

Hamilton, on the other hand, was a waif, an estray, an alien. His 
birthplace, St. Nevis, was an obscure island, a solitary rock far out in 
the Atlantic, of which not one American in ten thousand had ever heard. 

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His reputed father, a Scotch merchant, early emigrated to the island and 
had conducted his affairs there so illy that the sheriff sold him out, and 
the lad, Alexander, became dependent on the charity of relatives, by 
whom he had been sent to America and educated at Kings, now Colum- 
bia, College in New York. 

Captain Burr was born in the parsonage of the First Church, Newark, 
N. J. (of which his father was then pastor) on February 6, 1756. Before 
he was two years old he had lost father, mother, grandparents, and 
orphaned and desolate went to live with his uncle, Timothy Edwards, 
eldest son of President Edwards. Edwards was a strict martinet, steeped 
in the cold, rigid puritan theology of the day, who lived in the shadow 
of Sinai rather than in the sweetness and light, the love and compassion 
of the Mount of Beatitudes, and was wholly unfit for the rearing of a 
warm-hearted, impulsive, high-spirited lad like Aaron Burr. To his cold- 
ness, inappreciation, and unwise government may be attributed much 
that was faulty in the character and subsequent career of his distinguished 
nephew. 

The boy had been left an ample patrimony and his uncle made free 
use of it in his education; he provided for him an excellent tutor, Tap- 
pan Reeve, who some years later became his brother-in-law, and later 
still was widely known as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connec- 
ticut, and founder of the Litchfield Law School. So precocious was the 
lad, that at eleven he was ready for college, and applied to the faculty 
of Princeton for admission, but was refused solely, as he himself said, 
"on account of his years and inches." He contrived, however, to 
triumph over the faculty by entering the sophomore class two years later, 
in 1769, and graduated with distinction in September, 1772. 

The year that followed was spent partly at Princeton, among his 
books, and partly at Elizabethtown in pursuit of those manly sports 
which young men of fortune sometimes affect. During this year, too, 
the subject of a profession was much in his thoughts. His friends and 
the Presbyterian world generally expected him to choose the profession 
which his father and grandfather had so adorned. Conscience, and the 
silent influence of the dead impelled him in the same direction. On the 
other hand, he had no doubt imbibed much of the speculative French 
philosophy then rife, and which, while it questioned the truth of revela- 
tion, pointed to the attainment of fame, and the indulgence of passion as 
the chief means of obtaining happiness. In this state of indecision, he 
became, in the fall of 1774, an inmate of Dr. Bellamy's famous school at 
Bethlehem, Connecticut. This gentleman was the successor in theology 
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to his home so many candidates for the ministry, that it assumed quite 
the character of a theological seminary. 

Hire Burr fought the great battle of Armageddon. 

We cannot give the details of the conflict, nor say how largely the re- 
sult was due to the absurd and repelling system of theology then in 
vogue, but we know that the result of his studies was a conviction, to use 
his own words, " that the road to heaven was open to all alike." He 
became an agnostic. He did not know. Thereafter on all religious 
questions he simply suspended judgment. 

In the fall of 1774, we find him a law student with Tappan Reeve, 
now the proud husband of pretty Sallie Burr, and principal of a law 
school at Litchfield, Conn., which had already become famous. For a 
few months only Burr pored over his musty law-books, then the guns of 
Lexington summoned him to arms with thousands of other gallant spirits, 
and buckling on his sword he set off without delay to join the army at 
Boston. 

It was in July, 1775, that Burr and his friend Ogden, — afterward 
Colonel, — joined the Continental army, and it was in August of the same 
year that after five weeks of inaction, he rose from a sick bed to volun- 
teer in Colonel Benedict Arnold's expedition then preparing for its famous 
march through the wilderness of Maine to strike Quebec and Canada. 
He armed and equipped a company at his own expense, and taking com- 
mand, with the rank of Captain, marched them to Newburyport where 
the little army was to rendezvous. 

On Tuesday, the 19th of September, at ten in the morning, the ex- 
pedition, 1,100 strong, embarked and stood away for the mouth of the 
Kennebec, which they reached on the 23d. From that point they were 
to follow the Kennebec to Dead River, up that stream to its source near 
Bald Mountain, then over a portage of a few miles to Lake Megantic, 
the source of the Chaudiere, which would lead to the St. Lawrence and 
Quebec. This journey was to be performed through an unbroken wilder- 
ness 600 miles in extent. On the 4th of October the army took leave of 
houses and settlements, and plunged into this wilderness; twenty-seven 
days after, on the 31st of October, they reached the settlements on the 
Chaudiere River. These were days of the severest privation; thirty 
times or more the boats were unloaded and borne across portages, miles 
in length, or hauled by main strength around rapids and falls. Once a 
sudden flood destroyed half the boats and provisions, and starvation 
threatened the troops. For days they lived upon dogs and reptiles, they 
even ate the leather of their shoes and cartridge-boxes, and everything 
that could afford nourishment. Many sickened, others deserted, and 




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when at last they approached the settlements, it was found that sickness, 
death, and desertion had reduced their numbers to barely 600 effective 
men. 

Through it all our young soldier displayed the courage and endurance 
of a veteran. He animated the men with his sprightliness and wit, or he 
led hunting parties in quest of game; or in the van of his division steered 
the foremost boat in its descent of the turbulent river. In all positions 
he proved himself a worthy member of the gallant six hundred who 
marched with Arnold through the wilderness, and came out strong in 
life and limb, before Quebec. As the force approached the latter place, 
a messenger was needed to communicate with Montgomery, then at Mon- 
treal, one hundred and twenty miles distant. No one volunteered for 
this perilous enterprise, until at last " little Burr " stepped out. Arnold, 
running his eye over the stripling, demurred to sending such a youth, 
but Burr persisted, and at length the commission was given him. 

Fertile of expedient, he had already devised a plan for executing his 
mission. Knowing that the religious chiefs of the country were opposed 
to British rule, he donned the garb of a young priest, and sought an in- 
terview with the chief of a religious house near by, and to him, after a 
few preliminaries, frankly unfolded his plan; this, the worthy prelate, 
after his astonishment had passed, heartily seconded, and Burr was 
passed quickly and safely from one religious house to another, in the 
disguise of a priest, until he reached Montgomery, who was so delighted 
with his address and gallantry that he made him his aide-de-camp on the 
spot, with the rank of captain. 

Twenty-four hours after, Montgomery, with his three hundred avail- 
able men, was on the march to join Arnold at Quebec. They arrived 
there December 1, 1775. The succeeding thirty days, history has made 
immortal. There was, first, the council of war which decided on the 
assault, and which gave to Burr the command of a forlorn hope of forty 
men, whom he was to select and drill in the use of scaling ladders, ropes, 
grapnels, and all the paraphenalia of the assault. After the council came 
the long waiting for the midnight storm, which burst upon them at last 
on the 31st of December. At five in the morning the order to assault 
was given, the air then being so thick with snow that everything was 
hidden : nine hundred men answered to the roll call. These were divided 
into four parties, two for the attack and two to distract the enemy's atten- 
tion by feints at various points. 

Arnold led one of the attacking parties and Montgomery the other. 
Side by side with his general that morning marched Captain Burr; beside 
them were two other aids, a sergeant, and the French guide, these six 



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constituting the group in advance. The column swept swiftly and silently 
along the St. Lawrence toward the defences under Cape Diamond, and 
in a few moments struck the first of these — a line of pickets firmly fastened 
in the ground. These were wrenched away in an instant, and the 
column rushed on to a second line. Here it was discovered by the Brit- 
ish guard, who fired an ineffectual volley and fled in dismay to a block- 
house, a few yards in the rear. This latter was quite a fortress, built of 
ponderous logs, loop-holed above for musketry, and pierced below for 
two twelve-pounders, which, charged with grape and canister, com- 
manded the gorge up which the party was now advancing. The garrison, 
wild with fear, fled precipitately without firing a shot. Thus the gate to 
the city was thrown wide open, but the besiegers failed to appear in the 
breach; they were some yards below, struggling with the huge blocks of 
ice which a winter flood in the St. Lawrence had left in their path. 

At this critical juncture one of the fugitives ventured back to the 
blockhouse; peeping through one of the port-holes, he saw the attacking 
column a few yards off, and turned to fly again, but as he did so, touched 
a match to one of those loaded cannon. That simple act saved Quebec. 
Montgomery, the two aids, the sergeant, every man that marched in front 
of the column, except Burr and the guide, were stricken down by the 
discharge, and in a moment the fortunes of the day were changed, and 
the victory which seemed in the grasp of the provincials was turned into 
defeat. ' At this critical moment Burr was as cool, as determined, as 
eager to go forward as at the most exultant moment of the advance." 

" When dismay and consternation universally prevailed," testified 
Captain Piatt, an eye-witness of the scene, " Burr animated the troops 
and made many efforts to lead them on, and stimulated them to enter the 
lower town." But the enemy reappeared in force at the blockhouse, and 
the commanding officer ordered a retreat, by this act giving Captain Burr 
an opportunity to perform an action that redeems humanity and proved 
him the impulsive, generous being that his friends knew him to have been. 
As the deed itself has been called in question, I give an account of it in 
the words of the Rev. Samuel Spring, chaplain in Arnold's expedition, 
and who was present at the assault. After describing the attack, he 
says: " It was a heavy snow-storm, Montgomery had fallen, the British 
troops were advancing towards the dead body, and Utile Burr 7vas hasten- 
ing from the fire of the enemy, up to his knees in snow, with Montgomery' S 
body on his shoulders. Some forty yards he staggered on under his 
burden, and was then obliged to drop it to avoid capture by the enemy." 

But when night fell Burr stole back and bore away the body of his 
hero. ' That night," continues Spring " (it was moonlight and the snow 



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lay thick upon the ground), the Captain stole from camp, and passing 
our pickets, he approached the battlefield and commenced crawling and 
running among the dead, whenever the moon was partially obscured by 
clouds, all the time keeping up a strict search, till he found the body of 
Montgomery, which he placed upon his back, and the beardless boy 
staggering under his heavy load succeeded at last in bringing the body 
of his General to our camp. He appeared to me like some guardian 
angel of the dead and I can never forget him." 

Captain Burr remained with Arnold's command until May and then 
resigned and set out for New York via Albany. He arrived safely, and 
the fame of his exploits having preceded him, he was offered by Washing- 
ton a place on his staff, where he was serving on being introduced to the 
reader. 

Captain Burr had already won his spurs. As for Hamilton's they were 
as yet in the future. 

But Burr did not long remain on Washington's staff. He was essen- 
tially a man of action, and the purely clerical duties that now fell to his 
lot wearied him. This, however, was not all. Washington, long wor- 
shipped as a demigod, we now know to have been a man of like passions 
with ourselves, who required from his subordinates an adulation, a 
sycophancy that Burr's proud spirit would not submit to. He resigned. 
Hamilton, who could bear a great deal when his advancement was at 
stake, succeeded Burr and after enduring it for several months also re- 
signed and for the same reason. The influence of his cousin, Thaddeus 
Burr of Fairfield, exerted through the latter's intimate friend, Governor 
Hancock, gained Burr the appointment of aid to General Putnam, who 
was then busily engaged in fortifying the city, and in the military family 
of that rough and ready old Indian fighter he was contented and 
happy. 

But Washington never forgave nor forgot the defection. Here was 
the first cause of that invincible distrust of Burr which that great man 
bore through life, although it was secretly and artfully fomented by 
Hamilton. 

It was here, while the army lay in New York, that Burr and Hamilton 
first met, and here began that unfriendliness which culminated twenty- 
eight years later in the action on the fatal shelf at Weehawken. Rivalry 
for the favor of fair women in which Burr was always victorious first in- 
spired in Hamilton's breast that settled hatred which was later intensified 
by rivalry at the bar and in public life. This fact, that it was personal 
bias and not solicitude for the public weal that led Hamilton constantly 
to slander, oppose, and thwart Burr in their subsequent career, cannot 



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be too strongly insisted upon. It furnishes the key to the whole situa- 
tion: it puts an entirely different construction on the acts of both. 

In August occurred the disastrous battle of Long Island, with the re- 
sult that might have been foreseen, and the famous retreat of Washing- 
ton's army to Manhattan Island. 

In this retreat Captain Burr was again the hero of an action which 
won him almost universal applause. He had been scouting in the lower 
part of the island, and was flying in full gallop before the enemy, when 
he came upon an American brigade, sheltered in a mud fort, which stood 
on or about the present line of Grand Street. " What are you doing 
here?' Burr demanded. General Knox, the commander, explained 
that he had been left behind by mistake, and, deeming himself sur- 
rounded, he had determined to hold the fort. Burr ridiculed the idea, 
and, addressing the men, told them if they remained there they would 
surely be in the British prison ships before morning. He then led them 
by blind and circuitous paths to the Hudson, and safely rejoined the 
main army, with the loss of but a few stragglers. These men ever after 
regarded him as their deliverer from the British prison ships, and the 
whole army rang with his praises, yet his name was not even men- 
tioned in the dispatches of the commander-in-chief. In 1777, Captain 
Burr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His superior 
officer, Colonel Malcolm, was a New York merchant of no military abil- 
ity, and the actual command of the regiment devolved upon Burr. This 
responsibility he cheerfully assumed, and in a few months brought his 
men — all raw levies — into the most perfect state of discipline. 

Through the fall of this year his regiment was detailed for scouting 
duty in New Jersey, then the debatable ground between the two armies. 
Here he first met Mrs. Prevost, then residing at Paramus, and who 
afterward became his wife. 

In November he joined the main army for the winter cantonment at 
Valley Forge, and through the winter was in command of a very import- 
ant post called " the Gulf," some ten miles distant from the main body, 
and which would be the point first attacked, should the enemy make a 
descent on the camp. He owed this appointment, it is said, to General 
McDougall, who had been his superior officer at the battle of Long 
Island. He next saw active service at the famous battle of Monmouth, 
June 28 and 30, 1778. Here he commanded a brigade in Lord Sterling's 
division, and fully sustained that reputation for address and gallantry 
which he had before earned. After the battle, almost worn out with 
fatigue and exposure, he was sent to New York with orders to watch the 
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with the utmost spirit and success. Returned from this duty, he was 
ordered to march at once with his regiment to West Point; the regiment, 
however, went forward without him, he being detailed, on the eve of de- 
parture, for the delicate service of conducting several influential Tories 
within the British lines. A few weeks later he reported at West Point, 
but finding himself completely broken in health, he wrote to Washington 
asking leave of absence without pay, until the next campaign, and urging 
as a reason his utter unfitness for military duty. Washington granted him 
leave of absence, but continued his pay. This, however, Burr utterly 
refused to accept, and the matter was compromised by his being placed 
in command of West Point, where he remained until his health was in a 
measure regained. He was now twenty-three years of age. 

About the ist of January, 1779, Colonel Burr received his last and 
most important command, being placed in charge of the Westchester 
"lines," extending from the Hudson to the Sound, a distance of fourteen 
miles, traversing a section the most lawless and turbulent in the country, 
and which former commanders had utterly failed to control ; here Whigs 
plundered Tories, and Tories harried Whigs with the utmost impartiality, 
and both parties combined to plunder the peaceful Quakers, who formed 
by far the largest portion of the population. To check these marauders, 
Burr proclaimed martial law, and proceeded to punish all offenders with 
the utmost rigor. His energy was untiring, and his vigilance argus-eyed. 
To protect his posts, he prescribed for himself and his subordinates a 
course of the extremest vigilance, and visited with the severest penalties 
any departure from it. Next he prepared a list of the inhabitants of his 
district, and divided them into their several classes, such as Whigs, Tories, 
half Whigs, spies, and others ; and further prepared an accurate map of 
the country, showing the roads, creeks, swamps, woods, and other avenues 
of escape for parties flying from pursuit. To these safeguards he added 
a perfect system of scouts and espionage, and so managed all that order 
and quiet was restored to the whole region covered by his force. 

If, during this winter he showed himself gallant in war, he also proved 
himself no laggard in love, for twice during the period he contrived to 
visit Mrs. Prevost, at Paramus, thirty miles distant, on both occasions at 
night, and with such secrecy that his absence from camp was not sus- 
pected. But the labors of this command proved to be too exhaustive a 
drain on a once splendid, but now enfeebled constitution ; and on the 10th 
of March, 1779, he was forced to send in his commission to General 
Washington, stating the circumstances of his case, and asking a discharge. 
In reply, Washington wrote a letter accepting his resignation, and regret- 
ting " not only the loss of a good officer, but the causes which made it 



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necessary." Thus, after four years of active military life, Colonel Burr 
became again a private citizen. Eighteen months were spent in recruit- 
ing his shattered health. Then he resumed the legal studies which four 
years before he had laid down at the call of his country. His first tutor 
was Judge Patterson, of New Jersey ; but not satisfied with his progress 
under him he removed, in the spring of 1781, to Haverstraw, N. Y., and 
took up his abode with Mr. Thomas Smith, a lawyer of note, formerly of 
New York, but now thrown out of business by the British occupation of 
that city. Here Burr pursued his studies with the utmost dispatch, living 
abstemiously, and poring over his books twenty hours out of the twenty- 
four. There were several reasons for this intense application. His 
splendid patrimony was all gone, spent largely with that inconsiderate 
generosity which was his bane, to feed, clothe, and arm the destitute 
soldiers of his command ; and his purse needed replenishing. Again, the 
success of the American cause, then well assured, would give to the Whig 
lawyers all the business and emoluments of the profession. Lastly, he 
contemplated marriage, and only a lucrative practice stood in the way of 
home comforts and domestic happiness. After reading law twelve months 
this man of wonderful gifts thought himself competent to practice, and 
applied for admission to the bar ; but to his dismay he was confronted 
with a rule of the court which required candidates to spend at least three 
years in the study of the law. He could boast of but one ; nor could he 
find a lawyer disinterested enough to move a suspension of the rule. He 
therefore appeared in court and himself offered and argued the motion, 
reminding the court that but for his services in the field he would long 
before have completed his studies, and that in his case at least there were 
weighty reasons for the suspension of the rule. The judge, after hearing 
his plea, decided that the rule might in his case be dispensed with, pro- 
vided he could show that he possessed the requisite qualifications ; and a 
most rigorous examination having proved his fitness, he was licensed an 
attorney on the 19th of January, 1782. 

The young lawyer at once opened an office in Albany, and began the 
practice of the law, and was so successful that in three months he thought 
it prudent to marry. The wedding accordingly took place July 2, 1782, 
in the Dutch Reformed Church, at Paramus, the Rev. David Bogart, 
pastor of the church, performing the ceremony. This marriage certainly 
gives no color to the popular belief that Colonel Burr was a cold, selfish, 
unprincipled schemer, with an eye always open to the main chance. He 
was young, handsome, well born, a rising man in his profession, and might 
no doubt have formed an alliance with anyone of the wealthy and power- 
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been the course of a politician. But Burr, disdaining these advantages, 
married the widow of a British officer the most unpopular thing in the 
then state of public feeling that a man could do,* a lady without wealth, 
position, or beauty, and at least ten years his senior, simply because he 
loved her ; and he loved her, it is well to note, because she had the truest 
heart, the ripest intellect, and the most winning and graceful manners of 
any woman he had ever met. It was a favorite remark of his, in later years, 
that if he was more easy and graceful in manner than other men, it was 
from the unconscious influence of her spirit and graces upon him. 

I think it should be mentioned here — because the opposite has been 
stated — that the marriage was conducive of great happiness to both, and 
that Colonel Burr was to the end the most faithful and devoted of hus- 
bands. The young couple at once began housekeeping in a pleasant 
mansion in the city of Albany, and there ..they continued to reside (re- 
ceiving in the first year of their marriage a lovely daughter, Theodosia, 
to their home), until, in the fall of 1784 Burr's increasing law business in 
New York necessitated his removal to that city. In New York he took 
a front rank among the leaders of the bar, and his reputation overwhelmed 
him with business ; by many he was regarded as superior even to Hamilton. 

He was the most successful lawyer that ever plead, and it is said never 
lost a case in which he was alone engaged. Yet the general verdict is that 
he was not a great lawyer. Perhaps not. He certainly never affected 
greatness. A soldier by nature and profession, he regarded the end 
from the beginning and carried his soldierly tactics into the courts ; he 
always used the means best calculated to gain his ends. If learning and 
eloquence were necessary, he could be both learned and eloquent. If 
appeal, argument, sarcasm, invective promised to be more effective, he 
used them, or he would win by showing the weak points of his adversary's 
case rather than the strong points of his own. He was careful to go into 
action thoroughly furnished ; his weapons were always at command, and 
his armor without flaw ; like most lawyers, he at times skirmished pretty 
close to the citadel of truth, but it cannot be proved that he ever resorted 
to dishonorable means to gain an end, while it must be said in his praise, 
that he was keenly alive to the interests of his clients, and was never 

* She was however American born. By none of Burr's biographers nor in any of the 
numerous magazine accounts is the maiden name and parentage of this estimable lady 
given. She was Theodosia Bartow, only child of Theodosius Bartow, a lawyer of Shrews- 
bury, N. J., and of Ann (Stillwell) Bartow his wife. She was married to Colonel Mark 
Prevost July 28, 1763, in Trinity Church, New York, according to the marriage register 
of that church. Col. Prevost was brother of the General Prevost of Savannah, Ga., fame, 
and died in the West Indies in 1779. 



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known to betray a professional trust. His legal practice covered a period 
of nearly sixty years — one of the longest on record, and many of his cases 
and opinions, notably the Medcef Eden case, and the opinion on the con- 
tested election in New York, in 1792, attracted national attention. One 
tiling which I have observed in regard to Colonel Burr, is, that as a 
lawyer he is held by the New York bar in the greatest respect, and his in- 
fluence for good, both in shaping laws and promoting justice, is freely 
admitted. 

His first appearance in politics was in 1784, when he was elected to a 
seat in the New York Assembly. He filled the same position in 1785. 
In 1789, Governor Clinton appointed him Attorney-General of New York. 
In March, 1790, the Legislature named him one of the three commission- 
ers, appointed to decide and classify the claims of individuals who had 
rendered services, or sustained losses in the Revolutionary War. The 
next year he was placed on a commission with the Governor, Secretary, 
Treasurer, and Auditor, to sell the waste and unclaimed lands of the 
State, the proceeds to be applied to liquidating its war debt and claims. 
The ability with which he performed the duties of these positions, was the 
main cause of his subsequent marvellous political advancement. In Jan- 
uary, 179 1, seven years after his entrance upon public life, he was elected 
to represent the State of New York in the National Senate, and on the 
24th of October — the first day of the session — he took his seat as a mem- 
ber of that body. The day after, he received a very flattering recogni- 
tion, being appointed chairman of the committee to draft the Senate's 
reply to the President's annual address. 

Of Colonel Burr's course in the Senate, we have only the most meagre 
details. That body, patterned after the English House of Lords, then 
sat with closed doors, and little more than the record of votes was given 
to the public. We know, however, that he served the full term of six 
years, that he acted generally with the liberal party, that he was the ac- 
knowledged leader and champion of that side of the House, that he advo- 
cated among other important measures, an open session of the Senate, 
lower rates of postage, substantial aid to the French people in their 
struggle for liberty, and the gradual abolition of slavery. He also gained 
a great reputation as an orator, although no utterance of his now exists. 
A great speech delivered by Colonel Burr against the ratification of Jay's 
treaty with Great Britain, in 1795, is mentioned by the newspapers of that 
day, but no report of it is given. 

In 1791, Governor Clinton nominated him to the bench of the Supreme 
Court of his State, but he declined the honor, preferring his seat in the 
Senate. As the election, in April, 1792, of a Governor for the State of 



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New York drew near, Colonel Burr was frequently mentioned as a can- 
didate but Hamilton's adverse influence prevented his nomination. In 
November, 1792, the young nation was to elect for the second time a 
President and Vice-President. Washington, it was well known, would fill 
the first office ; as to the incumbent of the second, some uncertainty ex- 
isted. John Adams was the candidate of the Federal party ; in the lib- 
eral, the choice lay between George Clinton and Aaron Burr, but Burr's 
claims were in the end set aside, and Clinton was nominated. 

In the succeeding presidential election, however, our hero came more 
prominently before the country, as a candidate for these high offices. In 
that canvass, John Adams received 71 votes, Thomas Jefferson 68, Thomas 
Pinckney 59, and Aaron Burr 30. About this time, and while he was in 
the Senate, he sustained an irreparable loss in the death of his wife, from 
cancer, after a long and painful illness. How much Colonel Burr's 
subsequent misfortunes were due to the loss of this estimable lady, can- 
not be determined, but it is certain that, had she lived, his career would 
have had a very different ending. She died in the spring of 1794. On 
the 4th of March, 1797, Colonel Burr's term in the Senate expired, and he 
was succeeded by Gen. Philip Schuyler, the Federal party being then in 
the ascendant in New York. 

Burr returned to his law business in the metropolis, without however 
losing his hold on national politics. On the contrary, he had formed the 
design of destroying at a blow Federal supremacy in the United States. 
For two years he worked in silence, then in April, 1800, the time came 
for him to show his hand. The fourth presidential election was but six 
months distant, and the rival parties were already in the field. They 
were two — the Federal, a party of old renown, strong in the prestige of 
victory, conservative, arrogant, English in everything but in name, and 
clinging tenaciously to class privileges and class domination. Its great 
rival, the Republican party, was liberal and progressive in the extreme. 
It was the popular -party, par excellence, and as much French as the other 
was English. It advocated an open Senate, a free press, free speech, free 
schools, and free religion. Its leading principle was that so pithily ex- 
pressed by Mr. Seward, " the emancipation of the masses from the domi- 
nation of classes." 

Of this party Thomas Jefferson was the nominal leader, the historical 
figure-head, but its real imperator was Aaron Burr, the man who, in the 
conflict which we are now to consider, taught it how to win. In those 
days the Legislature of each State cast the vote of its State for President. 
It early became apparent that New York would decide the presidential 
contest. It was also apparent, that if the Republicans could secure the 



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New York Legislature (to be chosen in April, 1800), the national issue 
was already decided, and to attain this object Burr had planned and toiled 
during the two previous years, and now redoubled his exertions. 

It was a mistake of Hamilton's that made his great rival's triumph 
possible. That chieftain, strong in Federal supremacy, gathered his 
friends together a few weeks before the election, and made out a list of 
his candidates from the city for assemblymen. They were all his personal 
friends, and men of but little weight in the community. Burr, when the 
slate was brought to him, perceived at once his adversary's great mistake, 
and proceeded to profit by it. He immediately sat down and prepared 
his list of candidates. At its head he placed George Clinton, so long 
Governor of the State. Then came General Gates, Brockholst Living- 
ston, and other names of national reputation. The next and more difficult 
step was to persuade these gentlemen to allow their names to be used, but 
by bringing his matchless powers of persuasion to bear, he succeeded in 
this also. Then a public meeting was held and the ticket ratified with 
immense enthusiasm. 

Simultaneously Burr began organizing his cohorts for the campaign. 
The strictest discipline was ordered and enforced. ' Every member was 
obliged to submit to the will of the majority," and " that majority was 
made to move at the beck of committees, which concentrated the power 
in the hands of a few individuals." Ward and general meetings were held 
almost daily. Complete lists of all voters were made out with the politi- 
cal history and affiliations of each ; pamphlets and political speeches were 
disseminated, and no means left untried that might lead to success. The 
polls opened April 20th, and closed May 2d, at sunset, and before the city 
had sunk to rest it was known that the Republican cause had won in the 
city by a majority of 490 votes. This decided the election throughout 
the State. Hamilton seems to have been nearly frantic over his defeat, 
or he never would have adopted the mean expedient which he did, to 
wrest from his opponents the fruits of their hard-won victory. He at once 
called a caucus of his party, and with its concurrence, wrote to Governor 
Jay, urging him to call an extra session of the old Legislature, which was 
still in existence, that it might take the power of choosing presidential 
electors from the Legislature and give it to the people, thus leaving the 
whole case to be decided again by ballot. This letter was sent, and the 
next day a complete cxposd of the whole plan, with an account of the cau- 
cus, and the contents of the letter were published in the Republican jour- 
nals, to the no small astonishment of the "caucus," which had concocted 
it. Governor Jay, however, refused to sanction any such proceedings, 
and the scheme proved futile. 



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A few days after the New York election, a Republican caucus at 
Philadelphia nominated Thomas Jefferson for President, and Aaron Burr 
for Vice-President of the United States. The election which followed in 
November resulted in the well-known tie,* Jefferson having 73 votes, 
Burr 73, Adams 65, Pinckney 64, and made a choice by the House of 
Representatives necessary. Then ensued a contest such as had never 
been known before in the comparatively peaceful history of parties. 

The politicians were painfully active, and the country fairly ablaze 
with excitement. The main interest centred of course in the House of 
Representatives at Washington which was to decide, and in the rival 
chiefs, who remained at their posts, Jefferson at Washington, where he 
was Vice-President and President of the Senate, and Burr at Albany, 
quietly performing his duties as Assemblyman. 

" Had Aaron Burr not aroused prejudice by marrying a British wife, 
he would have been elected President by a large majority," was the 
remark of a prominent State official, to the writer. Perhaps so ; smaller 
things have ere this changed the popular vote and the gentleman spoke 
with authority, his father having been the fellow aide-de-camp and intimate 
friend of Col. Burr. But whether this be true or not, it is certain that at 
any time between the declaration of the vote and the House's decision 
thereon, the merest whisper on his part, the lifting of a finger even, would 
have placed him in the seat of Washington and of Adams. The Federal 
party was almost a unit in his support. Alike from his antecedents and 
his political record, they argued that his ascendency would be less detri- 
mental to Federalism and the public good than that of Jefferson. In a 
file of the Connecticut Courant for 1801, published at Hartford, and the 
organ of the Federal party in New England, I find a long article on this 
"crisis," which forcibly and even vehemently urges Burr's claims. "Col. 
Burr," remarks the writer, " is a man of the first talents, and the most 
virtuous intentions." " A man who resolves while others deliberate, and 
who executes while others resolve." In the same article the writer 
speaks of Jefferson in terms much less complimentary. But Connecticut 
always was partial to Burr ; she had not forgotten the services of his 
fathers. Cabot of Massachusetts, Carroll of Carrollton, Secretary 
Wolcott of Connecticut, and many others openly expressed their pre- 
ference. 

He had a strong following too in his own party. Governor Clinton 
favored him. His friends in New York, Swartwout, Van Ness, and 
others repeatedly begged permission to work for his interests. But Burr, 

* At that time the candidate who received the greatest number of votes was declared 
President. 



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in the first moments of the contest, seems to have decided to act accord- 
ing to the dictates of honor and probity. He knew that Jefferson was 
the choice of the people, and on December 16th, the day after the tie was 
declared, he wrote to a friend, disclaiming all competition. "As to my 
friends," said he, " they would dishonor my views, and insult my feelings 
by a suspicion, that I would submit to be instrumental in counteracting the 
wishes and expectations of the United States." That he maintained this 
position all through the contest is shown by the letters of his contemporaries, 
many of them his personal and political enemies. Thus February 12th, 
Judge Cooper, of New York, father of the novelist, wrote from Washing- 
ton (where the day before the House had convened), " We have postponed 
voting for the President until to-morrow. All stand firm, Jefferson 8, 
Burr 6, divided 2. Had Burr done anything for himself he would long ere 
this have been President. 

Also Bayard of Delaware, who gave the casting vote for Jefferson, 
wrote to Hamilton soon after the event, giving the reasons for his action, 
and after stating certain considerations which would have induced him to 
vote for Burr, he proceeds, "but I was enabled soon to perceive that he 
(Burr) was determined not to shackle himself with Federal principles," 
and further on in the same letter he says, "The means existed of electing 
Burr, but this required his cooperation : by deceiving one man (a great 
blockhead) and tempting two (not incorrupt) he might have secured the 
majority of the States." Other testimony might be advanced to disprove 
the charge often made, that during this contest Colonel Burr intrigued for 
the Presidency. The result disproves it, for had he intrigued at all he 
might easily have won ; as it was, the House, after seven days of balloting 
and debate, by a majority of one State, declared Thomas Jefferson Presi- 
dent. Aaron Burr receiving the next highest number of votes became of 
course Vice-President. 

For the next four years we behold our hero at the summit of his 
power. As Vice-President, he was presiding officer of the Senate, and 
never before, it is said, were the duties of that position performed with 
such grace, dignity, and impartiality ; indeed this impartiality, in a strictly 
partisan contest, in the Senate, laid him open to the censure of his party, 
and contributed not a little to his ultimate political downfall. This con- 
test occurred during the session of 1S01, over the repeal of a Judiciary 
bill, which had been rushed through at the close of the last Congress, and 
by which the Federal judges had been increased by twenty-three. These 
life judgeships Mr. Adams, in the last hours of his official life, had, with 
most indecent haste, filled, and by this action so exasperated the Repub- 
lirans, that they determined to abolish them ; hence this bill. At one 



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stage of the debate upon it, the Senate was tied, and it became the duty 
of the president to give the casting vote. His decision was against the 
Republicans, and elicited no little hostile criticism from the party organs. 
At a later period he gained the ill-will of the Federalists from the same 
cause. Equally conscientious and honorable was his course in the im- 
peachment trial of the Federal Judge Chase, charged with grossly 
abusing the authority of the bench in certain political trials, and which 
occurred toward the close of the session of 1805. Commenting upon his 
course in this trial, Mr. Parton says, "The dignity, the grace, the fairness, 
the prompt, intelligent decision with which the Vice-President presided 
over the august court, extorted praise even from his enemies." " He 
conducted the trial with the dignity and impartiality of an angel, but with 
the rigor of a devil," said an eye-witness. We shall find further evidence 
as we proceed, as to the scrupulous impartiality with which he performed 
the duties of his office. 

As Vice-President, Colonel Burr, his friends, and the country, expected 
that he would succeed Jefferson in the Presidency. In this manner 
Adams had succeeded Washington, and Jefferson, Adams. That he did 
not was due to the politicians, and not to his own acts, nor because the 
people had lost confidence in him. The election of 1800 had shown his 
commanding position in national politics, and served to combine against 
him three great factions of the Republican party, — the Virginian faction 
led by Thomas Jefferson, and the Clinton and Livingston families of 
New York. These united their forces to crush him as an interloper, and 
at the Republican Convention in 1804 he was quietly shelved ; his name 
not even being mentioned in connection with public affairs. Burr attri- 
buted this defeat to the politicians, and resolved to appeal to the people. 
Accordingly in the New York election of that year, he was announced 
as an independent candidate for Governor. The Republican party nomi- 
nated Judge Lewis ; the Federal party made no nominations. Hamilton 
threw the weight of his great influence in favor of the Republican candi- 
date ; Jefferson did the same with the federal patronage, but despite 
these fearful odds, Burr polled a vote of 28,000 against his adversary's 
35,000 ; but he was beaten. This was his last political battle ; one more 
appearance and he quitted the political field forever. 

This event was his taking formal leave of the Senate as Vice-President, 
which occurred March 2, 1805. It has been described as being one of 
the most interesting and affecting ever witnessed. The Senate had not 
then opened its doors to the public, and our only account of the scene is 
that derived from a report in the Washington Federalist, " obtained from 
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report opens with a summary of the speech, which was, it says, " the most 
sublime, dignified, and impressive ever uttered." Its concluding senti- 
ments only we have room to present : 

"But I now challenge your attention to considerations more momen- 
tous than any which regard merely your personal honor and character — 
the preservation of law, of liberty, and the constitution. This House, I 
need not remind you, is a sanctuary ; a citadel of law, of order, and of 
liberty ; and it is here — it is here, in this exalted refuge — here, if any- 
where, will resistance be made to the storms of political frenzy, and the 
silent arts of corruption ; and if the constitution be destined ever to 
perish by the sacrilegious hands of the demagogue, or the usurper, which 
God avert, its expiring agonies will be witnessed on this floor. I must 
now bid you farewell. It is probably a final separation, a dissolution, 
perhaps forever, of those associations, which I hope have been mutually 
satisfactory. I would console myself, and you, however, with the reflec- 
tion, that though we are separated, we shall be engaged in the common 
cause of disseminating principles of freedom and social order. I shall 
always regard the proceedings of this body with interest and solicitude. 
I shall feel for its honor and for the national honor so intimately con- 
nected with it, and now take my leave of you with expressions of personal 
respect, and with prayers and good wishes." 

"At the conclusion of this speech," proceeds the report, "the whole 
Senate were in tears, and so unmanned that it was half an hour before 
they could recover themselves sufficiently to come to order and choose a 
Vice-President/;-^ tern." 

" At the President's on Monday, two of the Senators were relating 
these circumstances to a circle which had collected round them. One 
said he wished that the tradition might be preserved, as one of the most 
extraordinary events he had ever witnessed. Another Senator, being 
asked, on the day following that on which Mr. Burr took his leave, how 
long he was speaking, after a moment's pause, said he could form no 
idea : it might have been an hour and it might have been but a moment ; 
when he came to his senses, he seemed to have awakened as from a kind 
of trance. As soon as the Senate could compose themselves sufficiently 
to appoint a president pro tern., they came to the following resolution : 

" ' Resolved, unanimously, That the thanks of the Senate be presented 
to Aaron Burr, in testimony of the impartiality, dignity, and ability with 
which he has presided over their deliberations, and of their entire appro- 
bation of his conduct in the discharge of the arduous and important 
duties assigned him as president of the Senate.' " 



COLONEL AARON BURR. 8 1 

Thus passed this " well graced actor " from the political scene. He 
was a free man once more. What will he do next ? What new project 
will his busy brain and hand carve out ? were questions which every 
tongue in the country was now asking. But before passing to the later 
events of his career, we must pause to notice an event which had oc- 
curred a few months before, and which exerted a powerful influence on 
his subsequent fortunes. This event was the duel with Hamilton. 

Public opinion, the judgment of apparent facts, is sometimes correct, 
often unjust, but none the less necessary. Whether or not the public 
opinion which held Burr so strictly accountable for the death of Hamilton 
was just or unjust, a careful consideration of the facts anterior to, as well 
as those connected with the duel, in the calm unbiased spirit that time 
has made possible, will do much to determine. 

It would not be strange if we should find, that, in his case, the popular 
judgment was both harsh and unjust, that he was as averse to the duel as 
Hamilton himself, that he used every (except dishonorable) means to 
avoid it, and that he only fought when absolutely forced to it, by the 
course of his rival and the cruel dictum of society ; and we may further 
agree and conclude, that he was the real victim of that tragedy, and not 
the brilliant genius who fell beneath his fire. 

But for the facts. And first as to the provocation. Without pausing 
to notice the unsoldierly conduct of Hamilton toward Burr, while both 
were in the army, we will pass at once to the period when they came 
prominently into view as candidates for the highest honors of the State. 

To understand this fully let us glance for a moment at the real 
Alexander Hamilton and his career. What manner of man was he ? 
As with Washington a little band of noisy claqueurs, blind worship- 
pers, have exalted him into a demigod. Only in our day of critical 
analysis, impartial judgment, have men dared to question the truthful- 
ness of their dictum. Who and what then was the true Hamilton ? 
A man of brilliant parts, of many generous and lovable qualities, but 
possessed also of certain mean and ignoble traits. As a financier easily 
chief ; the American people cannot too highly honor him for what he did 
in funding their state and national debts and creating their financial sys- 
tem : but as a statesman beneath notice. He was a monarchist, an aris- 
tocrat, a servile copyist of English institutions and laws who distrusted 
the people and sought to limit their power. If by any chance he origin- 
ated anything, the new features he created were tenfold worse than 
the old forms they superseded. To him we are largely indebted for the 
Senate in our National Congress — an utterly useless body, — and for the 
election of its members by State legislatures, easily purchasable, easily 

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influenced, rather than directly by the people ; to him also for our absurd 
and ridiculous system of dual government, the most burdensome, confus- 
ing, paradoxical on earth. A system that instead of one national legislature, 
one uniform, universal code of laws, one national court having jurisdic- 
tion the country over, gives us forty-five local law-making bodies, forty-five 
diverse, often conflicting, codes of laws, and forty-five courts to execute 
them, each state with its Capitol, court-houses, penal institutions, judges, 
lawyers, court officials, sheriffs, and other officers of justice, all supported 
by the toiling taxpayers. 

Everywhere and at all times Hamilton distrusted the people, and the 
very first opportunity they got they retired him and his party permanently. 
Save in one or two unimportant instances he never was elected to public 
office by direct vote of the people and never could have been. Reference 
has been made to some of his baser traits. To particularize, he was 
envious as Casca, he was a backbiter, a calumniator, an intriguer, a log 
roller — 'indeed he was the author of this most pernicious practice, — a 
hypocrite and self seeker, to say nothing of sundry private vices which do 
not concern us. 

By 1792 Hamilton's " Burrophobia " had so increased as to not only 
obscure his judgment but destroy common prudence, for he spoke and 
wrote of Colonel Burr in a manner that he must have known would elicit 
a peremptory challenge should it come to the latter's ears. In the presi- 
dential canvass of that year his almost insane jealousy led him to write 
thus of the man against whose fair fame hardly a breath of suspicion had 
been raised : " I fear the other gentleman (Burr) is unprincipled both as 
a public and private man. . . . In fact I take it he is for or against any- 
thing, as it suits his interest or ambition. He is determined, as I conceive, 
to make his way to the head of the popular party and to climb per fas aut nefas 
to the highest honors of the State, and as much higher as circumstances may 
permit. Embarrassed, as I understand, in his circumstances, with an ex- 
travagant family, bold, enterprising and intriguing, I am mistaken if it be 
not his object to play the game of conspiracy, and I feel it to be a religious 
duty to oppose his career." September 26, he wrote again to another friend, 
Rufus King : " Mr. Burr's integrity as an individual, is not unimpeached, 
and as a public man, he is one of the worst sort. . . . in a word, if we 
have an embryo Casar in the United States, it is Burr." These words were 
not the confidential utterances of one friend to another, they were written 
for effect, for in a few days King writes back, that " Care has been taken 
to put our friends at the eastward on their guard." 

In 1794, Colonel Burr was nominated by his party as Minister to 
France, but Washington refused to ratify the nomination. "It was," he 



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said, " the rule of his public life, to nominate no one for public office of 
whose integrity he was not insured." But when had Burr's integrity been 
questioned, except by political rivals ? or when had he ever betrayed a 
trust, public or private ? The instance cannot be found, and Washing- 
ton's distrust at this time, may readily be traced to the potent influence of 
Hamilton, then the confidential man of his administration. 

Again in 1798, when French insolence had provoked the young repub- 
lic to warlike measures, and an army had been voted, and new general 
officers appointed, it was Hamilton again that blighted Burr's honest mili- 
tary ambitions. Sturdy John Adams gives the details in a letter written 
in 1815, and published in the tenth volume of his works. " I have never 
known," he writes, " the prejudice in favor of birth, parentage and descent, 
more conspicuous than in the instance of Col. Burr. That gentleman 
was connected by blood with many respectable families in New England. 
. . . He had served in the army, and came out of it with the character 
of a knight without fear, and an able officer. He had afterward studied 
and practiced law with application and success. Buoyed up on those 
religious partialities, and this military and juridical reputation, it is no 
wonder that Governor Clinton and Chancellor Livingston should take 
notice of him. They made him Attorney General, and the legislature 
sent him to Congress, where, I believe, he served six years. At the next 
election, he was, however, left out, and being at that time somewhat em- 
barrassed in circumstances, and reluctant to return to the bar, he would 
have rejoiced in an appointment in the army. 

" In this situation I proposed to Washington, and through him to the 
triumvirate* to nominate Col. Burr for a brigadier-general. Washing- 
ton's answer to me was, ' By all that I have known and heard, Col. Burr 
is a brave and able officer ; but the question is whether he has not equal 
talents at intrigue.' How shall I describe to you my sensations and re- 
flections at that moment. He had compelled me to promote over the 
heads of Lincoln, Clinton, Gates, Knox, and others, and even over Pinck- 
ney, one of his own triumvirates (Hamilton) the most restless, impatient, 
artful, indefatigable, and unprincipled intriguer in the United States, if not 
in the world, to be second in command under himself, and now dreaded 
an intriguer in a poor brigadier. He did however propose it, at least to 
Hamilton. But I was not permitted to nominate Burr. If I had been, 
what would have been the consequences ? Shall I say that Hamilton 
would have been now alive, and Hamilton and Burr now at the head of 
our affairs. What then ? If I had nominated Burr without the consent 

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of the triumvirate, a negative in the Senate was certain." This letter is 
interesting as giving Adams' estimate of the two men ; it also shows 
Hamilton's marvellous facility for inoculating every one he met with his 
own disease of Burrophobia. 

Again in 1800, when there was a possibility of Burr becoming Presi- 
dent, Hamilton renewed more openly and bitterly his attacks. December 
17, 1800, he wrote a letter to Mr. Wolcott of Connecticut, in which he 
says, " Let it not be imagined that Mr. Burr can be won to Federal views ; 
it is a vain hope ... to accomplish his end, he must lean upon un- 
principled men, and will continue to adhere to the myrmidons who have 
hitherto surrounded him. To these he will no doubt add able rogues of 
the Federal party, but he will employ the rogues of all parties to overrule 
the good men of all parties, and to prosecute projects which wise men of 
every description will disapprove. These things are to be inferred with 
moral certainty from the character of the man. Every step in his career 
proves that he has formed himself upon the model of Catiline, and that he 
is too cold-blooded and too determined a conspirator ever to change his 
plan. Alas, when will men consult their reason rather than their passion ? 
Whatever they may imagine, the desire of mortifying the adverse party, 
must be the chief spring of the disposition to prefer Mr. Burr 
Adieu to the Federal Troy, if they once introduce this Grecian horse into their 
citadel." 

The August before, he had written to Senator Bayard of Delaware : 
" There seems to be too much probability that Jefferson or Burr will be 
President. The latter is intriguing with all his might in New Jersey, 
Rhode Island, and Vermont. He counts positively on the universal sup- 
port of the anti-Federalists, and that by some adventitious aid from other 
quarters he will overtop his friend Jefferson. Admitting the first point, 
the conclusion may be realized, and, if it is so, Burr will certainly attempt 
to reform the Government a la Bonaparte. He is as unprincipled and 
dangerous a man as any country can boast — as true a Catiline as ever met in 
midnight conclave. 

These letters read like the ravings of a monomaniac ; they are but 
samples of many, sown broadcast over the country for the sole purpose, 
as we must conclude, of blighting the prospects and reputation of Aaron 
Burr. With his tongue Hamilton was even more busy and venomous. 
What its effect was on the community — coming from so eminent a source 
— may be imagined. All this time the victim was ignorant and even un- 
suspicious of his rival's conduct ; the two men were apparently on terms 
of friendship ; they met in professional consultations, and dined at one 
another's tables. It was in 1802, I believe, that Colonel Burr first heard 



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of Hamilton's manner of conducting political campaigns, and he at once 
sought a personal interview and demanded an explanation. This Hamil- 
ton gave, and admitted that in the heat of a political canvass he had 
spoken hastily of Colonel Burr, and in terms not usual with gentlemen, 
and promised to be more careful in future. But in the succeeding cam- 
paign of 1804, partisan rivalry was most intense, and Hamilton's un- 
guarded expressions more violent and bitter than ever before ; so much so 
that Cheetham, editor of the American Citizen, the organ of the Clintonian 
Republicans, paraded in the columns of his newspaper the query, Is the 
Vice-President sunk so low as to submit to be insulted by General Hamil- 
ton ? while at the same time the thousand gossipy tongues of society were 
taking up and repeating the same question. 

Reports of Hamilton's conduct were brought to Burr at the close of 
the campaign by certain renegade Federalists driven from the ranks by 
their chief's arrogance ; but he seems to have taken no action in the 
matter, and awaited further developments. At length his attention was 
called to a letter, — written by Dr. Charles D. Cooper, of New York, and 
published in the newspapers during the campaign — which contained, 
among others, the following sentences : 

" Gen. Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared in substance, that they 
looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to 
be trusted with the reins of government," and " I could detail to you a 
still more despicable opinion, which Gen. Hamilton has expressed of Mr. 
Burr." Colonel Burr quietly marked the obnoxious passages, and sent 
them by the hand of his friend, William P. Van Ness, to General Hamil- 
ton, with a note which concluded as follows : 

"You must perceive, sir, the necessity of a prompt and unqualified 
acknowledgment or denial of the use of any expressions which would war- 
rant the assertions of Mr. Cooper." The correspondence which followed 
is too voluminous for insertion here. In it Burr maintained the position 
taken in his first letter. Hamilton denied in part, equivocated, hedged, 
but absolutely refused to make the unqualified acknowledgment and de- 
nial asked for by Colonel Burr. Such a course would have reinstated his 
rival in public confidence, and destroyed the work of years. Society too 
might have considered it an apology from necessity rather than principle. 
Burr, on his part, all the lion in him roused by Hamilton's repeated and 
treacherous attacks, receded not a whit from his original demand. In 
one of his letters on the subject he most admirably defined his position : 

" Political opposition," said he, " can never absolve gentlemen from 
the necessity of a rigid adherence to the laws of honor, and the rules of 
decorum. I neither claim such privilege, nor indulge it in others. The 



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common sense of mankind affixes to the epithet adopted by Dr. Cooper 
the idea of dishonor. It has been publicly applied to me, under the sanc- 
tion of your name. The question is not whether he has understood the 
meaning of the word, or has used it according to syntax and with gram- 
matical accuracy, but whether you have authorized this application, either 
directly, or by uttering expressions or opinions derogatory to my honor." 
And again in his last paper drawn up for the guidance of his second he 
enlarges upon this point. 

"Aaron Burr, far from conceiving that rivalship authorizes a latitude 
not otherwise justifiable, always feels great delicacy in such cases, and 
would think it meanness to speak of a rival, but in terms of respect ; to 
do justice to his merits, to be silent of his foibles. Such has invariably 
been his conduct towards Jay, Adams, and Hamilton, the only three who 
can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. 

"That he has too much reason to believe that in regard to Mr. Hamil- 
ton there has been no such reciprocity. For several years his name has 
been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the gener- 
osity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow. Burr 
forbears to particularize, as it could only tend to produce new irritations, 
but having made great sacrifices for the sake of harmony, having exercised 
forbearance until it approached humiliation, he has seen no effect pro- 
duced by such conduct, but a repetition of injury. 

" He is obliged to conclude that there is on the part of Mr. Hamilton, 
a settled and implacable malevolence ; that he will never cease in his 
conduct toward Mr. Burr, to violate those courtesies of life, and that 
hence he has no alternative but to announce these things to the world, 
which consistently with Mr. Burr's ideas of propriety, can be done in no 
way but that which he has adopted. He is incapable of revenge, still 
less is he capable of imitating the conduct of Mr. Hamilton by commit- 
ting secret depredation on his fame and character. But these things must 
have an end." 

These are hardly the words of a vindictive, blood-thirsty villain, and 
indeed they are not, for a more amiable, generous, and genial man than 
Colonel Burr never lived, but he could and would protect himself when 
wronged beyond endurance. The paper last quoted was Burr's ultima- 
tum, and Hamilton declaring its terms inadmissible, both parties prepared 
to fight. 

Never perhaps since the institution of the code was a meeting so 
inevitable as between these two. Both were soldiers, devotees of honor, 
and men of society. Both had recognized the code by their presence, 
either as principals or seconds, at several affairs of honor, and both were 



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well aware that their position in politics and society depended on their 
not showing the white feather at this particular crisis. 

July 11, 1804, at seven in the morning, was the day and hour fixed 
upon — twenty-four days after the first hostile message. 

According to Hamilton's biographers Burr spent the intervening time 
in practising with pistols. This is a falsehood. Aaron Burr was an 
adept with the pistol from his youth. He spent it as he had the other 
days of the year in business, in celebrating Theodosia's birthday at his 
beautiful mansion on Richmond Hill, in meeting choice spirits at the 
convivial board — among the latter Hamilton himself at the annual banquet 
on July Fourth of the Society of the Cincinnati, of which both men were 
members and Hamilton President. On this occasion the latter is said to 
have been cheerful, even merry, Burr grave and reserved, never once 
looking at the President until by request the latter consented to sing the 
famous old ballad of The Drum, when he regarded him fixedly until the 
song was concluded. 

Both principals spent the greater part of the night of the 10th in final 
preparations for the duel, and in writing to absent relatives what each felt 
might be his last words. Burr wrote a long letter to Theodosia, now in 
the distant State of South Carolina, the beloved wife of its Governor, 
Joseph Alston. He gave her explicit directions as to the disposal of his 
letters, papers, and servants. She was to burn all of the former which, if 
made public, could by any means injure any person. His faithful house- 
keeper, Peggy, was to have fifty dollars and a lot of ground, and the other 
servants he urged her to take into her own household. To herself he 
gave a seal of General Washington's, which he valued highly, probably 
from its having been a gift from the great man himself. 

"I am indebted to you my dearest Theodosia," he concluded, "for a 
very great portion of the happiness which I have enjoyed in this life. 
You have completely satisfied all that my heart and affections had hoped 
or even wished. With a little more perseverance, determination, and in- 
dustry, you will obtain all that my ambition or vanity had fondly imag- 
ined. Let your son have occasion to be proud that he had a mother. 
Adieu. Adieu." 

He also wrote a long letter to her husband, Governor Alston, in which 
he said : " If it should be my lot to fall yet I shall live in you and your 
son. I commit to you all that is most dear to me — my reputation and 
my daughter. Your talent and your attachments will be the guardian of 
the one — your kindness and your generosity of the other. Let me entreat 
you to stimulate and aid Theodosia in the cultivation of her mind. It is 
indispensable to her happiness and essential to yours. It is also of the 



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utmost importance to your son. She would presently acquire a critical 
knowledge of Latin, English and all branches of natural philosophy. All 
this would be poured into your son. If you should differ with me as to 
the importance of this measure suffer me to ask it of you as a last favor. 
She will richly compensate your trouble." 

A few hours before morning this man of iron nerve, removing his 
outer clothing, threw himself upon the sofa in his library and was soon 
fast asleep. 

Hamilton too, spent many of his last hours in writing tender epistles 
to his wife and children, and among others, a paper to posterity and the 
public at large which may be regarded as the meanest act of his life : for 
its sole object was, if he fell, to damn his opponent and pour all the vials 
of the public's wrath upon his devoted head. He shrank from the coming 
contest, he wrote. Religion, his duty to his family and creditors forbade 
it. He bore no ill will to Colonel Burr apart from political opposition. 
" As well," he concluded, "because it is possible that I may have injured 
Colonel Burr, however convinced myself that my opinions and declara- 
tions have been well founded, as from my general principles and temper 
in relation to similar affairs I have resolved if our interview is conducted 
in the usual manner, and it pleases God to give me the opportunity, to 
reserve and throw away my first fire, and I have thoughts even of reserv- 
ing my second fire, and thus giving a double opportunity to Colonel Burr 
to pause and to reflect. It is not however my intention to enter into any 
explanations on the ground. Apology from principle I hope rather than 
pride is out of the question. To those who with me abhorring the practice 
of dueling may think that I ought on no account to have added to the 
number of bad examples, I answer that my relative situation as well in 
public as in private enforcing all the considerations which constitute what 
men of the world denominate honor, imposed on me (as I thought) a 
peculiar necessity not to decline this call. The ability to be in the future 
useful whether in resisting mischief or effecting good in those crises of 
our public affairs which seem likely to happen would probably be insep- 
arable from a conformity with public prejudice in this particular." 

What magnanimity ! what generosity ! and yet if a moiety of it had 
but been exercised in the daily walks of life there would have been no 
occasion for this hostile meeting. But the most damaging thing about 
this paper is that the author of it had been from his youth up a staunch 
supporter of the duello as the most natural mode of settling disputes 
between gentlemen. He had defended it by serving as second to 
Colonel Laurens in his duel with General Lee. Three years before his 
eldest son, the pride of his heart, had fallen in a duel caused by his 



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resenting an imputation on his father's honor, and not a word in con- 
demnation of it came from that father s lips. Over and over had his 
friends and retainers fought and bled for him and his cause, and never 
before had his voice been raised in condemnation of the modern 
Juggernaut. 

Colonel Burr always regarded this paper with the greatest disgust. 
"It read," he said, "like the confession of a penitent monk." 

At daybreak on the morning of the nth John Swartwout, a friend 
and retainer of Col. Burr's, came to call his chief and was surprised 
to find him sleeping as tranquilly as a babe. He awakened him. William 
P. Van Ness, who was to act as second, and another friend or two arrived 
and the party hurried down to the Hudson where a row-boat had been 
provided to carry them to the opposite shore. The favorite duelling 
ground of those days, and almost the only one near the city, was a bench 
or shelf of rock on the face of the precipitous Palisades at Weehawken a 
little south of the spot where the tunnel of the West Shore Railroad now 
pierces it. It long since disappeared but a pillar on the brow of the cliff 
above fixes its position approximately. 

Burr's party reached the spot first as had been prearranged. It was 
a narrow, grassy shelf about eleven paces long by six feet wide. Shaded 
by a dense wood, inaccessible to pedestrians along the river bank, and 
with no house in sight it was peculiarly well fitted for the secret and 
bloody encounters that had given it the soubriquet of the American 
Golgotha. It was a clear, bright sunshiny morning. A few moments 
before seven Hamilton and his party arrived. 

After the usual salutations between principals and seconds the latter 
proceeded to measure off ten full paces and to cast lots for choice of 
position and as to which second should give the fatal word. Fate was 
kind to Hamilton in both cases. Nathaniel Pendleton, his second, won 
and placed his principal at the upper end of the ledge facing both the 
sun and flashing water beneath, which was a mistake as the glare from 
both must have interfered with the aim. 

As Pendleton handed his pistol to Hamilton he asked if he would 
have the hair trigger set. "Not this time," replied his principal. 

At the word "Present" they were to fire as soon as they pleased. The 
pistols were raised, Burr facing the cliff, Hamilton with his back to it 
looking over toward the city. " One moment," said Hamilton and re- 
moving his spectacles he wiped them carefully with his handkerchief, 
Mien replaced them. The glare dimmed his sight and he attributed 
it to the spectacles. " Present," then came the word. Hamilton fired 
first. There can be no doubt of this. Burr on the only occasion he 









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ever revisited the spot, so declared, and his second Van Ness, maintained 
it to his dying day. "When he stood up to fire," said Burr, " he caught 
my eye and quailed under it ; he looked like a convicted felon." 
His ball severed a twig over Burr's head. The latter fired a second 
later, his bullet entering his adversary's right side and inflicting a mortal 
wound. 

Burr was quite unprepared for the popular clamor against him that 
arose on Hamilton's death. Duels, many of them ending in death, were 
of almost daily occurrence at Weehawken and had been for a generation 
of men. In few of them could the challenging party show the provoca- 
tion that he had received. But never before had the duelist's bullet 
sought so shining a mark. Besides politics was in it. Jefferson and his 
faction saw in the duel an opportunity to kill a dangerous rival ; the 
Clinton and Livingston factions of New York were equally perspicuous. 
As for the Federalists whose high priest had fallen, they were beside them- 
selves with grief and rage. So the press fulminated, the pulpit anathema- 
tized, and orators and pamphleteers the country over united in denouncing 
the man who had routed Federalism forever, brought in Democracy, made 
Jefferson President, and set forward the hand of progress farther on 
the dial plate of time in a day than had any of his contemporaries in a 
century. But in the South and West dwelt men who admired courage 
and manliness, and among these Burr still had a following. 

Fierce demands were made for his indictment as a murderer and 
to escape this and allow the popular excitement to abate, Colonel Burr, 
who it is to be remembered was still Vice-President, set out in July, 1804, 
on a Southern tour, visiting his daughter Theodosia in her beautiful 
home, "The Oaks," near Georgetown, S. C, and spending several weeks 
with old political friends in South Carolina and other Southern States. 
From this tour he returned in time to resume for the last time his duties 
as President of the Senate as before narrated. 

On retiring from the Vice-Presidency Colonel Burr was a free man 
once more. To the superficial view his political career was ended. But 
it is certain that if he had after a time settled down in New York 
to his profession of the law he might in a few years have regained his 
old political ascendency. The common people loved him. He had that 
rare quality, personal magnetism. He had tact. He was a soldier of 
approved valor put to the test on the field and in the imminent deadly 
breach. He was generous, sympathetic, democratic in that he had 
a regard for the under dog in the fight, and a stern hater of all sham, 
pretence, and affectation. Matthew Lyon, the fierce democrat who 
figured as principal in the first Congressional fracas, urged him to come 



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to Tennessee, hang out his shingle at Nashville, and run for the next 
Congress, assuring him of a triumphant election. 

But Colonel Burr decided to leave the United States. In point of 
fact he was not in sympathy with its form of government, which profess- 
ing to be republican, he thought was in reality oligarchical. He had 
himself some ideas as to a model republic, and thought he could improve 
vastly on the much lauded and overpraised Constitution of 17S9. From 
his conversations in later life we can outline his scheme of government 
with considerable confidence. He thought that government best which 
governed least, and planned for a much simpler form of government than 
that of the Federalist. One law-making body chosen directly and every 
year by the people and responsible solely to them, the referendum for all 
important questions, an executive also elected directly by the people 
for a six-years' term and inelegible for re-election, and two courts, a trial 
court and an appellate court, for each judicial district, with arbitration for 
all minor cases, were its principal features. 

Colonel Burr, it is well known, had little respect for our system of 
jurisprudence, which is based on the old English common law with all its 
archaisms, its absurd terminology and foolish repetitions, its quips and 
quibbles, stays, appeals, adjournments, injustices, so that a case may run 
the gauntlet of the courts from ten to fifteen years before final adjudica- 
tion. In his system he would have introduced some vital reforms, par- 
ticularly in the much lauded jury system. Instead of throwing out a 
drag net and hauling in as jurors all sorts and conditions of men, ignorant 
of the rules of evidence, unaccustomed to weighing facts, he would have 
proposed a school for the education of professional jurors, from the 
graduates of which he would have selected his panel. There would have 
been six instead of twelve, and a majority vote would have decided. 
From their decision there would have been no appeal as to matters of 
fact, and but one as to questions of law, and that one to an appellate 
court composed of six judges of approved learning and integrity. 

Is it not certain that with a code and system thus simplified, the busi- 
ness of the courts would go forward with a vigor and celerity wholly 
unknown under the present regime? If Colonel Burr could have been 
let alone it is certain we should have seen these novel plans and theories 
put in operation. The question with him now was where could he go to 
set up this model republic. The United States, his own country, was 
committed to the plan of Hamilton. Mexico, on the south, rose before 
his vision, a land of old renown, believed by many to have been the cradle 
of the human race, but now, under the rule of the cruel, ignorant Span- 
iard, submerged in wretchedness and degradation. Here was a country 



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that could easily be wrested from its masters. There he could set up his 
model government of such surpassing excellence that all other nations 
must accept it as their model. 

In the spring of 1805, with this nebulous plan in mind, he set out for 
a six months' tour of the Western and Southwestern country. He had 
many friends in those sections, old army comrades, Senators over whom 
he had presided, professional friends, social acquaintances made during 
his term of office, and from conversations with them he returned con- 
vinced that his plan was perfectly feasible. 

War with Spain seemed inevitable. The bent toward Southwestern 
acquisition in the West and South was large, his own military reputation 
was such that at the first unfurling of his standard for a descent on 
Mexico he could count on an army of the choicest, most gallant spirits, 
while on its once setting foot on Mexican soil, the great mass of the people 
there might be counted on to rise in revolt. 

Burr determined to raise an army, take Mexico, and found there his 
empire, which was to be a one-man government at first, but which as soon 
as the people were ripe for it should be made a republic in fact as well as 
in name. Such was his plan, and the whole plan. To say that he con- 
templated a severance of the West from the East and the setting up of a 
trans-Alleghany empire, is to write him down for a fool or madman. 
The thing was impossible of execution even if he had desired it. It was 
fillibustering of course, but then there was never a ranker set of filli- 
busters than those brought to these shores by the Mayflower, and them 
we revere, and rightly, too, as most perfect models of correctness ; in 
fact, the whole history of the race is little more than a record of the 
fillibustering of the strong against the weak. 

But to return to our subject. His plan was predicated largely on the 
fact of a war with Spain. Jefferson's prudence averted that war, and Burr 
turned his energies toward advancing a secondary scheme which he had 
formed, should the first prove impracticable. This was the establishment 
of a colony on the Washita River near Texas, to be used as a base of op- 
erations in future attempts upon Mexico. General Wilkinson, then Gov- 
ernor of the new territory of Louisiana, Daniel Clark, a wealthy New 
Orleans merchant, Andrew Jackson, Governor Allston, General Adair of 
Kentucky, Colonel Dupeister, and hundreds of other prominent persons 
were cognizant of this scheme, and interested in it. As a preliminary 
step 50,000 acres of land on the Washita River, known as the "Bastrop 
Lands," were bought by Colonel Burr's agents, and preparations for colo- 
nizing it were urged forward. Brovisions were bought, recruits enlisted, 
and boats wherewith to descend the Mississippi contracted for. The 



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rendezvous was at Blennerhasset's Island, — an historic spot, and one de- 
manding more than a passing mention. 

No locality in the land is better known, and not alone in forensic con- 
tests have its velvet lawns and quiet glades, its gardens and fountains, and 
shrubberies "which Shenstone might have envied," been held up to 
the gaze of an admiring and pitying public. The owner of this "earthly 
paradise," too, has received his full share of adulation ; fifty years ago no 
subject was more fascinating to the average writer, male or female, than 
Harman Blennerhasset and his alleged wrongs, and no tragedy of that 
day was thought complete which did not present this unfortunate man as 
the Amiable Victim, and Aaron Burr as the Heavy Villain of its dramatis 
personce. 

In point of fact, the story of Burr's connection with Blennerhasset is 
a very prosaic one. They first met in 1805, when Burr was on his West- 
ern tour. He was journeying down the Ohio with a friend, in a row-boat, 
and passing the island, landed from motives of curiosity, having heard 
that it was the home of an eccentric foreigner. He was kindly received, 
pressed to stay to tea, remained, spent the evening with his entertainers, 
and resumed his voyage late at night. The two did not meet again until 
Colonel Burr came West on his scheme for colonizing the Washita Lands. 

Who was Blennerhasset ? A renegade Englishman driven from his 
own country for the crime of incest, who had fled into the western wilder- 
ness to escape the reproaches of his friends and perhaps the stings of con- 
science. He had reared on his island a plain, wooden, two-story structure, 
half barracks, half blockhouse, and had cleared a few acres of land, part 
of it lawn, part garden, part cultivated field. Probably ten thousand dol- 
lars would have met the actual cost of his improvements. Be this as it 
may, he was now nearly bankrupt and needed no urging to engage in any 
enterprise that promised both excitement to drown memory and money to 
repair his fortunes. His " island," the paradise of the historical romancers, 
was a narrow strip of land in the Ohio River, fourteen miles below Mari- 
etta, three or four miles in length and comprising about two hundred and 
seventy acres of land. It was neither picturesque nor romantic, certainly 
not an Eden. 

Here it was that in the summer of 1806, preparations were busily 
made for colonizing the tract on the Washita. On the 4th of August, 
these were so far advanced that Colonel Burr with his accomplished 
daughter Theodosia left the island for the Cumberland River, where an- 
other detachment was rendezvoused, leaving Blennerhasset to complete 
the preparations on his island, and then join his chief late in the fall, at 
the mouth of the Cumberland, where the united force would proceed 



94 THE BURR FAMILY. 

down the Mississippi on its enterprise. But before these plans could be 
carried out, Burr was surprised to learn, from the President himself, that 
his colonization scheme was treasonable. 

On the 25th of November, 1806, Jefferson received from General Wil- 
kinson (Burr's ancient friend and ally, and then commanding the depart- 
ment of Louisiana) a cipher letter, purporting to be from Burr to him 
(Wilkinson), proposing that he should use the army under his command 
to provoke a war with Spain, and also hinting at the erection of a great 
Southern empire. This letter, grossly exaggerated and altered as it was, 
was accompanied by such representations from Wilkinson as to raise in 
the mind of the President the direst visions of treasons and stratagems ; 
his action on receipt of it was that of a man bereft of sober judgment, for 
nothing could be more absurd than to suppose that so shrewd and politic 
a man as Aaron Burr would entertain for a moment the project of seduc- 
ing from its allegiance the great West, then the stronghold of republican- 
ism and devotedly attached to the administration. To the President and 
his Cabinet, however, it was evident that a heavy conspiracy was already 
on foot in the West ; and on the 27th of November the former issued a 
proclamation, declaring that unlawful enterprises were under way in the 
Western States, and warning all persons to withdraw from the same, un- 
der penalty of incurring prosecution "with all the rigors of the law." 

We who have been made so familiar with treason that its aspect is no 
longer frightful, can hardly realize the ominous and hateful sound of the 
word in 1800, nor the excitement and fear which convulsed the country on 
the publication of the President's ridiculous proclamation. Latent patri- 
otism effervesced and spent its force, from lack of other vent, in denunci- 
ation of the supposed conspirators. The President sent a special message 
to Congress denouncing Burr as a traitor, and asking for an act to sus- 
pend the writ of habeas corpus, which was granted by the Senate but re- 
jected by the House. Military companies paraded daily, and crowded 
their offers of assistance upon the General Government ; forts and arse- 
nals were put in warlike trim, the navy was strengthened, and the news- 
papers and the administration vied with each other in circulating the 
wildest rumors and most palpable untruths ; in short, popular hatred and 
mistrust were brought to the highest pitch, and there held suspended — a 
sort of moral avalanche ready to be hurled upon the luckless wight who 
should be even suspected of the odious crime of treason. Meanwhile 
Colonel Burr, a peaceful citizen of the United States, was pursuing his 
peaceful and laudable schemes on the banks of the Ohio. The President's 
proclamation reached Blennerhasset's Island early in December. On the 
4th, Blennerhasset learned that a detachment of militia from Wood 



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County, Va., would make a descent on the island the next day, and cap- 
ture himself, the boats, stores, and all the property of the expedition ; 
and that night, secretly, with four boats and thirty men hastily collected, 
he left the island and fled with his utmost speed down the river. At the 
mouth of the Cumberland he met his chief, and the combined flotilla pro- 
ceeded on down the Mississippi. 

Had a cunning limner like our Nast been present, he might have 
found material for a dozen spirited cartoons in this first insurrectionary 
expedition against the Government. There were the flat-boats, thirteen 
in number, borne by the sluggish current, and guided by sixty red-shirted 
backwoodsmen. Prominent objects on their decks were the chicken-coops 
and pig-barracks with their noisy occupants. Sacks of flour, barrels of 
bacon, and kiln-dried corn, hams, and other munitions of war, with such 
deadly instruments as ploughs, spades, hoes, pots, skillets and the like, 
formed the bulk of the cargo. On lines stretched across the deck hung 
seed-ears and slices of pumpkin drying in the sun ; children played un- 
terrified about this grim array ; and near at hand their mothers sewed and 
gossiped ; the linnet and canary sang in their gilded cages, and the antics 
of a pet monkey joined to the strains of a superannuated banjo relieved 
the tedium of the voyage. 

In this manner, day after day the grim armament floated down the 
river, carrying terror and dismay wherever it penetrated. At Bayou 
Pierre, thirty miles above Natchez, a crisis occurred. The Natchez 
militia, two hundred and seventy-five strong, hearing of Burr's arrival, 
marched out to meet him. Drawing near his encampment, they were re- 
inforced by a battalion of cavalry, and halting, sent a peremptory sum- 
mons to Burr to surrender. The latter talked freely with the messengers, 
declared his innocence of any treasonable designs, and protested against 
such high-handed and arbitrary proceedings. But the officers persisted 
in their demand, and at last Burr agreed to meet Governor Mead next 
day and surrender his entire force, with the stipulation, however, that he 
should not be handed over for trial to the military authorities. He was 
then conveyed to the neighboring town of Washington, a Grand Jury was 
hastily impanelled, and he was brought before them for trial — but on 
what charges ? The grand jury struggled with this question for days, but 
was unable to answer it ; and a higher tribunal a few weeks later fared 
no better ; but at length, after numberless motions and discussions in 
which Burr completely captivated the populace with his displays of learn- 
ing and eloquence, the grand jury returned that "on a due investigation 
of the evidence brought before them, Aaron Burr has not been guilty of 
any crime or misdemeanor against the laws of the United States." They 



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also went further, and presented as a grievance " the late military expedi- 
tion, unnecessarily, as they conceive, fitted out against the person and 
property of Aaron Burr." They also presented as a grievance, destructive 
of personal liberty, the late military arrests, made without warrant, and as 
they conceive, without other lawful authority. Thus ended the first at- 
tempt to indict Colonel Burr for the crime of treason. 

He was a free man again, but not secure, for orders had already been 
issued by the President " to take the body of Aaron Burr, alive or dead, and 
to confiscate his property." Finding himself in the power of a military 
despotism, he determined to escape, and crossing the Mississippi, made 
the best of his way southward toward the port of Pensacola, where lay a 
British man-of-war on which he hoped to find refuge. 

Some days after these events two travellers might have been seen 
descending a hill near the residence of Colonel Hinson, in the town of 
Wakefield, Alabama : these persons were Colonel Burr and his guide. At 
the foot of the hill they were intercepted by a file of dragoons led by 
Captain Gaines, commanding Fort Stoddard near by. Captain Gaines 
rode forward. " I presume, sir," said he, " that I have the honor of ad- 
dressing Colonel Burr." " I am a traveller in the country," replied the 
person addressed, "and do not recognize your right to ask such a ques- 
tion." "I arrest you at the instance of the Federal Government," was 
Gaines' rejoinder. " By what authority do you arrest travellers on the 
highway, bound on their own private business ? " asked the stranger. " I 
am an officer of the army ; I hold in my hands the proclamation of the 
President and Governor directing your arrest," was the reply. " You are 
a young man, and may not be aware of the responsibilities which result 
from arresting travellers," said the person addressed. " I am aware of 
the responsibility, but I know my duty," said Gaines. 

It was all in vain that Colonel Burr protested his innocence, declared 
that all this arose from the malevolence of his enemies, and pointed 
out the liabilities the captain would incur by arresting him. " My mind 
is made up," said Gaines, and the former Vice-President was arrested 
and duly lodged within the walls of a military fortress. 

For two weeks Colonel Burr remained at Fort Stoddard, then, in 
charge of a file of soldiers under command of one Perkins, he was sent 
overland to the city of Richmond, where the Government had decided his 
trial should take place. One incident only of this difficult and perilous 
journey shall be narrated. After the party had passed the wilderness and 
had come to the outposts of civilization, the utmost care was taken to 
prevent the prisoner from communicating his situation to his friends, and 
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carefully avoided the large towns in his way, but while passing through 
Chester, in South Carolina, they chanced to ride near a small tavern, in 
front of which quite a group of citizens had collected. This was Burr's 
opportunity, and he embraced it. 

Suddenly throwing himself from his horse, he exclaimed with a loud 
voice : " I am Aaron Burr, under military arrest, and claim the protection 
of the civil authorities ! " In a moment Perkins sprang to the ground 
and presenting his pistols to Burr's head sternly ordered him to remount. 
" I will not ! " Burr shouted defiantly, whereupon Perkins, a perfect speci- 
men of a backwoodsman, seized him around the waist and threw him 
forcibly into his saddle, a soldier then seized his bridle, and the whole 
cavalcade swept off into the forest before the astonished people had time 
to comprehend the situation. 

It is said that Burr, thus a second time kidnapped, was almost wild 
with excitement. " The indifference of the people," says Mr. Parton, 
" the indignity he had suffered, the thought of his innocence of any viola- 
tion of the law, the triumph his enemies were about to have over him, all 
rushed into his mind, and for the moment unmanned him. For the first 
and only time, amid all his unexampled misfortunes, his iron fortitude 
forsook him, and he burst into tears." 

This, however, lasted but a moment, then the prisoner's usual imper- 
turbability of manner returned, and the journey was finished as it had 
been conducted, without a murmur or word of complaint from him. The 
party arrived in Richmond on Thursday, the 26th of March, 1807. On 
Monday the prisoner was brought before Chief-Justice Marshall for ex- 
amination previous to commitment, and after three days of argument 
was committed for misdemeanor only, the Judge leaving the charge of 
treason to be considered by the Grand Jury. 

He was arraigned before the Grand Jury May 22, 1807. Never be- 
fore or since, perhaps, has the country witnessed a trial of such magni- 
tude, conducted by such an array of talent, and the progress of which was 
followed with such intense interest by the whole country. All the mag- 
nates of Virginia, General Jackson, John Randolph, Senator Giles, dis- 
tinguished public men, fair ladies without number, crowded the court-room. 
The sympathies of the people of Richmond, and of the ladies especially, 
were with the prisoner, and many expressions of sympathy and regard 
were tendered him during his forced stay in the city. Two judges con- 
ducted the trial, John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, and 
Cyrus Griffin, Judge of the District Court of Virginia. Burr was fortu- 
nate in his chief judge. " The soul of dignity and honor," says a contem- 
porary, " prudent, courageous, alive to censure, but immovably resolute 



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to do right, John Marshall was the Washington of the bench, an honest 
man and just judge." It was to his firmness and judicial impartiality no 
doubt that Burr owed his life, or at least, liberty. 

The lawyers employed were worthy of the occasion. Engaged in the 
prosecution, were George Hay, Monroe's son-in-law, William Wirt, the 
renowned orator, and Alexander McRae, Lieutenant-Governor of Vir- 
ginia. For the defence appeared Aaron Burr, the Launcelot of this legal 
tournament ; Edmund Randolph, Washington's Attorney-General and 
Secretary of State ; Wickham, called the ablest lawyer at the Richmond 
bar ; Luther Martin of Maryland, Jefferson's " Federal bull-dog " ; and 
Benjamin Botts of Virginia. 

At the opening of the trial it was found that an impartial jury could 
not be obtained. Of the whole panel summoned, all admitted that they 
had formed an opinion adverse to the prisoner. " I pray the court to 
notice," remarked Burr, while the jurors were being challenged, " from 
the scene before us, how many attempts have been made to prejudice my 
cause." 

At length, late in the afternoon, a jury was obtained, not one of whom 
but had admitted his conviction of the prisoner's guilt. Of the trial, or 
rather trials that followed, it is impossible for us to speak in detail. A 
report of it was published in two large octavo volumes, and may be 
found in any well-stocked law library. Mr. Davis and Mr. Parton also 
give able summaries. The trial was divided into two parts, one before 
the grand jury on a motion for a commitment of the prisoner on a charge 
of treason, the other was the trial for treason itself after a true bill had 
been found. Between the two was an interval of some six weeks. 

The trial was opened by Colonel Burr, who addressed the court, as to 
the admissibility of certain evidence which he supposed would be offered. 
Hay replied, "hoping the court would grant no special indulgence to 
Colonel Burr, who stood on the same footing as any other man who had 
committed a crime." " Would to God," was the retort of Burr, " that I 
did stand on the same footing with any other man. This is the first 
time I have been permitted to enjoy the rights of a citizen. How have I 
been brought hither ? " 

In the speech that followed, he made many other strong points, and 
eminently Burrian ; but the strongest, and that which most thoroughly 
demoralized the prosecution, was the stand taken in the very first stages 
of the trial, that before any evidence as to the prisoner's guilt could be 
admitted, the act of treason must first be proved, just as it would be mani- 
festly absurd to indict a man for murder until the fact of the killing was 
first established. In the course of the argument on this point, Mr. Botts 



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defined in a masterly manner, the act of treason. "First," said he, " it 
must be proved that there was an actual war ; a war of acts and not of 
intentions. Secondly, the prisoner must be proved to have committed an 
overt act in that war. Thirdly, the overt act must be proved to have been 
committed in the district where the trial takes place. Fourthly, the overt 
act must be proved by two witnesses," and this view of the crime of 
treason was sustained by the court. 

The prosecution could not conceal the dismay and confusion which 
this decision caused in their ranks. To prove the prisoner's guilt, they 
had relied chiefly on ex parte evidence, suspicious acts, the prisoner's acts, 
and his own unguarded words. Now they were forced to go back of all 
this, and before a syllable of evidence in regard to the prisoner or his acts 
could be admitted, must prove the fact that actual war had been levied 
against the United States. However, gallantly recovering from this con- 
tretemps, they at once set to work to establish the overt act. Wilkinson 
was sent for from New Orleans, General Eaton brought from New Jer- 
sey, and the Morgans from Kentucky. Hardly a person that had written 
or spoken to Colonel Burr during the past two years but was brought to 
the witness stand, in the effort to prove that war had actually been levied 
against the United States. Even post offices were broken open and rifled 
of his papers ; it was all in vain, however ; no war was to be found, or as 
Colonel Burr pithily expressed it in a speech to the court on the third day 
of the trial : " Our President is a lawyer and a great one too. He cer- 
tainly ought to know what it is that constitutes a war. Six months ago he 
proclaimed that there was a civil war, and yet for six months have they 
been hunting for it, and still cannot find one spot where it existed. There 
was, to be sure, a most terrible war in the newspapers, but nowhere else. 
When I appeared before the grand jury in Kentucky, they had no charge 
to bring against me. When I appeared for a second time before a grand 
jury in the Mississippi territory, there was nothing to appear against me, 
and the Judge even told the United States Attorney, that if he did not send 
up the bill before the grand jury, he himself would proceed to name as many 
witnesses as he could and bring it before the court. Still there was no 
proof of war. At length, however, the Spaniards invaded our territory, 
and yet there was no war. But, sir, if there was a war, certainly no man 
can pretend to say that the Government is able to find it out. The scene 
to which they have now hunted it is only three hundred miles distant, 
and still there is no evidence to prove this war." 

At length, after thirty-three days of argument, the grand jury brought 
in an indictment against Aaron Burr for treason, and also an indictment 
for misdemeanor. Blennerhasset was also indicted for the same offences. 

L.ofC. 



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The trial for treason began on the 3d of August ; the same judges and 
counsel were in attendance. Here the same difficulty was experienced in 
securing an impartial jury. Fourteen days were spent in the effort. Of 
the first venire of 48, but four were found unprejudiced ; of a second 
venire of 48 summoned, all admitted that they had formed opinions un- 
favorable to the prisoner. The defence even moved to quash the trial on 
the ground that an impartial jury could not be obtained. The matter was 
at length compromised by allowing the defence to choose eight from the 
venire last summoned, which, added to the four chosen from the first, 
made up the required number. 

The second trial was in many respects a repetition of the first. The 
witnesses chiefly relied on to prove the overt act, were General Eaton, an 
old army officer, the Morgans, and General Wilkinson. 

Eaton and the Morgans gave an exaggerated account of Burr's wild 
talk of severing the Union — words that he certainly would never have 
uttered had he really entertained such designs. Wilkinson produced the 
famous cipher letter, which had raised the tempest, but which proved 
nothing, except that the two men had had a prior agreement as to certain 
objects to be attained. It should be remarked here that Wilkinson by his 
own confession was a perjurer as well as a traitor. At the trial he swore 
that the letter produced was the one received from Burr and unaltered. 
afterward he admitted that he had made some slight alterations in it, 
Burr declared after the trial, that thirty of the fifty witnesses examined 
had perjured themselves. On the 29th of August, the debate was con- 
cluded by Mr. Randolph. On the 30th, the judge delivered his charge. 
On the 31st the jury brought in their verdict — the most irregular and 
cowardly ever returned by an American jury. "We of the jury," so the 
verdict ran, " say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the 
indictment by any evidence submitted to us. We therefore find him not 
guilty." It was the Scotch verdict of not proven, and was designed to 
fasten still more firmly in the minds of the people conviction of the 
prisoner's guilt. Scarcely was the reading of the verdict concluded when 
Colonel Burr was on his feet vehemently protesting against such a verdict, 
and it was only after a spirited debate that he succeeded in having it 
entered as simply "not guilty." On the trial for misdemeanor he was 
also acquitted. 

This ended the matter. Of all the cases of political persecution in 
this country from Matthew Lyon and Judge Chase to Andrew Johnson 
and James G. Blaine, Aaron Burr's was the saddest, most causeless, and 
most disgraceful of all. For here it was not only sought to hang an in- 
nocent man in order to remove a political rival, but the ineffaceable 



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stigma of traitor was to be placed upon his name and memory ; and that 
man a citizen of the greatest eminence, who had fought in the war which 
made the Nation possible, and who had been elected to the second highest 
office in the gift of the people. 

Imagination can scarcely conceive what Mexico would have been to- 
day had Burr been suffered to carry out his plans. Liberal and progres- 
sive, he would have made education universal ; art and science would 
have flourished as never before ; her mines would have been developed, 
and their vast treasures spent in the construction of public works, the 
encouragement of learning, and the glory of the State. We should have 
read, too, the riddle of her marvelous history, for the world's poets and 
scholars, uncovering her monuments and penetrating her secret cloisters, 
would have unearthed the wealth of hieroglyphic and manuscript there 
hidden, and have given us the epic of lost Atlantis, tragedies more thrill- 
ing and romantic than have ever been written, and the history of that 
mysterious Mayan race which constructed an empire of civilization that 
was finished and mature when our oldest political systems were in the 
weakness of infancy. 

Aaron Burr was bankrupt in fortune, friends and reputation. His 
position in the land for which he had done and suffered so much had be- 
come unendurable. The Government still breathed out threatenings 
against him, and the belief of his guilt was firmly fixed in the minds of 
the people. It has been demonstrated that nothing but time and Almighty 
power can remove a popular prejudice. Burr was too wise to attempt it ; 
he did better, he left it behind him. Early in June, 1808, threatened with 
a second arrest by the Government, he sailed in disguise under the name 
of Edwards, in the British mail-packet Clarissa bound from New York to 
Liverpool. The Clarissa left port on the 9th of June, and on the 14th of 
July she arrived at Liverpool. 

Of Colonel Burr's four years' wandering in the Old World, we cannot 
speak with any degree of particularity. He remained in England nearly 
a year, or until April, 1809 ; then, induced by the representations of the 
American Minister, Lord Liverpool addressed him a polite note, which 
stated that the presence of Colonel Burr in Great Britain was embarrassing 
to his Majesty's Government, and that it was the wish and expectation of 
the Government that he should remove. Burr, who had been dined and 
feted hy most of the literary and society magnates of London, had visited 
the tomb of Shakespeare and travelled about the kingdom as far as to 
Edinburgh, was quite ready to make his Majesty's mind easy by leaving 
the inhospitable isle ; and accordingly on the 24th of April, 1809, sailed 
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He remained in Sweden five months, enjoying Swedish hospitality to the 
full, and received as a distinguished guest even by royalty itself. Late in 
October he set out with two companions, Americans, for Paris. The 
party proceeded by easy stages to Elsinore, from Elsinore to Copenhagen, 
and from thence to Hamburg, on the confines of French territory. Here 
they waited for passports to the French capital. 

While detained at Hamburg he made a short excursion into Germany, 
visiting Hanover, Gottingen, Weimar, Frankfort, and other places. At 
Weimar he met Goethe, Wieland, the Baroness de Stein, and other eminent 
persons. Returning to Mayence, where the passports were to be sent, he 
waited a few weeks until they arrived, and then proceeded without further 
incident to Paris. In Paris Colonel Burr lived fifteen months ; the last 
ten months spent in trying to get away, for Jefferson had now become a 
private citizen, and the thought would obtrude itself that he might return 
in safety to his native land. 

But the representations of the American Minister had made him an 
object of suspicion to the French Government, and he was refused permis- 
sion to leave the country. At length, however, in July, 1811, the Govern- 
ment was induced to remove its surveillance, and wringing a reluctantly 
given passport from the American charge d'affaires, through an accidental 
acquaintance with some of that gentleman's doubtful transactions, he be- 
took himself to Amsterdam, where lay the Vigilant, Captain Combes, and 
about to sail for America. The captain, a gallant, generous son of the 
sea, gladly gave the ex-Vice-President passage, and on the 1st of October, 
181 1, Aaron Burr bade adieu forever, and we may imagine without regret, 
to the continent of Europe. But outside the harbor a crushing misfor- 
tune awaited him, for the Vigilant was set upon by a British cruiser and 
carried into the English harbor of Yarmouth, and held as a prize, subject 
to the decision of the admiralty. Burr at once proceeded to London and 
there remained six months awaiting an opportunity to return to America. 
Few vessels were then sailing, and the captains of those that were, were 
easily persuaded by the American consul to refuse him a passage. At 
length, however, he found a Captain Potter, of the ship Aurora, who agreed 
to land him in Boston for the sum of thirty pounds. 

Burr again paid his passage money, received his passports from the 
British Government, now all friendliness, and five weeks thereafter was 
safe in Boston Harbor. A month later, in May, 181 2, the second war 
with Great Britain was declared, and the Atlantic became a dangerous 
highway for American vessels. 

With the return of Colonel Burr to his native country ends our brief 
resume of his public career. The story of the remaining twenty- five years 



COLONEL AARON BURR. IO3 

of his life is a pitiful one, — a mere record of slights and scorns — a con- 
tinued kicking of a man who was down, by the Philistines of the day. 

Immediately on his return he opened a law-office in New York, and 
much of his former business returned to him, but he never regained his 
social or political status ; and he never sought to regain it. Conscious of 
the injustice done him, and retaining his pride of character to the last, he 
disdained to make explanations, and repaid scorn for scorn, and contempt 
with indifference. But to the few friends who remained faithful, he was 
the same brilliant, genial, fascinating man as of old, and these he was 
wont to entertain for hours, when off duty, with vivid descriptions of the 
men and things of a former generation, interspersed with brilliant anec- 
dotes, and profound observations on pending issues in politics and state- 
craft. Nothing, it is said, could be more valuable and interesting than 
these recollections, and it is to the incalculable loss of American literature 
that they were not preserved in print. Burr did entertain such a project 
at one time, and would probably have carried it out but for the loss of 
his most valuable papers in the same shipwreck that bereft him of his 
daughter and rendered him dead to ambition or any worldly interest. 

Before passing to narrate the closing scenes of his life, a few notes as 
to the appearance, character, and habits of our distinguished subject will 
be thought necessary and interesting. A writer in the New York Leader 
thus describes him as he appeared in the later years of life : 

" I knew him personally, from my boyhood, and saw him often in the 
quiet scenes of domestic life, in the house of a gentleman who was always 
his friend. His personal appearance was peculiar. Under the medium 
height, his figure was well proportioned, sinewy and elastic, appearing in 
every movement to be governed more by the mental than mere physical 
attributes. His head was not large, but as phrenologists say, well pro- 
portioned. His forehead was high, protruding, but narrow directly over 
the eyes, and widening immediately back. The head was well, even 
classically, poised upon the shoulders ; his feet and hands were peculiarly 
small ; the nose rather large, with open, expanding nostrils ; and the ears 
so small as almost to be a deformity. But the feature which gave char- 
acter and tone to all, and which made his presence felt, was the eye. 
Perfectly round, not large, deep hazel in color, it had an expression which 
no one who had seen it could ever forget. No man could stand in the 
presence of Col. Burr, with his eyes fixed on him, and not feel that they 
pierced his innermost thoughts. There was a power in his look — a mag- 
netism, if I may be allowed the expression, — which few persons could resist. 

"The expression of his face when I knew him, — it was first in 1823, — 
bore in repose a sad and melancholy air, yet the features were mobile, and 



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when addressing ladies, uttering some pleasantry or witticism, the smile 
around his mouth was literally beautiful, and his eyes would lose their 
piercing look, and become tender and gentle. His voice was not power- 
ful, but round, full, and crisp, and though never loud, was tender or im- 
pressive as the case required. His elocution in conversation was perfect, 
always precisely suited to the occasion and the style of thought to which 
he was giving expression. His language was terse, almost epigrammati- 
cal, and he rarely indulged in illustration or metaphor ; his words were 
always the most apt that could be used, and he had command of a 
vocabulary which would make Roguet of the Thesaurus envious. His 
manners were polished, his motions graceful and easy, yet he never for a 
moment lost his noble and dignified bearing. In mere physical beauty, 
in elegance of face or figure, in brilliancy of the eye, I have seen many 
men superior to Col. Burr, but in a bearing and presence which you felt 
to be something beyond other men, with character in every motion and 
expression, in a life of over forty years, and after seeing all the great 
men of the country during that period, I have never seen his peer. He 
wore his hair — which till quite late in life was long and thick, excepting 
on the front of the head, — massed up on the top held by a small shell 
comb, the whole head profusely powdered. . . . His usual dress was 
a single blue-breasted coat, with standing collar, a buff vest, and dark 
pants ; in winter he wore a fur cap and buckskin mittens." 

In regard to the character of Colonel Burr, the verdict of the honest 
and intelligent student of his career will be much more favorable than is 
the popular judgment. Of him it may be said more truly than of any 
other, that circumstances made him bad wherein he was bad, and that 
party rancor and sectarian bigotry painted the portrait which has come 
down to posterity ; in proof of the truth of these assertions I will present 
a paper which was read by Judge John Greenwood, of Brooklyn, before 
the Long Island Historical Society, begging the reader to observe that 
the author's intimate acquaintance with Colonel Burr, his thorough in- 
tegrity and judicial training, render his judgment unassailable, whereas 
the idle and vicious tales from which the adverse judgment has been 
formed are without parentage and cannot be substantiated by any proof 
that would be received in a court of law. The italics in the paper are 
our own. They mark the passages which treat — very delicately and yet 
very satisfactorily — of Colonel Burr's relations with women, and make 
further remark on the subject unnecessary, except to say that all with 
whom the writer has conversed, and who were from their position best 
calculated to judge, take substantially the same view of the case as that 
expressed by Judge Greenwood. The paper is given nearly entire : 



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"As to Col. Burr I enjoyed peculiar advantages of knowledge, having 
been, for a period of about six years, namely, from about 1814 to 1820, a 
clerk and student in his office, and in constant intercourse with him, and 
this at a period of my life when the strongest impressions were likely to 
be made upon me. The dark side of Col. Burr's character has been very 
often presented, and it is unnecessary that I should make another exhibi- 
tion of it. It gives me pleasure to be able to bring into the light, features 
upon which it is more agreeable to dwell, and some of which, indeed, may 
be contemplated with advantage. Let me speak first of his temperance 
in eating and drinking. It would be natural to suppose that a man some- 
what unrestricted, as it must be admitted he was, in one respect which 
may be regarded as in some degree correlative, would not be very much 
restrained in the indulgences of the table. But the fact is otherwise. His 
diet was very light : a cup of coffee and a roll, with but seldom the addi- 
tion of an egg, and never of meat or fish, constituted his breakfast. His 
dinner, in a majority of cases, consisted of roasted potatoes, seasoned with 
a little salt and butter, or perhaps of some thickened milk (called some- 
times ' bonny clabber ') sweetened with sugar. A cup of black tea with a 
slice of bread and butter was the last meal ; and these constituted as a 
general thing his whole sustenance for twenty-four hours. The excep- 
tion was when some friend was invited by him to dinner. He was very 
fond, when seated at table, of having his favorite cat near him, and it was 
a pleasant thing to see puss sit on the arm of his chair and keep him com- 
pany. As to spirituous liquors, I have no hesitation in saying from per- 
sonal knowledge, that he never used them. His usual beverage was 
claret and water, sweetened with loaf sugar. His wine he bought by the 
cask, and had bottled at his residence. The result of his abstemious 
course of living was, that he enjoyed uniform good health, which was 
seldom, if ever, interrupted. 

" His industry was of the most remarkable character. Indeed it may 
with truth be said that he never was idle. He was always employed in 
some way, and what is more, required every one under him to be so. 
Sometimes in coming through the office, and observing that I was not at 
work, as I might not have been for the moment, he would say, ' Master 
John, can't you find something to do ? ' although it is safe to say that no 
clerk in an office was ever more constantly worked than I was. 

He would rise at an early hour in the morning, devote himself to the 
business of the day — for he had a large general practice — and usually re- 
tired to rest not sooner than twelve, or half-past twelve at night. In this 
way he would accomplish a vast amount of work. His perseverance and 
indefatigability, too, were strikingly characteristic. No plan or purpose 



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once formed was abandoned, and no amount of labor could discourage 
him or cause him to desist. To begin a work was, with him, to finish it. 
How widely, in this respect, he differed from some professional men of 
his own and the present day, I need hardly say. I could recur to some, 
greatly his juniors in years, who were and are his very opposites in this 
respect. He was for having a thing done, too, as soon as it could be, 
and not, as some have supposed, for seeing how long it could be put off 
before it was begun. 

' But I must say a word of his manner in court. He seemed in the 
street and everywhere in public, to be strongly conscious that he was a 
mark of observation, not indeed in the sense in which Hamlet is spoken 
of as "the observed of all observers," but as an object, to some, of 
curiosity, to others, of hostile or suspicious regard. Carrying this feeling 
into the court-room his manner was somewhat reserved, though never 
submissive, and he used no unnecessary words. He would present at 
once the main points of his case, and as his preparation was thorough, 
would usually be successful. But he was not eloquent. If he thought 
his dignity assailed in any manner, even inferentially, his rebuke was 
withering in the cutting sarcasm of its few words, and the lightning glance 
of his terrible eyes, which few could withstand. I may say in this con- 
nection, that his self-possession, under the most trying circumstances, 
was wonderful, and that he probably never knew what it was to fear a 
human being. 

If there was anything which Burr's proud spirit supremely despised, 
it was a mean, prying curiosity. He early inculcated on me the lesson 
never to read even an opened letter addressed to another, which might 
be lying in my way, and never to look over another 'who was writing a 
letter. It was one of my duties to copy his letters, and I shall never 
forget the withering and indignant look which, on one occasion, he gave 
to a person in the office who endeavored to see what I was copying. 
Neither would he tolerate any impertinent gazing or staring at him, as if 
to spy out his secret thoughts and reflections. 

" You will be glad to hear me say something of his very fascinating 
powers in conversation. It may seem strange, if not incredible, that a 
man who had passed through such vicissitudes as he had, and who must 
have had such a crowd of early and pressing memories on his mind, 
should be able to preserve a uniform serenity and even cheerfulness, but 
such is the fact. 

His manners were easy and his carriage graceful, and he had a 
winning smile in moments of pleasant intercourse, that seemed almost to 
charm you. He would laugh, too, sometimes, as if his heart was 



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bubbling with joy, and its effect was irresistible. Nobody could tell a 
story or an anecdote better than he could, and nobody enjoyed it better 
than he did himself. His maxim was suaviter in viodo, fortiter in re. Yet, 
where spirit and a determined manner were required, probably no man 
ever showed them more effectively. Although comparatively small in 
person, and light in frame, I have seen him rebuke, and put to silence, 
men of position in society greatly his superiors in physical strength, who 
were wanting in respect in their language towards him. 

" Colonel Burr was a social man, that is, he liked the company of a 
friend and would spend a half hour in conversation with him very agree- 
ably. Occasionally one with whom he had been on intimate terms, and 
who had shared his adventures, like Samuel Swartwout, or William 
Hosack, would call and have a pleasant time. Dr. W. J. McNevin was 
also intimate with him. He was very fond of young company. Children 
were delighted with him. He not only took an interest in their sports, 
but conciliated them, and attached them to him by presents. The latter, 
I may observe, was also one of his modes of pleasing the more mature of 
the gentler sex. 

" He was very fond of alluding to events in his military life. Indeed 
I think he chiefly prided himself upon his military character. His 
counsel was much sought by foreigners engaged in revolutionary enter- 
prises, who happened to be in New York, and during the period of the 
revolution in Caraccas, Generals Carrera and Ribas, who took part in it, 
and during its existence visited New York, were on very intimate terms 
with him. The former was a gentleman of great talent but of modest and 
retired bearing. 

" There are some who suppose that Colonel Burr had no virtues. 
This is a mistake. He was true in his friendships, and would go any 
length to serve a friend, and he had also the strongest affections. I shall 
never forget the incidents concerning the loss of his daughter Theodosia, 
then wife of Governor Allston of South Carolina. Soon after Colonel 
Burr's return from Europe to New York, he arranged for her to come on 
and visit him, and she set out, as is known, from Georgetown in a small 
schooner, called the Patriot. Timothy Green, a retired lawyer in New 
York, a most worthy man, and an old friend of Colonel Burr, went on by 
land to accompany her. The fact of the departure of the vessel, with his 
daughter and Mr. Green on board, was communicated by letter from 
Governor Allston to Colonel Burr, and he looked forward with anticipa- 
tions of joy to the meeting which, after so many years of separation, was 
to take place between himself and his dear child. A full time for the 
arrival of the vessel at New York elapsed, but she did not come. As day 



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after day passed and still nothing was seen or heard of the vessel or of 
his daughter, that face which had before shown no gloom or sadness, 
began to exhibit the signs of deep and deeper concern. Every means 
was resorted to to obtain information, but no tidings were ever heard of 
the vessel or of her upon whom all the affection of his nature had been 
bestowed. ' Hope deferred ' did indeed in this case make sick and nearly 
crush the heart. His symbol, which he loved occasionally to stamp upon 
the seal of a letter, was a rock in the tempest-torn ocean, which neither 
wind nor wave could move. But his firm and manly nature, which no 
danger or reverse nor any of the previous circumstances of life had been 
able to shake, was near giving way. It was interesting, though painful, to 
witness his struggle ; but he did rise superior to his grief and the light once 
more shone upon his countenance. But it was ever after a subdued light. 

' Something will be expected to be said by me, with regard to his 
duel with Gen. Hamilton. So much has been written on this subject 
already that I can add nothing to the history of the transaction. Every 
one will form an opinion for himself as to who was to blame in that un- 
fortunate affair. I will say, however, that it was a matter to which Col. 
Burr, from delicacy, never referred. He was no boaster and no calum- 
niator, and certainly he would have no word of censure for his dead 
antagonist. I will relate, however, an anecdote told me by him, indicat- 
ing the degree of hostility felt towards him by some after that transaction, 
and at the same time his own intrepidity, although to the latter he 
seemed not to attach the slightest importance. 

' He was travelling in the interior of the State, and had reached a 
country tavern where he was to stay for the night. He was seated by 
a table in his room engaged in writing, when the landlord came up and 
announced that two young men were below and wished to see him, and 
added that their manner seemed rather singular. He had heard that two 
very enthusiastic young gentlemen were on his track, and lie was not 
therefore surprised at the announcement. Taking out his pistols and 
laying them before him, he told the landlord to show them up. They 
came up, and as one was about to advance into his room Burr told them 
not to approach a foot nearer. Then addressing him he said: ' What is 
your business ? ' The foremost said: ' Are you Col. Burr ? ' ' Yes, said 
the Colonel. ' Well,' says the young man, ' we have come to take your 
life, and mean to have it before we go away.' Upon this, Burr, laying 
his hand upon one of his pistols, replied: ' You are brave fellows, are 
you not, to come here two of you against one man ? Now, if either of 
you has any courage, come out with me, and choose your own distance, 
and I '11 give you a chance to make fame. But if you don't accept this 



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proposal,' bringing the severest glance of his terrible eyes to bear upon 
them, ' I '11 take the life of the first one of you that raises his arm.' They 
were both cowed, and walked off like puppies. 

" It may not be out of place here to relate another incident illustrating 
Colonel Burr's remarkable presence of mind, which occurred while he 
was in Paris. He had received a remittance of a considerable sum of 
money, and his valet formed a plan to rob him of it by coming upon him 
unawares with a loaded pistol. Burr was engaged in reading or writing 
in his room at a late hour at night, when the fellow entered with pistol in 
hand. Burr recognized him in a moment, and, turning suddenly around, 
said to him sternly: ' How dare you come into the room with your hat 
on ? ' The valet, struck with sudden awe and the consciousness of hav- 
ing violated that decorum which had from habit virtually become a part 
of his nature, raised his arm to take off his hat, when Burr rushed upon 
him, tripped him down, wrested his pistol from him, and, calling for aid, 
had him secured and carried off. 

" Col. Burr, as is well known, was what is termed a. good shot with a 
pistol. To illustrate his skill in this respect I will relate a circumstance 
told me by an old colored man named ' Harry,' who was in the habit, 
while I was with Col. Burr, of coming to his house to clean his boots and 
do little jobs. Harry had lived many years with the Colonel while the 
latter's residence was at Richmond Hill in the upper part of New York. 
The Colonel often had dinner parties, and after dinner the gentlemen 
would go out upon the back piazza to enjoy the air, and would amuse 
themselves by filing with a pistol at apples which Harry would throw up 
for them. Said Harry, laughing in the way peculiar to an old African, 
' De Colonel would hit 'em almos ev'ry time, while de oder gentlement 
could n't hit 'em at all.' 

" The charge against Col. Burr of treason has formed a prominent 
part of his history. All the facts developed on the trial have been long 
since published, and it will not of course be expected that I should refer 
to them. I will say, however, that this was a subject upon which he was 
always disposed, whenever proper, to converse with those who were in- 
timate with him. I myself have conversed with him upon it. He said 
he had been entirely misrepresented and misunderstood as to the object 
which he had in view. He had never, he stated, any design hostile to 
the United States or any part of it. His object was, as he said, to make 
himself master of Mexico and place himself at the head of it, and if they 
had let him alone he would have done it. He seemed to entertain a great 
contempt for Gen. Wilkinson, who was in command at the South at the 
time, considering him a very weak man. 



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' Colonel Burr, like other great men, had some remarkable eccen- 
tricities of character. He was very fond of all sorts of inventions, and 
always trying experiments. He puzzled his brain for a long time to get 
some motive power which would avoid the necessity of using fire or 
steam, of which Livingston and Fulton then held the monopoly. He had 
models made, and I also got my ambition excited about it. But his 
efforts and my own philosophical powers and chemical knowledge fell 
short, after a hard trial, of accomplishing the object. One great end which 
he desired to attain in housekeeping was to save fuel, not money, and I 
have known him to go to an expense, I should judge, of forty or fifty 
dollars in contrivances to save five dollars in the value of wood consumed. 
He was very liberal and even reckless in spending money for certain pur- 
poses, while in others, such as bills of mechanics, he was very particular 
and scrutinizing. He liked to have a bill looked over very carefully and 
reduced to as low an amount as the case would admit of, but so far as I 
know, never practised any dishonesty or refused to pay any just debt 
which he had incurred. 

" I have foreborne thus far to refer to a matter connected with the 
character of Col. Burr, and identified almost with his name, and although 
not within the plan with which I started in this notice, I ought not, per- 
haps, to omit it. I allude of course to his gallantries. This is a topic 
upon which it would be impossible to speak with any particularity without 
transcending that limit of propriety within which all public discussions 
should be confined. I shall, therefore, speak of it in the most general 
terms. / do not believe that Col. Burr was any worse in this respect than 
many men of his own and of the present day who pass for better men. 

The difference between them is, that he was much less disguised 
and that he did not pretend to be what he was not. I think he was quite 
as much sought after by the other sex as he was a seeker. There seemed in- 
deed to be a charm and fascination about him which continued to a late 
period of his life, and which was too powerful for the frail, and some- 
times even for the strong, to resist. I know that he has been charged 
with much wrong in this respect, and it may be with truth. I feel no 
disposition to justify him in his course, or even to palliate what must be 
regarded in its best aspect as a vice. But I have heard him say, and if it 
be true it is certainly much in his favor, that he never deceived or made a 
false promise to a woman in his life. This is much more than many can 
say, who have a much better name than he has. 

' His married life with Mrs. Prevost (who had died before I went 
into his office) was of the most affectionate character, and his fidelity 
never questioned. There is another thing, too, which I will add to his 



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credit. He was always a gentleman in his language and deportment. 
Nothing of a low, ribald, indecent, or even indelicate character ever 
escaped his lips. He had no disposition to corrupt others. One other 
thing I will add in this connection: Col. Burr, in everything relating to 
business, and indeed in all his epistolary correspondence with men, had 
a special regard for the maxim that ' things written remain,' and was very 
careful as to what he wrote. But with regard to the other sex, such was 
his confidence in them, that he wrote to them with very little restraint. 
I must point you to one admirable and strong characteristic in 
him. He sought with young men, in whom he felt an interest, to graft 
them, as it were, with his own indomitable will, energy, and perseverance. 
I can truly say that, although I was often overtasked beyond my powers, 
and even to the injury, no doubt, of my health, so that his course seemed 
to me to be over-exacting and oppressive, yet that he constantly incited 
me to progress in all the various modes and departments of mental cult- 
ure, even in music, the influence of which he deemed of great importance, 
although he had but little taste for, and no knowledge of it himself; and 
that my success in life, as far as I have succeeded, has been owing to the 
habits of industry and perseverance which were formed under his training. 
" As to the character of his mind, it would be probably presumptuous 
in me to attempt to analyze it. If I should express an opinion, it would 
be that it was not large, comprehensive, and philosophical, but rather 
quick, penetrating, and discerning. He was a shrewd planner, and in- 
defatigable and persevering in carrying out his plans, although he did not 
always succeed in accomplishing them. He was a good scholar, ac- 
quainted with polite literature, and spoke the French and Spanish — the 
former fluently. I think his heart was not in the profession of the law, 
and that he followed it principally for its gains. He was, however, a 
good lawyer, was versed in the common, civil, and international law; 
acquainted generally with the reports of adjudicated cases, and in 
preparing important cases usually traced up the law to its ancient 
sources. But political and military life seemed to interest him more than 
anything else, although he never neglected his business. He prided 
himself probably more upon his military qualities than upon any other, 
and if he could have gratified his ambition by becoming Emperor of 
Mexico he would no doubt have been in his glory." 

The following reminiscence from a New York newspaper will be found 
interesting: " Just round the corner (from Broadway) in Reade Street — 
we believe on ground now occupied by Stewart's — was the office, for 
many of the later years of his life, tenanted by Aaron Burr. We, when 



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a boy, remember seeing him there often. It was a dark, smoky, obscure 
sort of a double-room, typical of his fortunes. Burr had entirely lost caste 
for thirty years before he died, and whatever may be said of his charac- 
ter and conduct, we think nothing can excuse the craven meanness of the 
many, who, having fawned around him in the days of his elevation, de- 
serted and reviled him in the aftertime of misfortune. Burr had much of 
the bad man in him (faith, we 'd like to see the human mould that has 
not), but he was dauntless, intellectual, and possessed the warm tempera- 
ment of an artist. Yes, we remember well that dry, bent, brown-faced 
little old man, polite as Chesterfield himself, that used to sit by an ancient 
baize table, in the half-light of the dust-covered room, there — not often 
with work to do — indeed he generally seemed meditating. 

' We can now understand it all, though he seemed a strange person- 
age then. What thoughts must have burned and whirled through that 
old man's brain — he, who came within a vote or two of seating himself as 
a successor of Washington. Even to our boyish judgment then, he was 
invested with the dignity of a historic theme. He had all the air of a 
gentleman of the old school, was respectful, self-possessed, and bland, but 
never familiar. He had seen a hundred men morally as unscrupulous as 
himself, more lucky, for some reason or other, than himself. He was 
down ; he was old. He awaited his fate with Spartan calmness — knowing 
that not a tear would fall when he should be put under the sod." 

At my request, Mr. Barton kindly transmitted to me the Burr papers 
which had collected since his work was published, with full permission to 
use them as I thought best. Among them I find this interesting extract, 
from a religious journal, concerning Colonel Burr's early education: 

' The oldest son of Bresident Edwards congratulating a friend on 
having a family of sons, said to him with much earnestness, ' Remember 
there is but one mode of family government. I have brought up and 
educated fourteen boys, two of whom I brought, or rather suffered to 
grow, up without the rod. One of these was my youngest brother,* and 
the other Aaron Burr, my sister's only son, both of whom had lost their 
parents in childhood, and from my observation and experience, I tell 
you, sir, a maple-sugar government will never answer. Beware how you 
let the first act of disobedience in your little boys go unnoticed, and, 
unless evidence of repentance be manifest, unpunished.' " f 

Among the papers above referred to I also found a letter from Colonel 

* Pierrepont Edwards. 

f This is not in character with what Colonel Burr used to relate as to his uncle's mode 
of government, for we have Burr's own testimony that on one occasion, at least, his uncle 
" licked him like a sack." 



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Burr to a legal friend in New York, which, as showing the sprightliness 
and vivacity of his spirit, that even age could not tame, I feel moved to 
produce here. It is dated at Albany, March 15, 1814. 

" I pray you never again to be silent, in hopes, etc. That apology 
has been worn out more than 1000 years ago; from you something original 
is expected. Letters which require and deserve to be answered at all, 
should be answered immediately. Your pleadings, though not very 
technical, are in substance good as to the point charged, but not altogether 
satisfactory as to the subsequent period. Keep a better lookout. Yes, 
send copies of my letters to Graves and Mad. F. by the Cartel about to 
sail for Gottenburg. To the letter of Mad. F. add: 

" ' P. S. i7eme Mars, 1814, 

" ' Le sauvage est actuellement a. cent lieues dans l'interieure sur une 
affaire tres inte>essante pour lui et pour A. H. C. ; on aura le resultat au 
bout d'un mois.' * 

" Still, my dear John, I am a sceptic about your health. You have 
not been pleased to name your Hippocrate. I can at this distance give 
no instruction, other than you observe a very temperate diet. About 
three weeks ago I enclosed you twenty dollars, i. e., ten for Nancy, and 
ten for contingencies, the receipt has not been acknowledged. I no 
longer hear anything of the employment of your time. It is feared tha 
things do not go well. A. B." 

From " Personal Recollections of Aaron Burr," published in a late 
issue of the Cincinnati Commercial, I extract the following: " I once 
heard Hon Edward Everett relate an incident that occurred in Albany in 
his presence, that forcibly displayed his power over minds the most 
strongly biased against him. It was immediately after his secret and sad 
return from Europe. A case of great pecuniary importance, if I remem- 
ber right, of the Van Rensselaers against the city, in which the plaintiffs 
had apparently made no preparations for an advocate, only employing a 
young lawyer to prepare and present the case. Surprise at this fact be- 
came indignation, when it was whispered about that Aaron Burr had 
returned from Europe and was employed in the case. Such was the in- 
dignation that court and bar conspired to put him down with coughs, 
hisses, and jeers, — that they would not hear him, — as an advocate lynch 
him. The trial proceeded, and at the proper time a side door opened, 

*This "postscript " might be freely translated : " The savage is actually away a hun- 
dred miles in the interior, on an affair very interesting to himself and to A. H. C. ; one 
may expect to hear the result by the end of the month." 

Perhaps some one who remembers the men and things of that period can tell us who 
the " savage" and A. II. C. were. 



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and a little figure walked silently in and addressed the court. Not a 
cough, hiss, stamp, scratch of a pen, or even breath, or apparently a 
wink, disturbed that calm musical voice during a long speech, and the 
case was won.' ' 

Miss Alice Brown Morrison, in a pleasant sketch of Colonel Burr in 
the February, 1901, number of Modern Culture, gives this anecdote: 

Not long ago the writer had the privilege of talking with a most de- 
lightful gentlewoman who forms a connecting link between the Colonial 
days and our own times, when the conversation turned upon the heroes 
of Revolutionary times, and some one present observed that while we 
knew the ' real George Washington,' there was one man whose character 
would never be as an open book to us, who would always be a problem 
to moralists and students of psychic research, and that man was Aaron 
Burr. Then the old lady's eyes suddenly brightened and a faint color 
crept into her cheeks, as she said with a fine pride in her voice, ' I once 
knew Aaron Burr, and many a time as a child have I sat upon his knee, 
while he amused me with some of his fascinating nonsense.' 

" An appreciative murmur of surprise and delight greeted her, and 
nothing loath she told her little story. 

I was a child six years old, when I first saw Col. Burr,' she said. 
' My father was giving a course of lectures at West Boint, and with my 
mother, my little sister, and myself happened to be stopping at the same 
hotel with the man who had stirred the nations. I think Col. Burr was 
in West Boint upon legal business, but that I cannot remember; what I 
do remember distinctly was his personal appearance which left an in- 
delible impression on my childish memory, — a rather small, exceedingly 
graceful man, straight as an arrow, dressed wholly in black, when other 
men wore colors. His hair was snow white, and under his white eye- 
brows Hashed those wonderful black eyes whose magnetic attraction few 
could resist. Every child in the house adored him, and we followed him 
about like faithful dogs, in a way that would certainly have been trying to 
him if he had not returned our devotion, which 1 am sure he did. 

" ' Many years before this, when Col. Burr's fame was at its zenith, 
he happened to travel in the same stage coach with my father and mother, 
from Utica to Albany. It seems that my father was noted, even among 
the gentlemen of the old school, for his gentle breeding and courtly man- 
ners, and particularly for his devotion to his wife. My mother told me 
that Col. Burr kept watching them in silence and at last leaned over 
towards them and said to my father: " I beg your pardon, sir, but I have 
never seen more beautiful courtesy between a man and a woman, and I 
have been puzzling over your relationship. I have decided that you are 



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too devoted for brother and sister, so pray tell me which is it, wife or 
sweetheart ? " 

" ' The tone, the smile with which this question was accompanied was 
indescribably winning, and, the relationship explained, an animated 
conversation followed. 

" ' Col. Burr did not forget this incident, nor did my parents (indeed 
no one who ever came in contact with that fascinating man ever forgot 
the circumstances), and when they met again at West Point they all 
became great friends. We children could hardly wait until we were 
dressed for the afternoon, when we made straight for the piazza, where 
our hero was sure to be waiting for us. We had, what was rare at that 
time for children, a little wicker carriage, and after we were seated in it, 
Col. Burr, acting as horse, would run nimbly up and down the long 
piazza, or through the wide corridors with us, amidst shrieks of delighted 
laughter from all the little spectators. How I wish I could remember 
what he talked of, for though he was taciturn when men were near, when 
he was with women and children his mirth bubbled freely and spontane- 
ously, notwithstanding the trouble the years had brought him. Ah, what 
a man! Who shall now say what he was ? Who indeed shall say what 
manner of man he was ? ' " 

A few years before his death Colonel Burr married Madame Jumel, a 
wealthy lady of New York, and many years his junior. The marriage 
resulted unhappily, and after a few months was annulled. 

In December, 1833, while Colonel Burr was walking in Broadway with 
a friend, he was stricken with a paralysis, which confined him for some 
weeks to his room. He recovered from this attack, however, almost 
wholly, and was seen about the streets as usual. This was followed in a 
few months by a second stroke, which deprived him forever of all use of 
his lower limbs; two years of inaction then followed, during which, al- 
though his mind was as active and strong as ever, his physical powers 
were gradually failing. During these years he was the honored guest of 
a lady, whose father had been his intimate friend, and who had herself 
known him from childhood. This lady proved to be a true Samaritan, 
one of those rare souls who embody the truths of Christianity in their 
lives. Unmindful of the construction put upon her acts by society, she 
cared for the old man with tender assiduity, as long as life lasted, and 
after his death used both tongue and pen in defending his memory. 

In the spring of 1836 he grew rapidly weaker, and it became evident 
to all that he had not many months to live. It chanced that the house 
occupied by his kind benefactress was to be pulled down that summer, 



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and the Colonel was removed for the season to the inn at Port Richmond, 
Staten Island. Here he died on Wednesday, the 14th of September, 
1836, aged nearly eighty-one years. 

The Rev. Dr. Van Pelt of the Dutch Reformed Church frequently 
visited him during his last days and administered spiritual consolation; 
and Colonel Burr always received his visits with courtesy and thankful- 
ness. On one of these occasions, i n answer to the Doctor's queries as 
to his view of the Holy Scriptures, he responded, " They are the most 
perfect system of truth the world has ever seen." At his last visit the 
clergyman inquired as to his faith in God and his hope of salvation 
through the merits of Christ, to which he responded with evident emo- 
tion, that on that subject he was coy, meaning, as the Doctor thought, 
that on a subject so momentous he felt cautious about expressing an 
opinion. A small party of friends accompanied the body to Princeton, 
where, in the college chapel, the funeral ceremonies were performed. 
The funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Carnahan, then president of the 
college. It was charitable in tone, and was delivered before a large 
audience, composed of the townspeople and the college students. His 
remains were followed to the grave by the faculty and Cliosophic Society 
of the college, a large body of citizens, and by a detachment of the 
Mercer Guards of Princeton, who fired over his grave the customary vol- 
leys. His grave is near those of his honored father and grandfather, and 
is marked by a simple and unpretentious monument of marble, which 
bears this inscription: 

AARON BURR. 

Born February 6th, 1756. 

Died September 14th, 1S36. 

A Colonel in the Army of the Revolution. 

Vice-President of the United States from 1801 to 1805. 



THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. 

BORN at Albany, 1783, lost at sea in January, 1813 — between the 
two dates fill in such joy, brilliant promise, beauty, accomplish- 
ments, intense sorrow, and tragic fate, as never woman knew 
before, and one has the history of this remarkable lady in epitome. No 
daughter ever received a heartier welcome to the home and hearts of 
her parents, and none ever awakened greater parental care and solici- 
tude than did she. Her father was so constituted that while he would 
have been proud of and honored a son, a daughter called out all the 
strength and affection of his nature, and he devoted himself to her care 
and education with a zeal and assiduity that knew no cessation. With the 
earliest glimmering of reason her education began. She was taught to sleep 
alone in the rooms of the great mansion at Richmond Hill, to be prompt, 
diligent, and self-reliant, polite and mannerly to all, kind and considerate 
to her inferiors, and was grounded in all the elements of a solid and orna- 
mental education. At the age of ten, " she was precocious, like all her 
race, and was accounted a prodigy; and she really was a child of pre- 
cocious endowments." She is also spoken of at this time as having the 
family diminutiveness, and as being a plump, pretty, and blooming girl. 
Her father had the utmost horror of her growing into the mere fashion- 
able woman of society and, while a senator at Philadelphia, thus wrote to 
his wife on the subject: " Cursed effects of fashionable education, of 
which both sexes are the advocates, and yours the victims; if I could 
foresee that Theo. would become a mere fashionable woman with all the 
attendant frivolity and vacuity of mind, adorned with whatever grace or 
allurement, I would earnestly pray God to take her forthwith hence." 
There was not much danger of her becoming so, for at the time that 
letter was written, she was reading Horace and Terence in the original, 
mastering the Greek grammar, studying Gibbon, speaking French, prac- 
tising on the piano, and taking lessons in dancing and skating. 

At the age of fourteen she became the mistress of her father's man- 
sion at Richmond Hill and entertained his numerous guests, — senators, 
judges, grave divines, foreign notabilities — with the most charming grace 

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and dignity. At that early age she was her father's friend and counsel- 
lor. She wrote letters that displayed a masculine force and directness. 
She translated grave political treatises from English to French, was 
familiar with the philosophical and economical writers of her day, and 
proficient in the Greek, Latin, and German tongues, and was, what she 
is freely admitted to have been, the most charming and accomplished 
woman of her day. In her eighteenth year she was married to Joseph 
Alston of South Carolina, then twenty-two years of age, a gentleman of 
large wealth and assured position, and a lawyer by profession, though he 
had never entered into practice. 

It was the gossip of the day, and still believed by some, that she was 
forced into this marriage by her father, from political and prudential 
reasons chiefly, while she was really in love with a young writer of the 
town, one Washington Irving, whose articles in the newspapers of the day 
were then attracting much attention. But the story lacks confirmation. 
Irving and the lovely Theodosia were acquaintances, it is true, and fre- 
quently met in society, but there is no proof of any intimacy between them. 

Immediately after her marriage, the bride accompanied her husband 
to South Carolina, and the happy pair took up their residence at the 
Oaks, the patrimonial estate of Mr. Alston, and one of the most charm- 
ing of South Carolina homes. Soon after his marriage, the young hus- 
band, spurred by Colonel Burr's vigorous mind, entered public life, and 
in a few years, by the aid of his talents and position, was elected Chief 
Magistrate of the State. To add to the young wife's happiness, a beauti- 
ful boy was born in the first year of her marriage, which was christened 
Aaron Burr Alston, around whom the liveliest hopes of the parents, and 
of the far-off grandfather as well, clustered. This event we may suppose 
completed the sum of her happiness; indeed her life, for the first five 
years of her marriage, was all brightness and sunshine. An honored 
wife and proud mother, beautiful, accomplished, and fascinating, a Vice- 
President's daughter, and a Governor's wife, leading the society of two 
States, petted and adored by all — who could at this time have foreseen 
her coming misfortunes and tragic fate. 

In the summer of 1806, she spent some weeks with her father at Blen- 
nerhasset's Island and on the Cumberland. In the fall they parted; he 
to plant his colony on the Washita, and if events favored to seat himself 
on the throne of the Montezumas; she to return to South Carolina, and 
wait. The winter passed. In May she was horrified to learn that her 
father was in jail at Richmond, and about to be tried for his life on a 
charge of treason, but letters from her father, which swiftly followed the 
news, allayed, in some measure, her apprehensions. They assured her 




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THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. II9 

of his innocence, that his arrest was the work of his political enemies, and 
that they would be foiled, and himself completely exonerated from all 
charges. But the devoted daughter felt that she must be with her father 
in this hour of adversity, and at once set out for Richmond; she arrived 
a few days before the trial began, and remained until it was concluded 
by the acquittal of her father, spending most of the time in the prison 
with him, and proudly sharing the odium that was gathering about his 
name. 

What she thought, and how she felt in regard to her father's alleged 
crime, and the labors of his enemies, is very frankly stated in the follow- 
ing letter written to a friend at the conclusion of the trial: 

" I have this moment received a message from court, announcing to 
me that the jury has brought in a verdict of acquittal, and I hasten to in- 
form you of it, my dear, to allay the anxiety which, with even more than 
your usual sweetness, you have expressed in your letter of the 22d of 
July. It afflicts me, indeed, to think that you should have suffered so 
much from sympathy with the imagined state of my feelings; for the 
knowledge of my father's innocence, my ineffable contempt for his 
enemies, and the elevation of his mind have kept me above any sensations 
bordering on depression. Indeed, my father, so far from accepting of 
sympathy, has continually animated all around him; it was common to 
see his desponding friends filled with alarm at some new occurrence, 
terrified with some new appearance of danger, fly to him in search of en- 
couragement and support, and laughed out of their fears by the subject 
of them. This I have witnessed every day, and it almost persuaded me 
that he possessed the secret of repelling danger as well as apprehension. 
.Since my residence here, of which some days and a night were passed in 
the penetentiary, our little family circle has been a scene of uninterrupted 
gayety. Thus you see, my lovely sister, this visit has been a real party of 
pleasure. From many of the first inhabitants, I have received the most 
unremitting and delicate attentions, sympathy, indeed, of any I ever ex- 
perienced." 

Nor did her devotion falter during subsequent years, when her father 
was an exile, and in his own country everywhere spoken against. She 
gladly shared his reproach, as she had his honor, and for those who, 
without a particle of evidence, and in the face of his triumphant vindica- 
tion by the courts, could condemn and ostracize the innocent, she ex- 
pressed only the most unmitigated contempt. Meantime she wrote letters 
of womanly tenderness and cheer to the exile, and eagerly watched the 
political horizon for signs of an abatement of the popular resentment. 
She also addressed letters to eminent public men, pleading her father's 



120 THE BURR FAMILY, 

cause, and asking their opinion as to his safety should he venture to re- 
turn to his native land. Some idea of the style and force of these epistles 
may be gathered from the following, addressed to Mrs. James Madison, 
wife of the President, on this subject, and with whom she had been quite 
intimate in brighter days. 

" Rocky River Springs, June 24th, 1S09. 

' Madam: — You may perhaps be surprised at receiving a letter from 
one with whom you have had so little intercourse for the last few years. 
But your surprise will cease when you recollect that my father, once your 
friend, is now in exile; and that the President only can restore him to me 
and to his country. Ever since the choice of the people was first declared 
in favor of Mr. Madison, my heart, amid the universal joy, has beat with 
the hope that I too should soon have reason to rejoice. Convinced that 
Mr. Madison would neither feel, nor judge, from the feelings or judgment 
of others, I had no doubt of his hastening to releive a man, whose char- 
acter he had been enabled to appreciate during a confidential intercourse 
of long continuance, and whom he must know incapable of the designs 
attributed to him. My anxiety on this subject has, however, become too 
painful to be alleviated by anticipations which no events have yet tended 
to justify, and in this state of intolerable suspense, I have determined to 
address myself to you, and request that you will, in my name, apply to 
the President for a removal of the prosecution now existing against Aaron 
Burr. I still expect it from him, as a man of feeling and candor, as one 
acting for the world and for posterity. 

' Statesmen, I am aware, deem it necessary that sentiments of liber- 
ality, and even justice, should yield to considerations of policy, but what 
policy can require the absence of my father at present ? Even had he 
contemplated the project for which he stands arraigned, evidently to pur- 
sue it any further would now be impossible. There is not left one pretext 
of alarm, even to calumny. For bereft of fortune, of popular favor, and 
almost of friends, what could he accomplish; and whatever may be the 
apprehensions, or clamors of the ignorant and the interested, surely the 
timid, illiberal system which would sacrifice a man to a remote and un- 
reasonable possibility that he might infringe some law founded on an un- 
just, unwarrantable suspicion that he would desire it, cannot be approved 
by Mr. Madison, and must be unnecessary to a President so loved, so 
honored. Why, then, is my father banished from a country for which he 
has encountered wounds, and dangers, and fatigue, for years ? Why is he 
driven from his friends, from an only child, to pass an unlimited time 
in exile, and that, too, at an age when others are reaping the harvest of 



THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. 121 

past toils, or ought at least to be providing seriously for the comfort of 
ensuing years ? I do not seek to soften you by this recapitulation. I 
wish only to remind you of all the injuries which are inflicted on one of 
the first characters the United States ever produced. Perhaps it may be 
well to assure you there is no truth in a report lately circulated that my 
father intends returning immediately. 

" He never will return to conceal himself in a country on which he 
has conferred distinction. To whatever fate Mr. Madison may doom this 
application, I trust it will be treated with delicacy. Of this I am the 
more desirous, as Mr. Alston is ignorant of the step I have taken in writ- 
ing to you, which, perhaps nothing could excuse but the warmth of filial 
affection. If it be an error, attribute it to the indiscreet zeal of a daugh- 
ter whose soul sinks at the gloomy prospect of a long and indefinite 
separation from a father almost adored, and who can leave nothing unat- 
tempted, which offers the slightest hope of procuring him redress. What 
indeed would I not risk once more to see him, to hang upon him, to 
place my child upon his knee, and again spend my days in the happy oc- 
cupation of endeavoring to anticipate his wishes. Let me entreat, my 
dear madam, that you will have the consideration and goodness to answer 
me as speedily as possible; my heart is sore with doubt and patient wait- 
ing for something definite. No apologies are made for giving you this 
trouble, which I am sure you will not deem it irksome to take for a 
daughter, an affectionate daughter thus situated. Inclose your letter for 
me to A. J. Frederic Prevost, Esq., near New Rochelle, New York. 

" That every happiness may attend you is the sincere wish of 

Theo. Burr Alston. 

" To Mrs. James Madisoii. Washington, D. C." 

It was from assurances received in answer to this letter, that Colonel 
Burr, in 1810, began to think once more of his native land. In the spring 
of 1812 her father arrived in Boston, but hardly had the news of his ar- 
rival reached her, when she was called upon to suffer a bereavement, be- 
side which those that had preceded it seemed trifles light as air. Her 
boy, her only child, a handsome promising lad of eleven years, the " little 
Gamp" so frequently mentioned in Burr's letters, sickened and died. 
This blow shattered in an instant the hopes of years, and plunged both 
parents and grandfather in the deepest depths of affliction. 

" But a few miserable days past," wrote the poor bereaved mother to 
her father, announcing her loss, "and your late letters would have glad- 
dened my soul, and even now I rejoice at their contents, as much as it is 
possible for me to rejoice at anything; but there is no more joy for me. 



122 THE BURR FAMILY 

The world is a blank. I have lost my boy. My child is gone forever. 
He expired on the 30th of June. My head is not sufficiently collected 
to say anything further. May Heaven by other things make you some 
amends for the noble grandson you have lost. He was eleven years old." 

The mother never recovered from the effects of this shock. For years 
her health had been delicate, owing in some measure, no doubt, to the 
unfavorable influence of the climate, as early as 1S05 she had been 
forced to admit the probability of an early death, and at that time pre- 
pared a letter to be given to her husband after her death, and which was 
found among her effects after her decease in 1813. This letter, so nat- 
ural, and so characteristic, conveys a better idea of the life and character 
of this remarkable woman, than could pages of studied description and 
eulogy. It was intended for one eye alone, but as it has been before 
published, and as it exhibits its author in a most favorable light, there can 
be no impropriety in reproducing it here. 

The following is the letter. 

" Aug. 6, 1805. 

" Whether it is the effect of extreme debility and disordered nerves, 
or whether it is really presentiment, the existence of which I have often 
been told of and always doubted, I cannot tell; but something whispers 
me that my end approaches. In vain I reason with myself; in vain I oc- 
cupy my mind and seek to fix my attention on other subjects; there is 
about me that dreadful heaviness and sinking of the heart, that awful 
foreboding of which it is impossible to divest myself. 

' Perhaps I am now standing on the brink of eternity, and ere I plunge 
in the fearful abyss, I have some few requests to make. I wish your sis- 
ters (one of them, it is immaterial which) would select from my clothes 
certain things which, they will easily perceive, belonged to my mother. 
These, with whatever lace they find in a large trunk in a garret-room of 
the Oaks House, added to a little satin-wood box, (the largest, and hav- 
ing a lock and key,) and a black satin embroidered box with a pin- 
cushion; all these tilings I wish they would put together in one trunk, 
and send them to Frederic Prevost, with the enclosed letter." 

Then follow several bequests, after which the letter continues: 
' To you, my beloved, I leave my child, the child of my bosom, who 
was once a part of myself, and from whom I shall shortly be separated by 
the cold grave. You love him now, henceforth love him for me also. 
And oh, my husband, attend to this last prayer of a doting mother! 
Never, never, listen to what any other person tells you of him. Be your- 
self his judge on all occasions. He has faults; see them and correct 



THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. 1 23 

them yourself. Desist not an instant from your endeavors to secure his 
confidence. It is a work which requires as much uniformity of conduct 
as warmth of affection toward him. 

" I know, my beloved, that you can perceive what is right on this sub- 
ject, as on every other. But recollect, these are the last words I can ever 
utter. It will tranquillize my last moments to have disburdened myself 
of them. I fear you will scarcely be able to read this scrawl, but I feel 
hurried and agitated. Death is not welcome to me; I confess it is ever 
dreaded. You have made me too fond of life. Adieu then, thou kind, 
thou tender husband. Adieu, friend of my heart. May Heaven prosper 
you, and may we meet hereafter. Adieu, perhaps we may never see each 
other again in this world. You are away; I wished to hold you fast, and 
prevent you from going this morning. 

" But He who is wisdom itself ordains events; we must submit to 
them. Least of all should I murmur. I on whom so many blessings have 
been showered, whose days have been numbered by bounties, who have 
had such a husband, such a child, and such a father. Oh, pardon me, 
my God, if I regret leaving these! I resign myself. Adieu once more 
and for the last time, my beloved. Speak of me often to our son. Let 
him love the memory of his mother, and let him know how he was loved 
by her. 

" Your wife, your fond wife, 

"Theo." 

This letter was written in the summer of 1805. In this summer of 
1812, her malady had greatly increased. She sank into a listless, apa- 
thetic state, pitiful to see and from which it was difficult to rouse her. Her 
boy was dead, henceforth life was a blank, and existence a burden. In 
the fall, her father, alarmed, insisted that she should come North; he 
even sent an old friend to her home to accompany her on the journey. 
It was manifestly impossible for her in her enfeebled state to make the 
jouney by land, and the party, comprising Theodosia, her maid, her phy- 
sician, and Mr. Green, proceeded to Charleston, and embarked on a small 
schooner called the Patriot. The vessel sailed on the 30th of December, 
18 12, and was never again heard of. It was the commonly received 
opinion that she foundered off Hatteras, in a heavy storm that visited the 
coast a few days after she left port; but forty years after, a paragraph 
appeared in a Texan newspaper and went the rounds of the press, giving 
a different version of her fate. 

This paragraph purported to be the confession of a sailor who had 
recently died in Texas, and who declared on his death-bed that he was 
one of the crew of the Patriot in December, 1812, and that during the 



124 THE BURR FAMILY. 

voyage the sailors mutinied and murdered all the officers and passengers, 
Mrs. Alston being the last to walk the plank. 

To this statement the Pennsylvania Enquirer added corroborative evi- 
dence as follows: 

' An item of news just now going the rounds relates that a sailor, who 
died in Texas, confessed on his death-bed that he was one of the crew of 
mutineers who, some forty years ago, took possession of a brig on its pas- 
sage from Charleston to New York, and caused all the officers and pas- 
sengers to walk the plank. For forty years the wretched man has carried 
about the dreadful secret, and died at last in an agony of despair. 

' What gives this story additional interest is the fact that the vessel 
referred to is the one in which Mrs. Theodosia Alston, the beloved 
daughter of Aaron Burr, took passage for New York, for the purpose of 
meeting her parent in the darkest days of his existence, and which, never 
having been heard of, was supposed to have been foundered at sea. The 
dying sailor professed to remember her well, said she was the last who 
perished, and that he never forgot her look of despair as she took the last 
step from the fatal plank. On reading this account, I regarded it as a 
fiction; but on conversing with an officer of the navy he assures me of 
its probable truth, and states that on one of his passages home some 
years ago, his vessel brought two pirates in irons, who were subsequently 
executed at Norfolk for recent offences, and who, before their execution, 
confessed that they had been members of the same crew and participated 
in the murder of Mrs. Alston and her companions. Whatever opinion 
may be entertained of the father, the memory of the daughter must be 
revered as one of the loveliest and most excellent of American women, 
and the revelation of her untimely fate can only serve to invest that mem- 
ory with a more tender and melancholy interest." 

And this is all that can be certainly known in regard to her death. 
The reader will draw his own conclusions; but in either case what a 
tragic fate was hers! To her father this was the "event that separated 
him from the human race." To her husband thus doubly bereaved, it 
proved a blow from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He 
survived his wife and child but a few years, dying at Charleston, Septem- 
ber ioth, 1816, at the early age of thirty-eight years. 

A recent writer in the New York Evening J'ost, after repeating the 
above extract, continues: 

'Seventeen years later, in 1869, Dr. \Y. G. Pool, a physician of 
Elizabeth City, N. C, was summering with his family at Nag's Head, a 
summer resort on the outer barrier of sand which protects the North 
Carolina coast, about fifty miles north of Cape Hatteras. While here he 



THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. 1 25 

made an interesting discovery, an account of which we copy from the 
correspondence of the Philadelphia Times of February 20, 1880: 

" During that season he was called upon professionally to visit a lady 
named Mrs. Mann, who lived two miles north of Nag's Head and directly 
opposite Kitty Hawk, where the United States man of-war Huron met 
her fate. The old lady was sixty-five years of age, but never had occa- 
sion to seek the services of a physician before, and whatever her com- 
plaint was now, the Doctor cured her. She had great fear of physicians 
in general, and when she became well, her gratitude to Dr. Pool was so 
intense ' for not killing her,' as she expressed herself, that she told him he 
could have anything in her possession except money, and of that she had 
none. The Doctor stated to her that he would make no charge, but be- 
coming interested in the strange being before him he, in company with his 
little daughter, who is now a young lady, paid the old woman almost daily 
visits. The house in which Mrs. Mann resided was quaint, though hum- 
ble, and the surroundings were of the same nature. But what puzzled 
the Doctor most was where a woman of Mrs. Mann's position in society 
could have obtained such a fine oil painting, it being evidently the por- 
trait of a handsome, intelligent lady, of high standing in the social world. 
He was on the eve of questioning the old woman several times, but al- 
ways failed, afraid to offend by touching on some delicate subject; but 
his daughter came to his relief by saying: ' Father, I have fallen in love 
with that beautiful picture. Please buy it for me.' This was the first 
occasion Mrs. Mann had for proving her gratitude to the Doctor ' for 
not killing her,' and overhearing the child she said: 'You can have it, 
honey; I will make you a present of it.' The little girl was overjoyed at 
becoming the possessor of what at that time she desired most of all on 
earth; but her father was not yet satisfied, and determined to learn the 
secret of that picture if possible. So after many visits of a kindly nature 
the old lady agreed to tell her story. 

' Some years before my marriage with my first husband, Mr. Til- 
lett,' she said, ' and while we were courting, a pilot boat came ashore 
near Kitty Hawk. She had all sail set and the rudder was fastened. Mr. 
Tillett, in company with the wreckers, boarded her, and in the cabin they 
found the breakfast-table set, but not disturbed. Why we thought it was 
that meal was because the beds were not made up. Anyhow, the trunks 
were broken open, and among the things scattered about on the cabin 
floor were several silk dresses, a black lace shawl, a vase of wax flowers, 
with a glass globe covering, a shell resembling the shape of the nautilus, 
beautifully carved, and the lovely picture. There was no blood seen on 



126 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the vessel or any sign of violence, and my opinion was that the passengers 
and crew on that pilot boat walked the plank; the rudder was tied up and 
the vessel turned adrift. My future husband took for his share of the 
spoils two dresses, the shell, vase, and picture, all of which he presented 
to me, and I have kept them ever since. This was years ago. I don't 
remember the year, but it was very near the time we were fighting the 
English. This is all I know about the picture, and as your father did 
not kill me, you are welcome to it, honey. Wait a bit and I '11 bring the 
other things for you to look at.' 

' The articles mentioned were then put before Dr. Pool and his 
daughter for inspection and the young lady says there is no doubt but 
that everything in the possession of Mrs. Mann once belonged to some 
lady of culture, taste, and refinement. The old lady told her story in a 
hesitating manner and the chances are that much remained untold. 

' The portrait bore so striking a resemblance to Theodosia Alston as 
to be remarked by all who saw it and who were familiar with the engraved 
portraits of that lady. The circumstance of the vessel's coming ashore at 
about the time the Patriot left Georgetown, coupled with the dying 
sailor's declaration, led the Doctor and his family to believe that Mrs. 
Mann's ' pilot-boat ' was the Patriot, and that the portrait so strangely 
found was one of herself that Mrs. Alston was taking to her father. Act- 
ing on this belief, and to test its accuracy, they had photographs of the 
portrait made, and sent them to artists and friends of the family for their 
opinion. These in most cases pronounced the portrait a likeness of Mrs. 
Alston. Mr. George B. Edwards of New York, a connection of the lady 
on her mother's side, wrote: ' My father agrees with me in the belief that 
it is Aaron Burr's daughter. She certainly has his eyes and the Edwards 
nose.' The photograph was also shown to Col. John H. Wheeler, the 
historian of North Carolina, and to his wife, a daughter of Sully, the 
portrait-painter, herself a sculptor of merit, who both pronounced it a 
striking likeness of Theodosia." 

The writer, being in the vicinity of Dr. Pool's home in 1SS9, paid 
him a visit and was shown the portrait. It is an oil painting on wood, 
with gilt frame about twenty inches in length, and of the school of art in 
vogue in 1800-10. Familiar with three portraits of Theodosia by differ- 
ent artists, lie at once recognized a marked resemblance, although he 
would hesitate confidently to pronounce it a portrait of that lady; yet the 
difference was no more than might have resulted from a difference in age. 
In the hope of gaining corroborative evidence as to the identity of the 
portrait, he crossed over Albemarle Sound to Nag's Head. Mrs. Mann, 



THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON. \2J 

he learned, had been dead several years. Two sons were found living 
among the dunes of that strange coast five miles north of the Head. Both 
disclaimed ever having seen or heard of portrait, dresses, vase, or shell, 
but referred him to an elder sister, Mrs. Westcott, a widow living on 
Roanoke Island, who might possibly have been more in their mother's 
confidence than they. Before leaving on this errand, however, he made 
diligent inquiry among the wreckers for any tradition or memory of the 
pilot-boat, without awakening a single recollection. This, however, does 
not militate against Dr. Pool's story, for the ' banker ' of to-day, although 
he does not, like his forefathers, lure ships ashore and strip the wreck, is 
still very reticent as to what was done on these sands generations ago. 
Unsuccessful on the banks, he crossed the Sound to Roanoke and visited 
Mrs. Westcott at her pleasant cottage on the western shore of the island. 
She is a woman of excellent reputation, and favorably impressed the visi- 
tor by her intelligence and sincerity. 

She recollected the portrait, and remembered hearing her mother 
say it was found in a bureau or chest of drawers that floated ashore when 
she was a baby; had never seen or heard of the silk dresses, shell, or vase. 
No one who is acquainted with Dr. Pool or his daughter can doubt the 
truth of their story. Mrs. Mann must have told them what she is said to 
have told them. But what she did with the articles which they saw in 
her cottage in 1869, and what circumstances attended their getting that 
she should have hidden them from her children and neighbors through 
a long life, is one of the many mysteries of these sands that will never be 
solved. 



PART 11 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 



129 



ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. 



b. for born. 

d. for died. 

dec. for deceased. 

bapt. for baptized. 

ae. for aged. 

abt. for about. 

bef. for before. 

chil. for children. 

dau. for daughter. 

Bap. for Baptist. 

Cong, for Congregationalist. 

Meth. for Methodist. 

Pres. for Presbyterian. 

Epis. for Episcopal. 

m. for married. 



unm. for unmarried. 

mem. ch. for member of the church. 

Ins. for inscription on tombstone. 

Invy. for inventory. 

grad. for graduated. 

rem. for removed. 

Rec. for Record. 

Par. for Parish. 

Rep. for representative. 

res. for resides or residence. 

w. for wife. 

wid. for widow. 

yr. for year. 

Coll. for College. 

Univ. for University. 



Other abbreviations are used whose meaning will be obvious. When 
town and family records disagree, both dates are generally given. An 
interrogation mark(?) implies doubt. Names are spelled as given by the 
family. Birth-places are not always given with dates of birth, but can be 
ascertained by reference to the residence of the person's father at the 
time of birth. 



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PART II.— GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 



FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 



I. JEHUE BURRE, 1 

b. in England about 1600, d. in Fairfield about 1670. There is no record 
of his will or distribution of his estate in the Fairfield Records. He had 
four sons — perhaps daughters. 

2. Jehu, 2 b. in Eng. ; 3. John, 3 aged about 48 years in Feb. 1681-2 ; 
4. Nathaniel" ; 5. Daniel,' 2 aged about 40 years in Nov. 16S2. 

SECOND GENERATION. 
JEHU BURR, 2 [2] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield ; they had : 

6. Daniel 3 ; 7. Esther 3 , perhaps more. 

He m. 2d, Esther, widow of Joseph Boosey, of Westchester, Conn. 
Chil. : 

8. Peter, 3 b. March, 1667; 9. Samuel 3 ; 10. Elizabeth 3 ; 11. 
Sarah 3 ; 12. Joanna 3 ; 13. Abigail 3 ; 14. Mary. 3 

Will dated Jan. 7, 1689. Invy. of estate, Oct. 30, 1692. None of daus. 
are mentioned in will as m. except Mary, who had m. Saml. Wakeman, of 
F. and died young, leaving one dau. 

Abigail 3 (13) m. March 12, 1692, Lieut. John Wheeler, son of Thomas 
Wheeler, who came to Fairfield in 1644, from Concord, Mass., in the 
Company headed by Rev. Mr. Jones. Their chil. were : 

I. John, b. 1694, d. 1726 ; 2. Sarah, b. 1696 ; 3> Abigail, b. 1698, m. 
Samuel Mervvin, 1722 ; 4. Mary, b. i7or, d. 1 7 14 ; 5- Elizabeth, b. 1703, 
in. John Dimon, 1727 ; 6. Ann, b. 1706. 

Abigail, the wife, d. Feb. 7, 1711-12, and Lieut. Wheeler m. 2d, Lydia 
Porter, of Windsor, Ct., in Oct., 17 12. Chil. by her were : 

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132 THE BURR FAMILY. 

I. Mary, b. 17 13, d. 1721 ; 2. Obadiah, b. r 7 TS, d. 1753 ; 3. Daniel, 
b. 1720; 4. Jabez, b. 1722, m. Charity Beach, 1702 ; 5. Ichabod, b. 1725, 
m. Deborah, dan. of Capt. John Burr, 1752 ; 6. J'o/ni, J^r., b. 1729. 

Jehu Burr, with his brother, Major John Burr, was one of the " pro- 
prietors " to whom the patent of Fairfield was granted in 16S5. This 
ancient instrument, still preserved in the State Library at Hartford, 
reads as follows: 

1 The Generall Court of Connecticut hath formally granted to the 
proprietary of the Inhabitants of the town of Fairfield, all those lands 
both meadow and upland within these abutments upon the sea towards 
the South, about five miles in breadth, and in length from the sea into the 
wilderness twelve miles, and upon Stratford bounds on the East, and the 
wilderness on the North, and in Norwalk bounds on the West (only a 
parcel of land between their bounds and Saugatuck River that is likewise 
granted to the said Fairfield, provided the said Saugatuck do not exceed 
two miles from the said Fairfield) : the said lands having been by purchase 
or otherwise lawfully obtained of the Indians, native proprietors. And 
whereas the proprietary, the aforesaid inhabitants of Fairfield in the 
Colony of Connecticut, have made application to the Governor and 
Council of said Colony of Connecticut, assembled in Court May 25, 1685, 
that they may have a patent for confirmation of the aforesaid land so 
purchased and granted to them as aforesaid, and which they have stood 
seized and quietly possessed of for many years last past without interrup- 
tion. Now for a more full confirmation of the aforesaid tract of land as 
it is butted and bounded as aforesaid, unto the present proprietors of the 
said township of Fairfield in the possession and enjoyment of the premises, 
Know ye, that the said Governor and Council assembled in General 
Court according to the Commission granted to us by His Majesty in our 
Charter, have given, granted, and by these presents do give, grant, ratify 
and confirm unto Major Nathan Gold, Mr. Samuel Wakeman, Jehu Burr, 
John Hurr, Thomas Staples, John Green, Joseph Lockwood, John 
Wheeler, Richard Hubbell, George Squire, Isaac Wheeler and the rest 
of the present proprietary of the township of Fairfield, their heirs, suc- 
cessors, and assigns, forever according to the tenor of East Greenwich 
in Kent, in free and common socage, and not by capitte or Knight ser- 
vice, they to make improvement of the same as they are capable, accord- 
ing to the custom of the country, yielding, rendering and paying therefor 
to their Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs and successors, his due 
according to Charter. 

" In witness whereof we have caused the seal of the colony to be 
herewith affixed, this 26th of May, 1685, in the first year of the reign of 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 33 

our Sovereign Lord James the Second, of England Scotland and Ireland 
King, Defender of the Faith, &c. By Order of the General Court of 
Connecticut, Signed, 

" Robert Treat, Governor. 

" John Allen, Secretary." 

Major JOHN BURR 2 [3] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Fitch, dau. of Thomas, of F., an important man in the colony. 
Chil. : 

15. John, 3 b. May 2, 1673; 16. David 3 ; 17. Samuel, 3 b. Apr. 2, 
1679; 18. Jonathan, 3 d. Apr., 1712, unm. ; 19. Joseph, 3 d. in infancy; 
20. Sarah, 3 m. June 29, 1692, Rev. Charles Chauncey, first pastor of 
Stratfield Cong. Ch., now " Old North," Bridgeport. He was s. of Rev. 
Israel Chauncey, Cong, clergyman of Stratford, one of the original 
founders of Yale Coll., elected its President in 1701, but declined, and 
grandson of Rev. Charles Chauncey, formerly Prof, of Greek and Latin, 
at Cambridge University, Eng., and afterwards the well-known Pres. of 
Harvard Coll., in this country. Rev. Charles, the younger, was the 
great-grandfather of Commodore Isaac Chauncey, who distinguished 
himself in the war of 181 2. His w. Sarah, d. in 1697 leaving a son Israel. 

Rev. Charles Chauncey d. Dec. 31, 17 14. 21. Mary, 8 m. Osborn 

and had chil. ; 22. Deborah, 3 m. Treadwell and had chil. 

Will dated March 19, 1694. Admitted to probate Nov. 6, 1694. 
Invy. same date. 

Mary and Deborah were then minors. Major John Burr d. Oct. 1694. 

NATHANIEL BURR/ [4] of Fairfield, Ct., 

b. probably in Springfield, about 1640. Made freeman in 1664 in Fair- 
field. Constable in 1669. Rep. Oct., 1692, March, 1693, Oct., 1693, 
Feb., 1694, Oct., 1695. Petitioned Gen. Court Oct. 14, 1697, as adm. 
on estate of Eliphalet Hill, for permission to sell lands of the estate 
sufficient to pay lawful debts. 

He had several grants of land from the town as follows: "Feb. 12, 
1669, a parcel of land in Fairfield, being in quantity 12 acres, 32 rods, 
be it more or less, bounded on the west and north with highways, and on 

the south, with land of , and on the east, with common land." 

Jan. 6, 1673, " Nathaniel Burr purchased 4 parcels of land, and was 
granted 14 acres by the town." May, 1682, he received a grant of land 
in the old Indian field and bought 5 parcels. Nov. 23, 1694, he deeded 
to Daniel Silliman 1 parcel of meadow land, in quantity 2 acres, more or 



134 r riIE BURR FAMILY. 

less, bounded on the southeast by land of Daniel Burr, etc. These are 
the only mentions of his name in the Fairfield town records. His long 
lot was the 38th from the Stratford line, and fronted on what is known as 
Burr's highway; it was 26 rods, 1 link in width. 

He m. 1 st, Sarah, dau. of Andrew Ward of F. and sister of "Mary, 
w. of Jehue. Chil. : 

23. Nathaniel, 3 b. before 1665; 24. Abigail, 3 who m. John 
Wheeler of F., March 22, 1692; 25. John, 3 b. May, 1673; 26. Daniel 3 ; 
27. Ann, 3 m. Jan. 20, 1696, Gideon Allen, and d. Mar. 14, 1747-8, ne. 
72; 28. Mary, 3 m. Laboris; 29. Esther, 3 m. John Sloss*; 30. Re- 
becca/' m. Capt. Samuel Sherwood, Nov. 30, 1704. Shed. May 16, 1721. 

He m. 2d, abt. Oct. 1698, Ann, wid. of the Rev. Samuel Wakeman, 
and dau. of Dr. James Laboris. No chil. 

He died Feb. 26, 17 12. His will dated Feb. 22, 17 12. Proved 
March 5, 1712. Adm. app. on his wid. Ann's est., Nov. 7, 1721. 

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DANIEL BURR, 1 [5] of Fairfield, Ct., 

made freeman in 1668. General Couit of May 8, 1690, appointed him 
Commissary for Fairfield Co. There is no record of his holding other 
public office. 

May 15, 1668, he bought of Andrew Ward one corner lot with all the 
appurtenances thereto belonging: at the same time he received a grant of 
13 acres from the town, and also bought several parcels of land; in 16S1 
he exchanged with the town 2 parcels of land and bought a large tract; 
in 1683 lie again appears as a large purchaser of land. 

His long lot was separated from Nathaniel's by Burr's highway, and 
was 24 rods, 23 links in width. 

Hem. 1st, ■ . Chil.: 

31. Daniel, 3 b. July 30, 1670; 32. Abigail, 3 b. Mar. 14, 1671, m. 
Daniel Lockwood. 

lie m. 2d, Dec. 11, 167S, Abigail, dau. of Henry Glover of New 
Ha\ en, and had : 

* Sloss was a wealthy Scotchman, owner of the large manor of Eaton's Neck on Long 
Island, across the Sound to the westward of Fairfield. In his will, proved March 2, 
1720 he n; mes daus. Sarah, Ellen, and Deborah, to whom he left the manor equally. 



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135 



33. Hellinah, 3 b. Oct. 26, 16S0, m. Ensign John Andrews, and 
had I. John, 2. Abigail, 3. Hellinah, 4. Daniel, 5. Ebenezer. 

34. Deborah, 3 b. abt. 1684, m. 1st, Joseph Whelpley, and had 1 
child, I. Sarah, and 2d, Joseph Perry, by whom she had, 2. Abigail, 
3. Joseph, 4. Daniel, 5. Nathaniel. 

35. Mehitable, 3 m. abt. 1711-12, Benajah Strong, and had 1 child, 
I. Mehitable. 

36. Seth Samuel, 3 b. June 20, 1694. 

Daniel and Abigail contested the will, and the estate was not dis- 
tributed until 1751. Daniel, Ellen, and Deborah were then deceased, 
leaving heirs. No will is found. Invy. presented Nov. 5, 1695. His 
w. Abigail's estate dis. Jan. 25, 1722. The following is a part of the 
inventory of his estate: 



Imprimis. The wearing apparel 
Arms and ammunition £4, books £1 
Plate prized as money .... 

Lookinglass £1, bed, bedstead and curtains 

Flock bed ; trundle bedstead and curtains 

Bed : bedstead beding and coverlids 

Cupboard and cushions 

Great table and carpet £1 5s, chairs, stools, cushions £4 

Earthen ware, glass bowl and a little white sugar 

Feather bed, bedstead, curtains and valence, bedding, pillows 

Gold rainmarker 12s, sheets £2 gs 6d . 

A set of roller curtains £2 5s, pillow covers £2, 6s 6d 

Table linen £11. A cushion and cushion stuff 10s 

An old table and parcel of swingled flax 

Chests £2 15s, a basket and woolen wheel 

A parcel of sheeps wool 15s, woolen yarn and tow yarn 

Butter and cheese £1 18s, a parcel of tallow 5s 6d 

A pair of andirons ; trammels, pots, and fire tongs 

Chaff bed, bedstead and bedding ^3, curtains and sheets 

Old flock bed 15s, feather bed, bolster and two pillows 

A parcel of tanned leather and flaxseed 

Old casks, 2 sieves, a dusk wheat meal trough 

Old bedstead, old chairs, 2 spinning wheels . 

Box iron, weights, scales, pewter platters 

Candlesticks, saltcellar, quart pots and flagon 

Old pewter basons ; and porringers 

Elves stool, gridiron, clothing, iron frying pan 

Jron pots and collections of skillets 

Cradle ....... 

Waterpails, trenchers, spoons, 2 platters, wooden ware 
Wanning pan, pestle and mortar and old iron 



£ s. d. 

08 06 o 
05 00 

OS 12 

03 15 

01 15 

13 OO 

02 OO 
05 05 

01 03 
05 06 
03 01 
05 II 
II 10 

01 07 
03 08 

02 15 10 
02 13 6 

02 l6 

05 02 

04 15 

01 01 

II 12 6 

00 16 

06 03 

02 02 

00 10 

01 02 
01 16 
01 16 

00 12 

01 04 



136 THE BURR FAMILY. 

THIRD GENERATION. 

DANIEL BURR, 3 [6] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. . Chil. : 

30. Jehue ' ; 40. Stephen,' bapt. Oct. 3, 1698; 41. Peter, 4 bapt. 
July 23, 1700; 42. Jane, 1 bapt. Apr. 17, 1702, m. Samuel Sherwood; 
43. Mary,' bapt. May 30, 1709, m. David Meeker of Redding, Ct. ; 44. 
David,' bapt. Jan. 1, 17 10; 45. Moses *; 46. Aaron, 4 b. Jan. 4, 17 16; 
47. Elizabeth, 4 m. Nathaniel Hull; 48. Hester, 4 m. Daniel Bradley of 
Ridgefield. 

Daniel the f., d. 1722. 

In the distribution of his estate is mentioned the farm on Aspetuck 
River, land on Saco Neck, the new house, barn, orchard, and homestead, 
a farm at Deerfield, salt Meadow in Ward's lot, 100 acres near Daniel 
Bulkly's, the farm at Newtown, etc. 

Rev. Aaron Burr's portion amounted to ^545 10s. 

Judge PETER BURR, 3 [8] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. .* Chil.: 

49. Thaddeus, 4 bapt. Sept. 8, 1700; 50. Abigail, 4 bapt. Oct. 25, 
1702, m. her cousin Ephraim Burr; 51. Gershom, 4 bapt. March 9, 1707; 
52. Eunice, 4 bapt. July 2, 17 10, m. about 1731, Benjamin Wynkoop, 
bapt. May 23, 1705, son of Benjamin of New York, who was s. of Cor- 
nelius Wynkoop of Kingston, N. Y., and he a son of Peter Wynkoop of 
Albany, one of the first of the name in America. They had chil. : 

I. Benjamin, bapt. Apr. 9, 1732 (N. Y. Rec); 2. Castaime, bapt. 
Sept. 21, 1735 (Fairfield Rec), m. May 1, 1754, Gideon Willis; 3. 
Eunice, bapt. Apr. 8, 1739. Said to have m. a Mr. Smedley, and to 
have res. at Canandaigua, N. Y. 

Benjamin (1), m. March 6, 1754, Griselda Frost, dau. of Jabez Frost, 
of Fairfield. Their chil. were: 

I. Abraham, supposed to have been captured by the British during the 
Rev.; 2. Benjamin, b. Apr. 10, 1769, m. Sept. 7, 1796, Hannah Wynkoop, 
and settled ;it Chemung, N. Y. ; 3. y<>/tn, m. Esther Griffin, d. in Redd- 
ing, Ct., 1813, and his w. rem. to Chemung in 1820, and d. therein 1835, 
set. 72 yrs. ; 4. Gershom, m. Martha McFarlin, rem. to Tioga Co., Pa., 

* His first w. was probably of Boston, where the m. no doubt took place. Judge 
Peter was admitted to full communion in the Ch. at 1''. from the South Ch., Boston, Apr. 
20, 1701, six months after bapt. of his first child, Thaddeus. His wife's tomb is nut 
found in Fairfield b. g. lie m. 2d, about 1 7 1 2, Sarah, widow of Jonathan Sturyes, of 
Fairfield, who survived him, and m. 3d, Gov. Jonathan Law, of Stamford. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. I 37 

and d. there in 183 1, his w. rem. to Rochester, N. Y. ; 5. Peter, a mariner, 

who m. ■, and settled on the old homestead; 6. Grissel, w. of 

Hurd; J. Annie, who m. , and had two daus. : 

I. Harriet j 2. Alary Anne. 

Judge Peter Burr d. Dec. 25, 1724. Invy. presented May 11, 1725. 
Arat. personal ^1,629 y. \\d. Real, ,£3,433. 

SAMUEL BURR, 3 [9] of Fairfield, Ct. 

There is no mention of him in the records. He was a minor when his 
father's will was drawn in 16S9. He probably d. before attaining his 
majority. 

JOHN BURR, 3 [15] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth . Chil. : 

53. Andrew, 4 b. Sept. 3, 1696; 54. Mary, 4 m. Thomas Hill, of F. ; 
55. Elizabeth 4 ; 56. Ann. 4 

He d. Nov., 1705. Invy. exhibited Nov. 6, 1705. Amt. ^1,395. 
Distribution ordered by Court of Assistants, May*6, 1708. 

DAVID BURR, 3 [16] 

d. unm. or without heirs, as there is no mention of him in the distribu- 
tion of his brother Jonathan's estate in 1727. 

SAMUEL BURR, 3 [17] of Charlestown, Mass., 

graduated at Harvard College in 1697, and became one of the most 
famous teachers of his time. He was for twelve years master of the 
Grammar School at Charlestown, Mass., a preparatory school for Harvard 
Coll., and which had a reputation in the colonies similar to those of 
Eton and Rugby, in England. He d. while master of the Grammar 
School, Aug. 7, 1719, and was buried in the Fairfield burial ground, 
where a monument was erected to his memory, bearing the following 
inscription: 

Here lyes ye body of Mr. Samuel Burr, Master of Arts, was born in Fairfield, 
April 2d, 1679 : was educated at Harvard College in Cambridge under ye famous Mr. 
Wm. Brattle, and there he was graduated ye first time, ye year 1699, ye second time ye 
year 1700, ut maris est, who after he had served his generation by the will of God in ye 
useful station of a grammar school master, at Charlestown, twelve years, upon a visit to 
this, his native place, departed this life Aug. 7, 17 19, aged 49 years, 4 months and 5 
days. 

He was m. to Elizabeth Jennor, June 19, 1707, by the Rev. Simon 
Bradstreet. His chil. recorded at Charlestown were: 



138 THE BURR FAMILY. 

57. John, 1 b. Apr. 14, 170S; 58. Sarah,' m. Thomas Edwards of 
Boston, Nov. 20, 1723; 59. Samuel, 4 1>. May 28, 1709; 60. Rebecca,' 
I). Mar. 14, 1710-11. 

His will is dated May 2, 17 17. Proved at Cambridge, Aug. 29, 17 19; 
his w. Elizabeth, sole executor. 

May 2nd, 1 717. Item. I will that all my just debts be paid in convenient time after 
my decease. 

Item. I will, order and grant unto my loving wife the whole improvement of all my 
estate real and personal, she supporting my children during her natural life, as also full 
power and liberty to sell any of my said Estate as she shall see occasion for with the 
advice and approbation of Mr. John Dixwell of Boston, merchant, saving to my daughter 
Sarah the bed which I lie upon with the furniture thereto belonging, my silver tankard 
and a staff which was her great-grandfather Stedman's : Also I give unto my said daughter 
twenty pounds to be paid her at marriage, the rest of my said estate I give unto my 
children, viz : John, Samuel and Rebecca, to be disposed of unto them at the discretion 
of my wife. And I do hereby constitute and make my wife sole executrix of this my last 
will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second 
day of May A. D. 1717 anno. Georgis Magna Brittani &c. Tertio. 

Signed and sealed in presence of SAMUEL BURR. 

Thomas Taylor 
Barnabas Davis, 
William Teal. 

Aug. 29th, 1719: A true copy of the original will of Samuel Burr deceased proved 
the 29th Aug. 1719. T. Faxcroft, 

Judge of Probate, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Mass. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 3 [23] of Fairfield, Ct. 

He was a lawyer and well reputed in the colony. Oct. 13, 169S, he- 
petitioned the General Court as Att. for the town of Fairfield, for relief 
against^ the " refractoriness and obstinacy of one Nathan Adams, in im- 
proving lands belonging to said town, and recovered from him by judg- 
ment of the County Court in Fairfield, and for his taking the wheat which 
grew upon said land, and which the town judged of right belonged to 
them "; and the Court gave him liberty to prosecute said Adams at the 
next Court of Assistants. 

He also appeared May 9, 1696, as Att. for Daniel Burr, and his sister 
Abigail, in a petition for liberty to contest the will of their f. Daniel 
Burr. He was deputy for F., Oct., 1697, Jan. 1698, May, 1698, Oct., 
1698, May, 1700. He m. Susannah, dau. of Lieut. Joseph Lockwood, of 
F. Their chil. were: 

61. Nathaniel, 4 62. Joseph, 4 twins, bapt. Dec 23, 1694, d. in 
infancy; 63. Sarah,' bapt. Jan. 20, 1695; 64. Anna, 4 bapt. Apr. 5, 
l6 95; °5- Nathaniel, 4 bapt. May 15, 1698; 66. Ephraim, 4 bapt. Apr. 
14, 1700. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 39 

No will found. Invy. presented Jan. 27, 1700. Distribution ord., 
Nov. 26, 1702. 

Col. JOHN BURR, 5 [25] of Fairfield, Ct. 

As it is believed by the descendants of Col. John, that he was the 
son of Major John Burr, the following proofs of his identity as the son of 
Nathaniel are adduced. There were, in 1705, but two John Burrs in F., 
the son of Major John and the son of Nathaniel. By referring to the 
former's will it will be seen that he entailed his houses, house-lot, etc., to 
his eldest son John, and to his natural male heirs forever. Apr. 29, 
1708, the administrators on the estate of John Burr (dec. in 1705) re- 
turned an account of their administration to a Prerogative Court of that 
date, which found an estate of ^1,146 11 s. 3^., clear and dividable, and 
which the Court ordered divided as follows: " There being one son 
namely, Andrew, and three daus., Mary, Ann and Elizabeth, the said 
son to have a double portion, and the daus. to have equal and single 
portions of the said estate." Against this decision Moses Dimon, 
guardian of Andrew Burr, minor son of John Burr, of Fairfield, dec, 
appealed to a Court of Assistants, held at Hartford, May 8, 1708, and 
" Mr. Peter Burr appeared before this Court, and was admitted attorney 
for the said Moses Dimon, and declared the reason of his said appeal to 
be because the said order and decree (/. c, of the Prerogative Court) 
doth direct to a distribution of certain housing and lands in Fairfield, as 
part of the estate of the sd. dec, which do of right belong to the said 
Andrew Burr, minor, by force of the last will and testament of his grand- 
father, Major John Burr, dec, and are therefore no part of the dis. 
estate of the said John Burr, &c," and the Court decided that the said 
houses and lands did belong of right to the said Andrew, and should not 
be distributed. This proves the f. of Andrew to have been the s. of 
Major John Burr. Again, dis. of the estate of Jonathan, s. of Major 
John Burr, in 1727, is made to the heirs, and legal reps, of his brother, 
John Burr, dec, although Col. John lived until 1750; and, further, Major 
(afterward Col.) John Burr was appointed executor of the will of his 
brother, Daniel, son of Nathaniel, in 1722, and appeared before the 
court June 25, 1722, and declared his acceptance of the trust. 

These proofs it is believed are conclusive. He m. about 1696, Deb- 
orah,* dau. of John and Abigail Lockwood Barlow, b. 1674. Their chil. 
were : 

67. John, 4 bapt. Aug. 28, 1698; 67a. Deborah, 4 b. 1705; 68. Wil- 

* Col. John Burr and wife Deborah were received to full communion in the ch. at 
St rat field (now Bridgeport), Aug. 28, 1698. 



140 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Ham, 1 b. Dec. 9, bapt. Feb. 10, 1711-12; 69. Abigail,' b. Mar. 13, 
1701, m. Richard Hubbell, May 25, 1727, d. Apr. 6, 1780, cb.il.: I.Mary, 
1). Jane 18, 1735; 2. Eleazer, b. Feb. 14, 1739; 3. Dennis, b. Feb. 5, 
1743; 7°- Mary, 1 bapt. July 4, 1708, m. 1st, Ebenezer Dimon, and had 
two sons, I. Ebenezer, and 2. William, and 2d, Jan. 4, 1747-S, James 
Smedley; Jl. Joseph,' bapt. June 27, 1714, who seems to have been 
unable to care for himself, and was left, by the provisions of his father's 
will, to the care of his brothers. Mrs. Deborah burr d. Dec. 4, 1726, 

J£. 52. 

Col. John m. 2d, Widow Elizabeth .Wakeman, dau. of Ebenezer 
Hawley and widow of Joseph Wakeman, b. May 6, 1679. No chil. by her 
are found. His will is dated March 29, 1727. Inventory ex. Dec. 18, 
1750. Dis. Feb. 5, 1 75 1. Col. John Burr d. June 13, 1750, in his 79th 
yr. His w. Elizabeth d. Aug. 18, 1753. Her will proved Aug. 27, 
1753. 

DANIEL BURR, 3 [26] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Mary . Chil. : 

72. Nathaniel 4 ; 73. James 4 ; 74. John 4 ; 75. David 4 ; 76. Re- 
becca, 1 m. Robert Turney, of Stratford; 77. Mary,' m. Nathan Adams, 
of Norwalk. 

He d. June, 1722. His will is dated Apr. 9, 1722. His bio., 
Major John Burr, app. executor. Will admitted to probate June 25, 
1722. Invy. pres. Dec. n, 1722. His w. Mary's will dated March 9, 
1743, mentions John, David, Rebecca, and Mary. 

DANIEL BURR, 8 [31] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail . Chil.: 

78. Joseph, 4 bapt. Feb. 20, 1726; 79. Timothy,' bapt. June 26, 
1727; 80. Abigail'; 81. James 4 ; 82. Jabez,' bapt. Nov. 4, 1739. 

Daniel settled at Greenfield Hill, in Fairfield. His chil. were all 
adults when bapt. Joseph's baptism is recorded both at Fairfield and 
Greenfield, the others at Greenfield. No will is found, or dis. of estate. 

Capt. SETH SAMUEL BURR, 3 [36] of Fairfield, Ct. 

He is twice mentioned in the Colonial Records. First, May 29, 1734, 
as one of a committee " to view the circumstances of the ancient society 
of Norwalk, and report thereon," and second, May 8, 1735, on the me- 
morial of 'Chickens," an Indian Sagamore living between Fairfield, 
Danbuiy, Ridgefield, and Newtown, at a place called Lonetown, in the 
County of Fairfield, showing that he (Chickens) had been wronged in 
some land transactions with Capt. Samuel Couch, of Fairfield, and Mr. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 141 

Seth Samuel Burr. Capt. Saml. Hanford, and Mr. Theop. Nickols, were 
" appointed a committee to consider the case and report." (Col. Rec, 
vol. vii., pp. 535 and 557.) He m. June — , 1722, Elisabeth Wakeman. 
Their children were: 

83. Mehitable, 4 b. May 28, 1723, m. Joseph Squier; 84. Seth, 4 b. 
Jan. — , 1726-7; 85. Samuel, 4 b. Nov. — , 172S; 86. Daniel, 4 b. July 
2, 1730; 87. Ebenezer, 4 b. Oct. — , 1732; 88. Nehemiah, 4 b. Apr. 18, 
1734; 89. Elen, 4 b. Nov. — , 1736, m. Capt. Abell Gold, Dec. 19, 1754; 
90. Elizabeth, 4 b. Sept. — , 1738; 91. Abigail, 4 bapt. March 18, 1738-9; 
92. Charles, 4 b. Aug. — , 1741. 

Elizabeth, w. of Seth Samuel, d. June 16, 1753, and he m. 2d, Mrs. 
Ruth Bulkley, March 14, 1754. Capt. Burr d. March 21, 1773, ae. 79 yrs. 

Will dated March 6, 1772. Estate dis. Oct. 18, 1774. Ebenezer and 
Mehitable were then dec. leaving heirs. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

JEHU BURR, 4 [39] of Redding, Ct. 

He appears early on the Redding Rec. : 1st, Dec. 24, 173S, when Jehu 
Burr and wife were admitted to full communion on recommendation of 
Rev. Mr. Goodsell. (Red. Soc. Rec.) 

Dec. 29, 1748, he appears as moderator of a parish meeting, called to 
" consider the propriety of building a new meeting house," and was ap- 
pointed an agent to "prepare a memorial to the next Co. Court, for a 
committee to pick out a place for the building." 

At a parish meeting held Dec. 26, 1737, he was again moderator. He 
m. Sarah . His chil. were: 

93. Hannah 5 ; 94. Esther 5 ; 95. Catherine 6 ; 96. Patience 6 ; 
97. Jehu 6 ; 98. Daniel 6 ; 99. Sarah 6 ; 100. Mary 6 ; 101. Abigail 6 ; 
102. Prudence 6 ; 103. Comfort, 6 m. Joseph Truesdale, Jan. n, 1774. 

In his will, dated Sept. 28, 1757, he gave the use of his property to 
his \v. Sarah, so long as she remained his widow; to his son Jehu, a cer- 
tain tract of land lying on the west side of the Saugatuck River, together 
with his grist mill; to his s. Daniel, his hill lot; to his dau. Comfort, 
^"20, and dau. Prudence ^15, and the rest of his estate to his rem. daus., 
except a piece of land lying near the parsonage long lot, which he gave to 
his sons-in-law, Ebenezer Gilbert and Elnathan Griffith. Sarah, Mary, 
and Abigail deceased before their father, leaving heirs. 

STEPHEN BURR, 4 [40] ok Redding, Ct., 

also settled early in Redding. At a Society meeting held Oct. 1 r, 1730, 
iie was elected one of the Soc. Committee for the year, again chosen Dec. 



142 THE BURR FAMILY. 

i, 1 73 1, chosen Deacon, March 29, 1733. In 1749 he is called Lieut. 
Oct. 9, 175 1, appointed by the General Court on committee to repair to 
New Milford, on memorial of Isaac Barnum and others, asking for parish 
privileges, to hear and report. 

lie. m. Elizabeth dau. of Cornelius Hull, June 8, 1721. Chil. : 

104. Grace, 6 b. Dec. 12, 1724; 105. Elizabeth,' b. Jan. 17, 1728; 
106. Hezekiah/ b. Sept. 1, 1730; 107. Sarah, b. Nov. 9, 1732; 108. 
Martha, 1 ' b. March 24, 1735; I0 9- Reuben/' b. Nov. 2, 1739, d. in in- 
fancy; no. Esther, 5 b. Feb. 5, 1743; ill. Rebecca. 5 

He m. 2d, Abigail Hall, of Redding, Apr. 12, 1761. His will dated 
Aug. 20, 1776, his estate dis. Nov. 10, 1779.* 

Hezekiah the son never m. ; he d. in Dec. 1785, and his estate was 
divided among his sisters. Of the daus., I. Grace m. Daniel Gold, of 
Redding, and had chil.: 1. Abigail, who in. Richard Nichols; 2. Esther, 
m. Nathaniel Northrop; 3. Sarah, m. David Turney; 4. Mary, m. Seth 
Price; 5. Elizabeth. 2. Elizabeth m. Reuben Squire. 3. Sarah, m. 
Joseph Jackson. 4. Martha m. Zachariah Summers. 5. Esther m. An- 
tony Angevine. 6. Rebecca, m. Seth Sanford, of Redding, and had 
chil. : Ellas, Ebenezer, Joel, Elijah, Samuel, Seth Sanford. 

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PETER BURR/ [41] of Redding, Ct., 

first appears in Redding as clerk of a Society meeting, held October 11, 
1730; also as Moderator of a Parish meeting, held March 18, 1734. He 

m. and had chil. : 

112. Jane/ 1). 1723; 113. Ann/' b. 1726; 114. Peter/ b. Oct. 21, 
1727; 115. Abigail/ b. 1729; 116. Pinkney/ b. Apr. 7, 1731; 117. 
Hannah, b. 1732; 118. Ellen, bapt. Nov. 29, 1734; 119. Sarah,' 
bapt. Feb. 21, 1736; 120. Ezra/ bapt. Jan. 2, 1737; 121. Mary,'' b. 
1738; 122. Rebecca,' b. 1740; 123. Martha/ b. Feb. 24, 1744. m. 
Redfield; 124. Elizabeth, b. 1746, m. Lewis; 125. Aaron, 

* Of Deacon IUirr, Colonel Aaron Burr wrote in his diary in Paris: "My uncle 
Stephen lived on milk punch, and at the age of eighty-six mounted by the stirrup a very 
gay horse, and galloped off with me twelve miles without stopping and was, I thought, 
less fatigued than I." 



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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 43 

b. Feb. 8, 174S; 126. Eunice/ b. 1751; 127. Edmund, 6 bapt. Sept. 28, 
1761; 128. Phillip, 5 b. Mar. 22, 1757. 

Peter, the f., d. Aug., 1779. Invy. presented Aug. 4, 1779. Amt. 
^"255 8s., his s. Ezra, Admr. The chil. soon rem. to Virginia and have 
been lost sight of. 

DAVID BURR, 1 [44] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail, dau. of John Silliman, Apr. 8, 1741. Chil.: 

129. Ann, 5 b. Feb. 24, 1742, d. in inf.; 130. Moses, 5 b. Apr. 5, 
1744; 131. Abigail, 6 b. Apr. 8, 1747, m. Benjamin Meeker; 132. 
Aaron, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1749, d. in inf ; 133. David, 6 b. Sept. 29, 1751; 
134. Silliman, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1753, d. in inf.; 135. Mary, 5 b. Apr. 2, 

1755, unm - 

Will dated Apr. 23, 1781. Proved Sept. 6, 1792. Invy. Nov. 19, 

1792. Dist. Jan. 20, 1800. 

MOSES BURR, 4 [45] of Fairfield, Ct., 

grad. at Yale Coll., 1734, d. 1740, was a clergyman, and for a time pastor 
of the church in Redding, Ct. 

Rev. AARON BURR, 4 [46] of Newark, N. J., 

settled at Newark as pastor of the First ch. Jan. 10, 1737.; m. Esther, 
dau. of Rev. Jona. Edwards, June 29, 1752. Their chil. were: 

.136. Sarah, 6 b. May 3, 1754, m. Judge Tappan Reeve, June 24, 1772, 
and had I. Aaron Burr, b. Oct. 3, 1780, who grad. at Yale Coll. 1802, 
m. Annabella Shedden, of New York, Nov. 21, 1808, settled at Troy, N. 
Y., as Att. and Coun. at law, and d. there Sept. 1, 1809, leaving a son, 
Tappan Burr Reeve, b. at Troy, Aug. 16, 1809, and who d. at Litchfield, 
Conn., Aug. 28, 1829, while a student in Yale Coll. Annabella, wid. of 
Aaron Burr Reeve, m. David J. Burr, of New Haven, and rem. to Rich- 
mond, Va. 

Tappan Reeve, Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Conn., d. Dec. 
13, 1823, at. 79. Sarah his w. d. March 30, 1797. Judge Reeve was b. 
in Brookhaven, L. I., Oct., 1744, grad. at Princeton Coll. in 1763, and, 
until 1772, was a tutor in that institution. 

Early in that year he came to Litchfield, Ct., and began the practice 
of the law, in that then important village. In 1784116 began the instruc- 
tion of legal students, and thus laid the foundation of the famous Litch- 
field Law School, which had an existence of nearly fifty years and 
graduated more than a thousand students, comprising the flower of the 



144 THE BURR FAMILY. 

youth of the land. In 1798 he was chosen Judge of the Superior Court 
of Connecticut. 'Judge Reeve," says Hollister in his "History of 
Conn.," "was a man of ardent temperament, tender sensibilities, and of 
a nature deeply religious. He was the first eminent lawyer in this 
country, who dared to arraign the common law of England, for its 
severity and refined cruelty in cutting off the natural rights of married 
women and placing their property, as well as their persons, at the mercy 
of their husbands, who might squander it, or hoard it up at pleasure." 

He is described as a most venerable man in appearance, with thick, 
gray hair parted and falling in profusion on his shoulders, his voice only 
a loud whisper, but distinctly heard by his earnestly attentive pupils. 
(See article " Litchfield Hill," in Harper's Magazine, March, 1S77.) 

137. Aaron, 6 b. Feb. 6, 1756. 

Rev. Aaron Burr d. Sept. 24, 1757, his w. Esther in 1758. 

THADDEUS BURR, 4 [49] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Sturges, of Fairfield, Nov. 26, 1725. Chil. : 

138. Sarah, 6 b. Sept. 5, 1726, d. unm. ; 139. Abigail." b. March 24, 
1729, m. Lyman Hall, M.A.,* May 20, 1752, and d. in July of the next 
year. She was buried near her father in the Fairfield burying-ground. 
Her tombstone bears the following inscription: 

* Lyman Hall b. in Wallingford, Conn., Apr. 12, 1724; grad. Yale Coll., 1747, 
studied medicine, and in 1752 settled in Georgia. An ardent patriot, he did much to 
attacli Heorgia to the cause of the Colonies. He was chosen Rep. to Congress May, 
J 775. and for four successive annual terms. Signer of the Declaration of Independence 
July 4, 1776. Property in Georgii confiscated by the British. Elected Governor of 
that State 1783 ; d. Oct. 19, 1790. The original white marble slab placed over his grave 
bore this inscription : 

" Beneath this stone rests the remains of the 

Hon. Lyman Hall, 

Formerly Governor of this State, who departed this life the 19th of October, 1790, in 

the 67th year of his age. 
In the cause of America lie was uniformly a patriot. In the incumbent duties of a 
husband and father he acquitted himself with affection and tenderness. But, reader, 
above all know from this inscription thai he left this probationary scene a true Christian 
and an honest man. 

To him so mourned in death, so loved in life, 
The childless parent and the widowed wife, 
With tears inscribes this monumental stone 
That holds his ashes, and experts her own." 
iut 1856 the Stale of Georgia removed Governor Hall's remains to Augusta, Ga. , 
and erected a monument to his memory. This slab was then given to his native State, 
and was dep (sited in the ancient graveyard at Wallingford, July 5, 1858, in the midst of 
a great concourse of people, with appropriate ceremonies, Governor Holley and others 
eminent in Church and Stale being present. 



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145 



Here lyes buried the body of 

Mrs. Abigail Hall, 

wife of Lyman Hall, M.A., 

daughter of Thaddeus Burr, Esq., 

died July 8, 1753, re. 24 yrs. 

Modest yet free, with innocence adorned, 

To please and win by art and nature formed, 

Benevolent and wise, in Virtue firm, 

Constant in Friendship, in Religion warm, 

A partner tender, unaffected, kind, 

A lovely form with a more lovely mind, 

The scene of life tho' short she improved so well, 

No charms in human forms could more excel, 

Christ's life her copy, his pure life her guide, 

Each part she acted, perfected, and dy'd. 



140. Peter, 5 b. Apr. 27, 1731, d. unm, ; 141. Thaddeus, 5 b. Aug. 22, 
1735; I 4 2 - Gershom, 5 b. June 10, 1744. 

Thaddeus the f. d. March 28, 1755, his w., June 26, 1753. His will 
is dated March 20, 1755. Sarah, Abigail, and Peter were then deceased 
without heirs. He gave his son-in-law, Lyman Hall, ,£50, his sisters 
Abigail and Eunice each a drinking-cup, and the rem. of his estate to his 
two'sons Thaddeus and Gershom. Part of the Invy. of his estate was as 
follows: 



Dec. 8th, 1755. Silver tankard £\o 15.?, silver teapot £7 6s Sd 

A silver can £2 15s Sd, two do. poringers ^5 12s 4d 

1 do. saltcellar 17s Sd, half doz. best spoons ,£3 13s 2d . 

8 teaspoons 24s 6d, pair Tea tongs 8s 

3 old silver spoons 27s 6d, old creampot 16s . 

Old silver 19s, pair of silver spurs £1 7s iod . 

A string of gold beads ...... 

A pair of gold buttons ...... 

Negro man named Pompey ...... 

Dinah negro wench ....... 

Negro girl Bett ........ 

Male negro child Amos ...... 

Willard's Body of Divinity 4s, English annotats 2 vol. 2s 

Bain on the Ephesians is, Burges Cons., 6d . 

Perkins Care of Cons., is, Owen on the Hebrews is 6d . 

Quarto Bible is 6d, Duodecimo do is, Com. Prayer gd . 

Watts sermons 2 vols. 8vo 6s, do World to Come 2s 6d 

Do ag. Infidelity is, do miscellany's is, do Lyric Poems is 

Do strength and weakness Humn. Reason gd, do catechism 6d 

Do Psalms 6d, do Hymns 6d 

Foster Rev. Dr. defended 2s, do 1 vol. sermons 



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I46 THE BURR FAMILY 



Euclid Elements 6d, Mrs. Rowe's Leters 1 vol. rs 6d 
Spectator i) vols. 13s 6d, Cato's Letters 4 vol. 4s 
Hervy's Meditations is 6d, Law's Call to Serious &c. is . 
Milton's Paradise Lost 6d. D. Doddridge Rise &C. is 
Primes Chron. is, Janeway's best friend, 6d .... 
30 Latin and Greek &c old books is, do 23 English is 6d 
60 Pamphlets is 6d, 59 magazines 2s .... 

GERSHOM BURR,' [51] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Ann , no chil. : Estate dis. Feb. 15, 1748, amounted to ^14,420 

35. gd. One half of the movables were dis. to heirs of Ann, his wid., 
and the rem. to his bro. Thaddeus, and sisters Abigail and Eunice. 

Col. ANDREW BURR, 1 [53] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Jona. Sturges, of Fairfield, Apr. 30, 1719. Chil.: 
143. Ann, 6 b. Feb. 6, 1720, m. Capt. Samuel Sturges, Jan. 15, 1740; 

144. David," b. July 5, 1722; 145. Andrew, 5 b. July 24, 1724; 146. 

Elizabeth," b. June 22, 1726, m. Daniel Osborne; 147. Laureany, 5 b. 

May 28, 1728, d. unm. ; 148. Mary, 5 b. May 22, 1730; 149. John, 5 b. 

March 11, 1732; 150. Susannah, 5 b. Apr. 29, 1734, d. unm.; 151. 

George, 5 b. May 26, 1736; 152. Josiah, 5 b. July 15, 1738, d. in 

infancy; 153. Walter, 5 b. Sept. 9, 1740; 154. Sarah, 6 b. Sept. 23, 1742; 

155. Oliver, 5 b. Nov. 10, 1745, d. Jan. 31, 1797. 

Col. Burr m. 2d, Sarah Stanly, of Hartford, Aug. 6, 1747, who had: 

156. Jerusha, 5 b. Dec. 3, 1749, and m. Hezekiah Fitch, s. of Gov. 
Thomas Fitch, her father's former law partner, Sept. 21, 1767. 

Col. Andrew Burr d. Nov. 9, 1763, aet. 67 yrs. (Fair. Rec). His 
will is dated Nov. 24, 1760; it gave his w. Sarah the use of one third of 
his real estate; to David he bequeathed his law-books, and also what he 
expended on his college learning; the rem. was dis. to the sons, David, 
Andrew, John, George, Oliver, and daus., Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and 
Jerusha, then living. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 4 [65] of Fairfield, Ct., 

called Captain, m. Mary Turney, Nov. 23, 1723. Chil.: 

157. Isaac, 5 b. Dec. 13, 1733; d. March 28, 1738; 158. Hezekiah,' 
b. Feb. 28, 1738, d. Jan. 7, 1787; 159. Grissel, 6 b. Nov. 15, 1741, m. 
Gen. Elijah Abell, Dec. 31, 1761; 160. Isaac, 5 b. Apr. n, 1744. 

Capt. Nathaniel the f. d. Nov. 8, 17S4 (" Monday about sun-setting "). 
His estate dis. Dec. 11, 1784. His wid., Mary, d. 1785; her estate dis. 
Jan. 9, 1786. Amt., ^783 4s. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 147 

Nathaniel Burr was a watchmaker and jeweller, and had a shop and 
store on Main Street, Fairfield, on the site of the present residence of Dr. 
Bull. Walter Carson, the famous schoolmaster of Fairfield, kept a select 
school in a wing of the house. Mr. Burr's ledger is in the possession of 
a descendant, Mrs. F. E. B. Nichols, of F., an interesting relic. When 
the British burned Fairfield, 1779, Mrs. Burr in a panic threw her silver, 
the family Bible, and an iron pot into the well. All were recovered 
after the burning. Mrs. Nichols still has the Bible. 

EPHRAIM BURR, 4 [66] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail, dau. of Judge Peter Burr, Jan. 7, 1725. Their chil. were: 

161. Eunice, 6 b. Feb. 8, 1730, m. Dec. 21, 1752, Daniel Jennings, of 
Fairfield; 162. Anna, 6 b. Jan. 16, 1731; 163. Ellen, 5 b. Feb 23, 1734; 
164. Ephraim, 5 b. March 5, 1736; 165. Ebenezer, 5 b. May 23, 1738 
—no record; 166. Abigail, 5 b. Feb. 7, 1741; 167. Sarah, 5 b. Julys, 
1743, m. Eleaser Osborne, June 3, 1764, of New Fairfield; 168. Peter," 
b. Nov. r, 1754, (all rec. at Fair.). 

Ephraim the f. d. 1776; his estate invy. June 3, 1776. His wid., 
Abigail, d. 1S10; her estate dis. March 10, 1810. Of the daus., Eunice 
had m. Daniel Jennings, Jr., and was dec, leaving heirs. Anna had m. 
Sturges Lewis, and dec. without heirs. Ellen had m. James Penfield and 
was dec, leaving heirs: I. James, 2. David, 3- Thaddeus, 4* Ellen, 5- 
Mary, 6. Eunice, and J. Anne Penfield, and Sarah had m. Eleaser Os- 
borne, of New Fairfield, and had chil. not mentioned in the will. 

Capt. JOHN BURR, 4 [67] of Fairfield, Stratfield Parish, 

m. Catherine Wakeman,* Oct. 18, 1722. Chil.: 

169. Catherine, 5 b. Oct. 26, 1723, m. Robert Wilson, Sept. 7, 1741, 
b. June 3, 1715. Chil.: 

I. James, bapt. Apr. 25, 1742; 2. Eunice, June 19, 1743; 3. Ruth, 

* Ebenezer (fourth child of Joseph Hawley b. 1603) was born Fairfield, Ct., Sept. 17, 
1654, d. 1681, m., 167S, Hester, dau. of Wm. and Deborah Ward. Chil. : 

Elizabeth Haivtey, b. May 6, 1679 ; d. Aug. 18, 1753 ; m. Capt. Joseph Wakeman, b. 
1679 ; d. Dec. 5, 1726 ; son of Rev. Samuel Wakeman and Hannah Goodyear. Chil.: 

Ebenezer, bapt. 1698 ; Catherine, bapt. Apr. 8, 1700, m. Oct. 18, 1722, Capt. John, 
son of Col. John and Deborah Burr ; Elizabeth, bapt. Apr. 21, 1702, m. Samuel, son of 
Daniel Burr and Abigail Glover [see 34] 2d cousin of Capt. John ; Joseph, bapt. May 14, 
1704 ; Jabez, bapt. March 10, 1705 or 6 ; Samuel, bapt. Jan. 30, 1708 or 9; Alary, b. 
July 23, 1 710, m. Aug. 4, 1736, William, son of Col. John and Deborah Burr [68] ; 
Samuel, bapt. Nov. 15, 1713 ; Stephen, b. March 10, 1716. 

Elizabeth (Hawley) Wakeman, m. 2d, Col. John (b. May, 1673, d. 1750), son of 
Nathaniel and Ann Burr. ( Hawley Rec.) 



I48 THE BURR FAMILY 

Oct. 7, 1744; 4. John, June 21, 1747; 5- Catherine, Feb. 24, 1751; 6. 
Elizabeth, July 1, 1753; 7- Mary, do.; 8. Robert, Nov. 16, 1755; 9. 
Mary, Sept. 17, 1758; 10. Amos, Aug. 22, 1764; II. Justus, March 13, 
1768; 12. Robot Wilson, d. March 4, 1779; 13. Catherine, Oct. 7, 1810. 

170. Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 7, 1724, m. Daniel Silliman; 171. Ann," b. 
Sept. 7, 1726, m. Thomas Sherwood; 172. John/ b. June 13, 1728; 173. 
Deborah,'' b. May 14, 1730, m. Ichabod Wheeler, Jan. 12, 1752. Chil. : 

I. Mary, b. 1756; 2. William, b. July 12, 1762, grad. Yale Coll., 
1785, d. 1805; 3. John, b. 1765, rem. to Westmoreland Co., N. Y., d. 
1846. 

174. Elizabeth, 5 b. Apr. 7, 1732, m. Col. Abraham Gold, Jan. 1, 
1754; 175. Mary," b. Apr. 7, 1732; 176. Justus/' b. Sept. 2, 1734; 
177* Abigail/ b. July 27, 1736, m. Dea. Moses Jennings of F., had chil. : 

I. Phebe, who m. William, son of Gen. Silliman of F., Dec. 7, 1780; 2. 
Abigail, b. 1761 or 2, m. Samuel Burr, June 21, 17S1, d. June 13, 1790; 
3. Catherine, m. Thomas Hill, June 20, 1784; 4. Lucretia, m. Elijah 
Bibbins, Sept. 22, 1796, d. 1819; 5- Deborah, m. Lewis Goodsell, Dec. 
18, 1796, and had sons, 1. Moses, and 2. Levi. 

178. Ozias/ b. May 1, 1739; 179. Amos/ b. Sept. S, 1741, d. in 
inf.; 180. Wakeman/ b. Oct. 3, 1743. 

Capt. John Burr d. Sept. 13, 1752, his wid. Catherine d. Sept. 25, 
1753, in her 53d year. 

Will proved Oct. 3, 1752. His w. Catherine's will is dated Sept. 18, 
1753. To her dau. Catherine she gave her gold necklace and velvet 
handkerchief; to Sarah, a silk crape gown, gauze handkerchief, and lute- 
string hood; to Ann, her russet gown and velvet hood; to Deborah, a 
calico gown and blue calamanco coat; to Elizabeth, a brown quilted 
coat, red satin blanket, holland apron, and handkerchief; to Mary, her 
velvet cloak and silk crape coat; to Abigail, a long cloth cloak, black 
taffety gown, best lutestring hood, black silk gloves, gold buttons, and 
silver teaspoons. Her son John was ex. of the will.* 

WILLIAM BURR, 1 [68] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Jos. Wakeman, of Fairfield, Aug. 4, 1736, and had 
one child : 

181. William/ b. July 23, 1740, d. in inf. 

She d. March 19, 1743, and he again m. Charity Strong, wid. of Joseph 
Strong, May 16, 1744. Chil. by her were : 

* For descendants of Ellen (89) and Elizabeth (174) see chapter on the Gold-Gould 
family following the Fairfield Branch. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD 1 49 

182. Charity, 6 b. Mar. 4, 1745, m. Eliphalet Hull; 183. Mary/ b. 
Mar. 23, 1749, m. Thomas Nash ; 184. Deborah/ unm. 

He d. 1769, est. dis. June 12, 1770. He resided at Stratfield, was 
Dept. for Fairfield 1754, 1755, 1756, Justice 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 
1756, and held other public offices. 

Mary, dau. of William Burr, m. Capt. Thomas Nash, of Greens Farms, 
Ct., a leading citizen and one of the most extensive landowners in the 
colony. 

He was a deacon of the Cong. ch. and gave the site of the present 
edifice at Greens Farms to the society. He also held the rank of Captain 
in the Continental Army. He was a large holder of Continental money, 
and while away on duty his wife (Mary Burr) was in the habit of keeping 
it, for greater security, in a bag underneath her pillow. 

One night, awakening suddenly, she perceived that some one was feel- 
ing for the bag, and grasping the intruder's arm she called loudly for help. 
The arm was wrenched rudely away, leaving, however, the sleeve which 
had covered it, and which proved to be the property of one of their slaves, 
of whom they then owned forty. This is only one of many incidents 
which her grandchildren fondly relate, as showing her fortitude and hero- 
ism. She d. May 20, 1784, leaving five chil. : 

I. Thomas, b. 1767 ; 2. Charity, b. Mar. n, 176S ; 3. Rebecca, b. Mar. 
31, 1770 ; 4. Joseph, b. 1772 ; 5. William, b. 1773, d. in inf. 

Thomas Nash m. Grace Cable and had chil. : 

1. Burr, who m. Mary Oatman and had chil. : 1. Mary A., who m. 
Leonard Merritt, and had, Elizabeth, Emma, and Oscar ; 2. Hester, who 
m. Elihu Myers ; 3. Harriet, who m. George Beers ; 4. Charity, who m. 
Rev. Mr. Root ; and 5. Albert. 

2. Hettie, who m. Peter Braisted, and had chil. : 1. Mary A., 2. Gar- 
rett, 3. Peter, 4. William, 5. Esther, 6. Frank, 7. Caroline, 8. Josephine, 
and 9. Elizabeth. 

3. Charity, who m. 1st, George K. Headley, and 2d, Deacon Nash 
Kelsey. 

4. Betsey, who m. Jacob Braisted and had chil. : 1. William, 2. Jacob, 
and 3. Watson. 

5. Temperance, who m. George Foster and had 1. Esther, 2. George — 
lost at sea, — and 3. Watson. 

Charity Nash m. Samuel Cable, and had by him, I. Charles, 2. Harriet, 
and 3. George, who m. Esther Meeker. She m. 2d, Thomas Saunders, and 
had: 

I. Harriet, b. 1806, m. Milo Peet and had three chil. : 1. Cyrus, 2. 
Emily Catherine, b. Feb. 1, 1842, m. Burr Perry, of Fairfield, Dec. 28, 



ISO THE BURR FAMILY 

1870, and has four chil. : Loretta B., b. Feb. 19, 1872 ; Francis Burr, b. 
Sept. 20, 1S73 ; Robert IP., \>. Apr. 5, 1875, d. Apr. 6, 1875 ; Alfred S., b. 
Nov. 1, 1876; 3. William S., b. Oct. 23, 1843. 

2. ./Mr, 1). 1807, m. 1st, Aaron Burr Meeker, and 2d, Nehemiah Jen- 
nings. By the first husband she had three chil., 1. Aaron Burr, 2. David 
S., 3. Charles A., and by the second, five, 1. Horace, 2. Mary, 3. Stephen, 
4. Nehemiah, 5 . Jane. 

3. William, b. 1808 ; 4. Aaron. 

Rebecca Nash, dau. of Mary Burr, m. Capt. Burr Thorp, Jan. 16, 1791, 
and had seven chil. : 

I. Capt. Henry, b. Jan. 25, 1792 ; 2. David Burr, b. Mar. 6, 1794; 
3. Eleanor, b. Mar. 21, 1797 ; 4. Mary Burr, b. May 10, 1800 ; 5. Gould, 
b. Feb. 4, 1804 ; 6. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1806 ; 7. Amanda, b. July 6, 1809. 

Mary Burr m. Francis L. Hedenberg, Mar. 26, 1826, and had chil. : 

I. Delia R., b. Jan. 4, 1827 ; 2. Gould Burr, b. Dec. 27, 1828; 3. 
David Thorp, b. Mar. 7, 1831 ; 4. Charles Thorp, b. Jan. 26, 1833, d. Apr. 

6, 1S60. 

Joseph Nash m. Mary Squires Their chil. were : 

I. Muusou, 2. Joseph, 3. Burr S., 4. Thomas, 5. Sarah, 6. Anna Burr, 

7. Elizabeth, 8. Mary Burr, 9. Daniel. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 1 [72] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Martha Silliman, Nov. 10, 1726. Chil. : 

185. Ruth, b. Sept. 20, 1727,111. Samuel Silliman, Jan. 21, 1756; 
186. Sarah,' b. Apr. 19, 1729 ; 187. Nathan," b. Sept. 19, 1733 ; 188. 
Rebecca,' b. Apr. 13, 1736; 189. Martha, 5 190. Mary,' (twins), b. 
June 13, 1740. 

He d. 1 76 1, est. invy. Oct. 6, 1761, will dated May 25, 1761. Martha, 
his w. d. Mar. rS, 1753. 

JAMES BURR. 1 [73] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Deborah Turney. Chil. : 

191. Deborah/' bapt. Jan. 1, 1738, d. in inf. ; 192. Stratton," bapt. 
Feb. 4, 1739, d. in 1777, unm. ; 193. Benjamin," bapt. Apr. 20, 1740 ; 
194. Noah,' bapt. Nov. 22, 1741 ; 195. James,' bapt. July 31, 1743; 
196. Deborah, 1 ' bapt. Nov. 25. 1745 ; 197. Hosea, r bapt. Apr. 27, 1747 ; 
198. Jerusha, bapt. June 7, r 74^ ; 199. Josiah," bapt. Jan. 20, 175 r, d. 
unm. ; 200. Jehu, 6 b. March 15, bapt. Apr. 5, 1752. (Parish Rec) 

James the f. d. 1783, his estate invy, that lying in Winchester, Litch- 
field Co., June iS, 1783, that in Fairfield, July 19, 1782 ; no dis. of estate 
found. 



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JOHN BURR, 4 [74] of Fairfield, Ct., 



m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Nash, Oct. 14, 1735. She d. Mar. 29, 1740. 
Her chil. were : 

201. Daniel, 5 b. March 5, 1737 ; 202. John, 5 b. Oct. 9, 1739, d. Oct. 

9< !749- 

He m. 2d, Grace Bulkley, dau. of Gershom Bulkley, Nov. 9, 1740. 

Chil. : 

203. Elizabeth, 5 b. Sept. 16, 1743, m. Bulkley ; 204. Talcott, 

b. Oct. 20, 1746 ; 205. John, 5 b. Feb. 9, 175 1 ; 206. Grace, 5 b. Feb. 2. 

1753, m. Thaddeus Whitlock ; 207. Eunice, 5 b. Sept. 24, 1755, m. 

Jennings. 

John the f. d. 17S7 ; his est. invy. Apr. 3, 1787 ; amt., ^2,996 2s. id. ; 
dis. May 10, 1790. 

JOSEPH BURR, 4 [78] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Hannah, dau. of Dr. Joseph Hyde, of Fairfield, Mar. 3, 1725. Chil. : 
208. Increase, 5 b. Dec. 26, 1726 ; 209. Abel, 5 b. Sept. 8, 172S ; 210. 

Rachel, 5 b. Sept. 23, 1730, m. Thomas Wheeler, Jr. ; 211. Joseph, 5 b. 

Oct. 22, 1733 ; 212. Ichabod, 6 b. May 1, 1736 ; 213. Eliphalet, 5 b. Jan. 

11, 1739; 214. Moses, 5 b. Aug. 22, 1742; 215. Samuel, 5 b. Mar. 9, 

1746. 

There is no record of death, or of will, invy. or dis. of estate in the 

probate records. He settled at Greenfield, his chil. were rec. at Green- 
field and Fairfield. 

TIMOTHY BURR, 4 [79] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Rowland. Chil. : 

216. Ebenezer, 5 bapt. Jan. 2, 1729 ; 217. Sarah, 5 bapt. March 16, 
1723, m. Capt. Ezekiel Hull; 218. Timothy, 5 bapt. Jan. 2, 1734; 219. 
Hester,' bapt. Sept. 18, 1730; 220. Mabel, 5 bapt. Jan. 17, 1740 ; 221. 
Eleanor, 5 m. John Hubbel, and was dec. 1772, leaving heirs — 1. John, 
2. Ezekiel, 3. Rachel, 4. Eleanor, 5. Easter, and 6. Hannah. 

Timothy, the f. d. July 27, 1772, ae. 67. Est. invy. Oct. 22, 1772, dis. 
Jan. 4, 1773. 

JAMES BURR, 4 [81] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Hannah Osborne, widow, Dec. 12, 1731. Chil. : 

222. Isabel, 5 b. Jan. 18, 1733 ; 223. Isaac, 5 b. May 18, 1738. 
Hannah, his w. d. Aug. 11, 1743. He m. 2d, Mary Barlow, Jan., 1746. 

Chil.: 



152 THE BURR FAMILY 

i 

224. Mary,'' b. July, 1746; 225. Daniel,' b. Dec. 25, 1748; 226. 
James, b. May 25, 1751 ; 227. Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1753; 228. Abi- 
gail, 1). Aug. 18, 1755. 

JABEZ BURR,' [82] of Redding, Ct., 

appears in Redding as early as 1743; m. Elizabeth . Their chil. 

were : 

229. Elijah/ bapt. May 15, 1743 ; 230. Nathan," b. Jan. r, 1745 : 
231. Jabez, 232. Ezekiel, b. Mar. 23, 1755 ; 233. Stephen, b. 
Jan. 16, 1757 ; 234. Joel, b Sept. 9, 1759 ; 235. Eunice,'' m. Onesimus 
Coley, Dec. 22, 1762 ; 236. Huldah/ bapt. Apr. 10, 1747, m. Abijah 
Fairchild ; 237. Hannah," m. Henry Hopkins, July 26, 1769. (Redding 
Par. Rec.) 

Jabez, the f. d. 1770. (Red. Rec.) His will is dated Apr. 17, 1770, 
and names above chil., proven Apr. 30, 1770. 

SETH BURR,' [84] of Fairfield, Ct., 

never m., his est. invy. Apr. 7, 1765, dis. to his brothers and sisters, May 6, 
1765- 

SAMUEL BURR, 4 Jr., [85] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Eunice, dau. of Solomon Sturges, May 31, 1753. Chil.: 

238. Elizabeth, 6 bapt. July 7, 1754 ; m. John Squire, Jr., (?). 
Perhaps others. His will is dated Dec. $0, 1790, and gives his est. to 

his widow. A son-in-law, John Squire, Jr., was appointed ex. He d. 
Sunday, Mar. 20, 1 79 1. 

DANIEL BURR, 4 [86] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Ann Silliman, dau. of Nathaniel Silliman, Jan. 22, 1756. Chil.: 

239. Ann/ b. Dec. 9, 1756; 240. Abigail/ b. Oct. 6, 1758; 241. 
Seth/ 1). March 2, 1761, (Fair. Town Rec); 242. Esther,' bapt. Sept. 
n, 1763; 243. Isaac C, 1). March 23, 1766; 244. Hannah,'' b. Jan. 
29, 1769; 245. Daniel,' b. Sept. 17, 1774, unm., d. in Fairfield, 1843; 
246. Elizabeth," b. July 24, 1775, m. Josiah B. Hall. Of her des. 
Henry M. Hawley of Terre Haute, Ind., writes as follows : 

Elizabeth Burr m., Nov. 13, 1794, Josiah B. Hall, d. Jan. 25, 184S. 
Her husband d., Apr. 17, 1S5S. He was the son of Ezbon/ Ebenezer, 4 
Samuel, 3 Samuel," lineal descendants from Sir Francis Hall, who came 
from England 1639 and settled in Stratfield, Ct. Chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD I 53 

I. Ebenezer Silliman Ha//, b. Dec. n, 1795, d. Apr. 13, 1881 ; 2. 
Sarah Marietta, b. Apr. 29, 1802, d. Jan. 9. 1892 ; 3. Nelson, b. Aug. 
1, 1805, d. Sept. 22, 1815, a.m.; 4. Stiles, b. Oct. 16, 1810, d. Sept. 27, 
1815, p.m.; 5. Henry, b. May 31, 1813, d. Sept. 29, 1815, noon ; 6. C/ias. 
Burr, b. May 3, 1819, unm., d. Sept. 25, 1874. 

Ebenezer Silliman Hall (1) m., 1S18, Eliza Coley. He d. Apr. 13, 
1881 ; she d. Apr. ir, 1880. Chil.: 1. Stiles Hall, m., 1848, Susan 
Carrier; 1891 resides Bridgeport, Ct. 

Sarah Marietta Hall (2) m., June 14, 1830, at Bridgeport, Ct., Rev. 
Ransom Hawley ; d. Nov. 19, 1889. He was son of Capt. Ebenezer 
Hawley (and Lucy French), son of Thomas, son of Capt. Ezra (and Abigail 
Hall), son of Dea. Thomas, son of Samuel, Sr., son of Joseph Hawley, b. 
in Derbyshire, Eng., 1603, settled in Stratfield, Ct., 1630. Chil.: 

I. Josiah Ransom, b. Aug. 26, 183 1, d. July 24, 1S33 ; 2. Henry 
Martyn, b. Nov. 2, 1834, m. ; 3. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1837, m.; 4. 
E/ueline Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1840, unm., res. Germantown, Pa.; 5- Ransom 
Edtuards, b. July 8, 1844, m. 

Henry M. Hawley (2) resides at Terre Haute, Ind., m. May 19, 1S60, 
Eliza A. Kepler, of Greensburg, Ind., b. Aug. 28, 1838. Child : Minnie 
Beatrice, b. Feb. 25, 186 t, d. Mar. 30, 1874. 

Lucy Elizabeth Hawley (3) m. June 30, 1870, Rev. John Ing, who res. 
at Salt Springs, Mo.; d. Apr. 15, iS8i- Chil.: 1. John Haivley, b. Jan. 
3, 1872 ; 2. Marietta, b. Dec. 17, 1872, d. in inf.; 3. Helen Louise, b. Oct. 
18, 1874, d. Nov. 14, 1874. 

Rev. Ransom E. Hawley is a Presbyterian minister, res. 1891 at 578 
Wabasha St., St. Paul, Minn.; m. May 16, 1872, Minerva Andrews. Chil.: 
1. Ralph Andrews, b. June 2, 1873, d. Feb. 24, 1874; 2. Marietta Louise, 
b. Feb. 19, 1875. 

NEHEMIAH BURR, 4 [88] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Osborn, Apr. 21, 1762. Chil.: 

247. Thomas, 5 b. Apr. 21, 1763, no record; 248. Noah ' ; 249. 
Ebenezer, 5 b. Dec. 31, 1766 ; 250. Nehemiah, 5 b. Feb. 16, 1769 ; 251. 
Sarah,' b. March 29, 1771, m. Thomas Bartram, of F., and had chil.: 

I. Joseph ; 2. Thomas Burr, and 3. Sarah Ann. 

Joseph (1) m. Elizabeth J. Carpenter, of Rye, N. Y., and had : 1 Sarah 
Jane ; 2. Thomas W. j 3. Joseph Burr ; 4. Martha Elisabeth, and 5. 
Mary Ellen. 

Thomas Burr Bartram m. Apr. 4, 1848, Anna Maria, dau. of Timothy 
Burr, of F. [1127], and had : 1. Alice A.; 2. 7Viomas B., and 3. Edwin 



154 THE BURR FAMILY 

T. The latter m. Lillian Gremman of Bridgeport, Ct., and has chil. : 
i. /furry Edward and 2. Thomas Earl. Thomas Burr Bartram d. Dec. 
23, 1886. From an article in the Bridgeport Standard we quote : 

" Captain Thomas Burr Bartram, whose death took place last evening 
at Black Rock at the age of 83 years, was the son of Captain Thomas 
Bartram, and he was born, had lived, and died in the same house his 
father built and occupied. As his father was largely interested in shipping 
he naturally followed in the same line, commencing early as a sailor in the 
coasting trade between the Sound ports, New York and Boston. He soon 
advanced to command and continued in this trade about twenty years 
with success. He next purchased an interest in the Sturges & Clearman 
line of packet ships, trading with Savannah and other southern ports, in 
which he was also joined by his brother, the late Captain Joseph Bartram, 
and Captain Edwin Sherwood of Southport, recently deceased. This was 
a very lucrative business before the late war, and here he laid the foun- 
dation of his large estate. His later years have been spent in the quiet of 
his native village of Black Rock. Except as a director of the Bridgeport 
National Bank he has held no public position. He was deeply interested 
in the Black Rock Congregational church and since the death of his 
brother was the largest contributor thereto. He leaves a widow, two sons, 
and one daughter. The generation of old shipmasters of the type of 
Captain Bartram is fast passing off the stage." 

Sarah Ann Bartram (3) m. Isaac de Forest of Bridgeport and had chil.: 
1. T/101/ias Bar trail 1 and 2. William. 

Thomas Bartram, Sr., d. Apr. 4, 1838, x. 67 yrs. Sarah Burr, his wife, 
d. Oct. 19, 1849, se 77 yrs., 6 mos. 

252. Eleazery' b. Jan. 8, 1773 ; 2 53- ar >d a son who died 

in inf. 

Inv. pre. Feb. 21, 18 15. 

CHARLES BURR, 1 [92] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth . Chil.: 

254. Elizabeth,' m. James Johnson, son of Rev. James Johnson, 
first minister of Weston, now Easton. Chil.: 

I. Sturges Burr ; 2. James D.j 3. Susan, who m. George Wheeler; 
4. Mahettie B., who m. Walker Bates, a prominent citizen of Redding, 
Ct. ; 5. Mary, who m. William Ward of Kaston ; 6. N. Bennett ; and y. 
Priseilla, who m. John H. Purdy. 

James I), m. Mary A. Kenney, of Derby, Conn., and had one dau.: 
Frances Elizabeth, who m. Hon. Salem II. Wales, ex-Mayor of New York, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD I 55 

and formerly editor of the Scientific American. They have two chil. : 
i. Clara Francis, who is m. to Hon. Elihu Root, now Secretary of War* 
and 2. Edward Howe. 

255. Wakeman, 5 d. Aug. 4. 1812, se. 36, unm.; 256. Mabel,' d. 
Dec. 1, 1849; 2 57- Ellen, 5 d. Oct. 19, 1863; 258. Andrew 5 ; 259. 
Priscilla, 5 d. 1855 ; 260. Sturges.' 

Charles Burr d. March 15, 1800, of consumption. His will is dated 
March 15, 1800, and names above chil. 

EBENEZER BURR, 1 [87] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Amelia, dau. of Judge Ebenezer Silliman, and sister of Gen. Silliman, 
Feb. 26, 1759. Mr. Burr d. in 1766, and his wid. m. 2d, Abel Gold, and 
d. 1794. Chil. : 

261. Mabel, 5 bapt. Oct. 17, 1761 ; 262. Samuel, 5 b. Feb. 14, 1761 ; 
263. William 5 ; 264. Amelia, 5 m. Dec. n, 1783, Joseph Noyes, ja law- 
yer of Bridgeport. 

The last three chil. of Ebenezer Burr were bapt. July 6, 1767. Eben- 
ezer the f. d. 1766. His w. Amelia was appointed admr. on his estate 
Jan. 1, 1767, but it was not dist. until Feb. 5, 1 7 7 1. Samuel, William, and 
Amelia are the only chil. named in the dist , Mabel having no doubt dec. 
Amelia, 5 [264] d. young leaving young chil. : 

I. James, 2. Joseph, 3. John, 4. Samuel, and 5- Rebecca. 

Her husband, a stepson of Gen. Silliman, then rem. to Penn. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

JEHU BURR, 5 [97] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Sarah Griffin, of Redding, Nov. 22, 1755. Chil. : 

265. Ephraim, 8 bapt. Aug. 22, 1756; 267. Abigail, 6 bapt. July 2, 
1758. (Redding Par. Rec.) 

No further traces of him or his descendants are found. 

DANIEL BURR, 5 [98] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail Sherwood, Dec. 22, 1737. After marriage settled at Fairfield. 
His chil. were : 

268. Joseph,' no record ; 269. Samuel, 6 no record ; 270. Sarah," 
m. Samuel Bradley. 

Two grandchildren are also mentioned in his will, David Lewis, and 
Stephen Hull. Will dated May 10, 1769. 



156 THE BURR FAMILY 

EZRA BURR, [120] of Redding, Ct., 

moved to Virginia ; no des. found. 

EDMUND BURR,' [127] of Fredericksburg, Va., 

m. Miss Meeker, of Redding. Their chil. were : 

271. Ezra,' 1 b. May 22, 1781 ; 272. Peter"; 273. Laura," bapt. 
June 9, 1794, m. Mr. Lacy of Bridgeport, settled in Milford, and reared a 
family of six chil. 

In 1815 Edmund Burr rem. to Fredericksburg, Va., and died there. 

Col. DAVID BURR, 6 [133] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail . Chil. : 

274. Moses' ; 275. David, Jr. 6 ; 276. Abigail," m. Benj. Meeker; 
276 a. Mary." 

David Burr was a colonel in the Revolutionary war, and commanded 
a regiment in Gen. Silliman's brigade. He earned the reputation of a 
brave and skilful officer. He was a justice of the peace in Fairfield for 
some years, also rep. 

Col. AARON BURR, 6 [137] of New York, 

Vice-President of the United States, m. Mrs. Theodosia Prevost, of 
Paramus, N. J., July 2, 1782. Their only child, 

276 b. Theodosia, was b. 1783, lost at sea, 1813. " 

Col. Aaron Burr d. Sept. 14, 1836. 

THADDEUS BURR,' [141] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Eunice, dau, of James Dennie, of Fairfield, March 22, 1759. They 
had no chil. His will is dated Sept. 27, 1799. His w. Eunice, and Lewis 
Burr Sturges, E.\s. 

To his w. Eunice he gave all his personal estate except the notes, 
bonds, and obligations that might be due him, and also 1,000 pounds 
lawful silver money, besides the use and improvement of his real estate 
during her natural life. To Charles \V. and Nathaniel L. Capers, sons of 
his niece Abigail, he left 150 pounds each. To his niece, Eunice Dennie 
Hedge, he gave 300 pounds. To his niece, Priscilla Lothrop Sturges, he 
gave 300 pounds, to be realized from the sale of his lands in Weston. 
The remainder of his estate he gave to his nephew, (iershom Burr (except 
his right in the Western lands granted to him as one of the sufferers of 
the town of Fairfield, which was to be equally divided between the male 
heirs of his nephew (iershom). He also willed that his negro man, Cato, 
if he chose, should be free at his decease. 



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GENEALOGICAL RECORD I 57 

Thaddeus Burr d. Feb. 19, 1801, as. 65 yrs. ; his w. Eunice d. Aug. 14, 
1S05, ae. 76. Her will is dated March 6, 1805, and mentions the chil. of her 
sister, Sarah Sayre, and the wife and chil. of her brother-in-law, Gershom. 

GERSHOM BURR/ [>42] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Priscilla Lothrop, of Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 12, 1765. 

277. Gershom, bapt. Aug. 5, 176S ; 278. Eunice Dennie, 6 bapt. 

Oct. 11, 1 7 7 1 ; 279. Priscilla," bapt. July 10, 1772, m. Sturges ; 

280. Abigail,'' bapt. Sept. 9, 1774. 

Abigail Burr m. Wm. Henry Capers, of the parish of St. Helena, South 
Carolina, and d. before 1799, leaving two sons : 

I. Charles and 2. Nathaniel. 

Eunice Dennie m. Barnabas Fledge, of Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 9, 1789, 
and had chil. : 

I. Barnabas, b. Nov. 13, 1 79 1, m. Tryphema Covington, of Plymouth, 
and had chil. : 

1. James G, 2, Sarah, and 3. Nathaniel L. ; of these James m. Sarah 
Holmes of Plymouth, Sarah m. Joseph Cushman of Middleboro, and 
Nathaniel m. Sarah Sylvester, of Plymouth. 

2. Hannah, d. in inf. ; 3. Eunice Dennie, d. in inf. ; 4. Eunice Dennie, 
b. Sept. 1, 1795, d. in inf. ; 5- Isaac L., b. March 8, 1797, d. in inf. ; 6. 
Isaac L., b. Dec. 7, 1798,111. Mary Ann Cotton, of Plymouth, and had chil. : 

1. Priscilla L., 2. Barnabas, who m. Priscilla Sherman, of Carver; 3. 
lothrop, 4. Anna, who m. Dwight Faulkner, of Boston ; 5. Susan, who m. 
Frank B. Davis, of Boston. 

7- Thomas, b. Oct. 22, 1800, m. Lydia C. Goodwin, of Plymouth, and 
had chil. : 

1. Mary E., who m. Wm. G. Russell, of Boston ; 2. Abby Bun , m. 
Wm. T. Davis, of Plymouth ; 3. Edward G., m. Helen Robbins, of Ply- 
mouth ; 4. Albert G., m. Georgiana Barnes, of Plymouth ; 5. Thomas, 6. 
Lydia G., who m. Joshua R. Lothrop of Buffalo, N. Y. ; 7. Thomas B., 8. 
William, who m. Catherine Russell, of Plymouth. 

8. Abby Burr, b. Nov. 22, 1802, m. Hon. Chas. Henry Warren of New 
Bedford, no chil. ; 9. Hannah, b. Aug. 1, 1804, m. John Thomas, of 
Plymouth, and had chil. : 

1. Eunice B., who m. John E. Williams, of New York ; 2. Wm. Apple- 
ton, who m. Annie Morton, of Kingston, Mass. 

10. Eunice Dennie, b. June 28, 1806, m. Chandler Robbins, M.D., of 
Boston. Chil. : 

1. Harriet Lothrop, 2. William, 3. Ella II. , 4. Chandler, who. m. Helen 
Wilcox, of Philadelphia. 



158 THE BURR FAMILY 

11. Ellen Hobart, b. July 5, 1S08, m. Rev. Wm. Parsons Lunt, of N. 
Y. Chil. : 

1. Ann P., who in. Thos. P. Frothingham, of Boston ; 2. Lucretia 
Watson, who m. Paul I. Revere, of Boston ; 3. Mary E., 4. ^4My Hedge, 
5. William Parsons, who m. Elizabeth Davis, of Milton, Mass. ; 6. is//<y/ 
Hedge, who m. Benj. \V. Monroe, of Boston ; 7. Henry. 

12. ^?>%« .S/att Hobart, b. March 8, 1810, d. in inf. ; 13. Priscilla L., 
b. May 5, 1811, d. in inf.; 14. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1813, m. George 
Warren, of N. Y. Chil. : 

1. Anna JV., 2. Charles Henry, who m. Annie R. Nightingale, of Provi- 
dence ; 3. James, m. Catherine R. Robbins, of Plymouth, Mass. ; 4. 
Pel ham Winslow, 5. George H, 6. Lothrop Hedge. 

15. Priscilla L., b. July 11, 1816, d. in inf. 

Mr. Gershom Burr d. March 12, 1774. 

COL. DAVID BURR,' [144] of Fairfield, Ct., 

grad. at Yale Coll. 1743 ; m. Eunice dau. of Samuel Osborne, Dec, 1751. 
Chil. : 

281. Walter,' b. Dec. 25, 1752 ; 282. Lucretia," b. March 10, 1754 ; 
283. Eunice," b. Dec 29, 1755; 284. David,' b. Aug. 8, 1757; 285. 
William,' b. July 27, 1759; 286. Ellen," b. Aug. 12, 1761, m. Stephen 
Adams; 287. Abigail," b. Sept. 29, 1763, m. Hezekiah Nichols, of F., 
his 2d wife, no chil. ; 288. Sarah," b. Apr. 21, 1766, d. June 2, 1787 ; 
289. Andrew," b. Apr. 7, 1768. 

Col. David the f. d. Dec. 3, 1773 (Fairfield Town Rec and Yale 
Alumni Rec). His property at Sharon was appraised Sept. 5, 1774, by 
Hez. Fitch and James Landon, Jr. Value ^848 7^. 6d. Estate at Fair, 
invy., July 21, 1783, est. dis. Oct. 27, 1783. Whole amt. ^982 2s. yd. 
His wid., Eunice, d. Dec. 1, 1789. All his chil. were living in 17S3, except 
Lucretia and Eunice, who had m. and were dec, leaving heirs. No will is 
found. He was a lawyer and held several offices under the government. 

ANDREW BURR, [145] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Lydia Smith, of Ridgebury or New Haven, Ct. Chil.: 

289a. Josiah," b. May 24, 1753. 289b. Grace,' who m. Rev. Mr. 
Plumb. Andrew Burr d. on the island of Tortola, W. L, while attending 
to his business interests there. 

JOHN BURR, r [149] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Mrs. Elizabeth Kerr, dau. of Asher Isaacs, Dec. 24, 1758. She m. 
rst, Thaddeus Hill ; 2d, James Kerr. Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD I 59 

290. Sturges," b. May 20, 1760, d. at Tortola, W. I., Feb. n, 
1 19S~ ( ^ ; 2 9 l - Mary, fi b. Sept. 8, 1763, m. Josiah Burr, her cousin, son 
of Col. Andrew, no. 145. 

John the f. d. 1772. Will dated May 9, 1767, names above chil., his 
brother Oliver named executor. 



GEORGE BURR, 6 [151] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Mabel Wakeman, dau. of Jabez Wakeman, Dec. 30, 1762. Chil.: 

292. Priscilla," b. Sept. 26, 1763 ; 293. Ann, b. Apr. 3, 1766 ; 294. 
Sarah," b. May 15, 1770 ; 294a. Elisabeth, 6 b. May 24, 1773. ; 294b. 
Eunice, b. March, 1777 ; 294c. Deborah," b. May, 17S3. 

He lived at Greenfield Hill : was Justice of the Peace and Deputy 
for Fairfield at several sessions of the legislature. In January, 1780, he 
was one of a committee to inquire into the conduct of some of the 
inferior officers of the State, and received for such service the sum of 
^14 12^-. 6d. 

At the time of the burning of Fairfield, his house on Greenfield Hill 
was entered and plundered by the British soldiers. The old oak chest, 
which most visitors to the Conn. Hist. Society's library at Hartford, have 
noticed, then formed a part of its furniture, and was rifled of its contents, 
as the inscription on its lid graphically relates. The chest was presented 
to the Hist. Soc. by Oliver B. Sherwood of Derby, a grandson of the 
former owner. 

No will or distribution of property is found, and only above chil. Of 
Ann and Sarah we have no record. Priscilla m. Samuel Sherwood in 
1786, and became the mother of eleven chil. as follows : 

1. Susannah, b. Apr. 5, 1787, m., Apr., 1809, Rev. Abraham Purdy, of 
North Salem, N. Y., and d. May 19, 1829, leaving two chil. : 1. Emma, 
b. 1810, m. a Mr. Schofield, of Stamford, Ct., and now lives in 111., has 
several chil.; 2. Alexander, b. 1819, d. 1836. 

2. Sarah Burr, b. Oct. 10, 1788, m. May 2, 1819, James Cogswell, 
M.D., of Lloyd's Neck, L. I., d. Apr. 20, 1830, and had one child : 1. 
Sarah, b. 1820, d. 1875, m. J. W. Barrett, of Staten Island, and had two 
daus., both living, one m. 

3. Priscilla, b. July 20, 1790, m. 1836, John Foley, d. Oct. 29, 185 1, 
no chil.; 4. George Burr, b. June 23, 1792, d. Aug., 1836, in Kentucky, 
no chil. ; 5. Fanny, b. March t, 1794, m. Almon Smith, of Derby, Ct., d. 
March, 1825. Chil. : 

1. Goodwin, b. , d. ; 2. Samuel, living at Lewiston, Me., m. 

and has chil. 



l6o 7 7/ K BURR FAMILY 

6. Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1796, m. Abby Ann Mansfield Sept., 1833, d. 
Aug., 1840. Chil. : 

1. Thomas Vose, b. Aug. 12, 1834, m. 1872, Jennie Taylor, of Memphis, 
Tenn., has two daus. ; 2. Elizabeth J/., b. July 19, 1837, d. 1867 ; 3. Sam- 
uel, b. 1840, d. Jan. 1876. 

7. Albert, b. Dec. 19, 1797, m. Mary S. Woodbridge, of Glastonbury, 
1836, d. 1873, at Dayton, O. Chil.: 

1. Fannie, b. 1837, m. John Achey, of Dayton, O., has two chil. ; 2. 
George, living in Iowa; 3. Mary, b. 1842, d. about 1867. 

8. Oliver Burr, b. Nov. 22, 1799, m - Sept. 3, 1836, Charlotte 
Fowler, of Milford, Ct., is still living at Derby, Ct., has four chil., all 
living : 

1. Mary Burr, b. June n, 1837, m. Aug. 23, 1858, Franklin Hallock, 
has two chil., Frank IV., b. June 5, 1859; Edith M., b. Feb. 18, 1868; 
2. William Oliver, b. Aug. 24, 1839, m. Feb. 1, 187 1, Lydia O. Chichester, 
of Patchogue, L. I., no chil.; 3. Albert F., b. Sept. 17, 1842, m. Oct. 17, 
1866, Emeline B. Chatfield, of Derby, Ct. Chil. : Charles Gerard, b. Nov. 
13, 1867 ; Oliver Burr, b. March 3, 1873, d. Apr. 23, 1874 ; Joseph B., b. 
May 7, 1875. 4. Charlotte C, b. Oct. 20, 1844. 

9. Clarina, b. Jan. 8, 1S04, m. 1835, Sands Perkins, of Danbury, Ct., 
d. March 30, 1874, at Peoria, 111., no chil.; 10. Marietta, b. Oct. 26, 1805, 
m. July 19, 1835, Rev. Amos Savage. Chil.: 

1. Sarah A., b. Sept. 10, 1839, m. Apr. 30, 1862, Chas. S. Johnson, of 
Uncasville, Ct. Chil.: Amos Savage, b. Oct. 20, 1S63, d. Aug. 28, 1864 ; 
Edwin Comstock, b. June 29, 1865 ; Chas. Amos, b. Sept. 30, 1870. 

2. Francis M., b. July 26, 1842, m. Jan. 21, 1864, Jas. L. Miller, of 
Warren, N. V. Chil.: Fannie A., b. Jan. 30, 1865, d. Sept. 4, 1865 ; 
Frank Savage, b. March 1, 1866 ; Bessie A., b. Nov. 3, 1S69 ; Fannie S., 
b. Sept. 8, 1872. 

II. Delia, b. Sept. 19, 1807, m. Sept. 2, rS27, Benj. Wheeler, of Bridge- 
port, Ct. Chil.: 

1. Albert, b. May 31, 1828, d. Apr. 21, 1853; 2. Henry, b. Sept. 14, 
1830, d. Sept. J9, 1839; 3. Samuel, b. May 9, 1832, d. Nov. 13, 1852 ; 
4. Helen, b. Jan. 4, 1834, d. Oct. 3, 1852 ; 5. Catherine, b. Jan. 30, 1836, 
d. Oct. 19, 1875 ; 6. George Burr, b. Feb. 4, 1838 ; d. Sept. 21, 1854 ; 7. 
Harriet, b. March 31, 1842. d. Sept. 6, 1843; 8. John B., b. Sept. 12, 
1843, d. Oct. 31, 1866 ; 9. May C, b. July 22, 1846, d. Nov. 9, 1864. 

Delia Wheeler was living in 1878 at Williamsport, Ind. 

Elizabeth [294a] m. in 1795 Moses Beers of Hartford, a soldier in the 
war of 1812, who rem. to western New York about 181 6. Mr. Beers was a 
fine musician, and served as chorister for many years in one of the 




MRS. HARRIET PRISCILLA PECK 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. l6l 

churches of Hartford. Mrs. Beers is spoken of as a woman of culture 
and very proud of her illustrious ancestors. She d. in 1848. 

Their chil. were : 

I. Wakeman Burr,\>. May 24, 1796, in F.; 2. George; 3. Harriet; 
4. Anna Burr ; 5- Priscilla. 

Wakeman B. (i) m. in Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1819, Lois, 
dau. of Levi Wood and Bethany Fuller. Levi Wood served in the Revo- 
lutionary War, having enlisted in 1777, when a boy of 18, at Pelham, 
Mass., in Col. Lemaster's Regiment of Hampshire County. His wife was 
a niece of Lieut. -Col. Nathan Fuller, of Hampshire Co. 

In 1832 Wakeman B. Beers rem. with his family to Columbia, Lorain 
Co., O., where he engaged in farming. In i860 he rem. to Oberlin, O., 
and again in 1872 to California, where he d. in 1882, at 85 years. His 
wife Lois d. in 1864. She is remembered as a woman of rare personal 
charm and superior conversational powers, as a model wife and mother. 
She was, like her husband, a rare singer, and it was her pleasure as she 
rode on horseback through forest and glen to make the echoes ring with 
the fine old hymns and anthems of the church. 

To these parents were born four children : 1. Norman Terry, 2. 
Harriet Priscilla. 3. Marietta Lois, and 4. Salome Gertrude. 

Norman T. (1) m. in 1848 Miss Hannah Morris, by whom he had two 
chil., both dying in inf. He engaged in business in Columbia, O., and 
became wealthy. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, and was noted 
for his quiet, unostentatious benevolence. A handsome pulpit in the 
church of his choice and other gifts testify to his generosity. He d. in 
1877 at Columbia, O., ast. 56 years. 

The three daughters were noted for their personal charms and for great 
intellectual ability. All three were educated at Oberlin College, and were 
known as " the three Graces " in their student days. Harriet P. (2) m. in 
1853 John Watson Peck, of Eden, Erie Co., N. Y. They at first res. in 
Oberlin, where Mr. Peck was engaged in business, but in 1872 removed to 
Woodland, Tolo Co., Cal., and later to Sunol Glen, Alameda Co., where 
they have a beautiful home, " Los Alisos," famed for its hospitality, its 
master and mistress both delighting in the company of men and women of 
affairs and learning. Mr. Peck is a grandson of Dr. John Watson, and 
while residing in Woodland, edited the Tolo County Mail, a daily. He 
is a strong and vigorous writer, and a contributor to many journals. 
They have three children : 

1. Plorence Adele, 2. Walter Stanley, and 3. Mabelle. 

Florence A. (1) was educated at Oberlin, and engaged in teaching in 
California for several years. In 1881 she married Mr. George Louis Nus- 



1 62 THE BURR FAMILY. 

baumer, who has held the office of Surveyor of Alameda County for over 
twenty years. Mrs. Nusbaumer is highly accomplished, speaking several 
languages fluently, and is a member of the Oakland Chapter, Daughters of 
the American Revolution, and of the Ebell, a society composed of the 
representative women of Oakland. 

Walter S. (2) is engaged in business in Reno, New He m. Miss Cora 
Furguson and has one dau., 1. Leita Aldyce, b. March 13, 1889. 

Mabelle (3) resides with her parents, and has shown marked ability as 
an artist. 

Marietta L. (3) has had an active, varied, and honorable career. She 
married, first, Ezekiel F. Bell, a merchant of Cleveland, O., and had by 
him her only child, 1. Frank Arthur, d. May iS, 1855, Her beautiful 
boy d. of scarlet fever in an epidemic that robbed the homes of Cleve- 
land of their crown jewels. Before his grave was green she fled from 
the scene of her sorrow, and took up her residence in New York, where 
she soon became identified with humanitarian work. She was an officer 
with Mrs. Lincoln, Rev. Dr. Bellows, and other distinguished men and 
women in a society for the protection of shop girls. In 1859 she made 
her debut as a lecturer in Hope Chapel, New York, for the benefit of the 
society, being introduced by James T. Brady, the eminent lawyer, and 
afterward read and lectured for the society in the principal northern cities, 
winning golden opinions from all classes. The Boston Post pronounced 
her one of the best public readers that had ever entertained a Boston 
audience. During the Rebellion the proceeds of her lectures went to the 
aid of indigent disabled soldiers and the widows and orphans of the 
country's defenders. The last year of the historic struggle she travelled 
over 25,000 miles, and secured subscriptions amounting to $50,000 to 
found a National Home and School combined for orphan daughters of 
soldiers. This money later founded the San Francisco Ladies' Protection 
and Relief Society Home (which is a monument to Mrs. Stow's indefati- 
gable energy and active benevolence), the project of a National Home being 
abandoned, because almost every State was founding " Patriot Orphan 
Homes." Mr. J. W. Stow, a prominent hardware merchant of San Fran- 
cisco, was made treasurer of this fund, and the acqaintance thus formed 
resulted in marriage on May 23, 1866. The marriage proved an eminently 
happy one in every respect, Mr. Stow having been a gentleman of rare 
qualities of mind and heart, educated and refined, and in full accord with 
his wife in her benevolent and humanitarian work. He died in 1874, as 
he was about to join his wife in Europe. On her return from abroad soon 
after she found their joint estate and her own separate property in the 
hands of the Probate Court, and although the matter was in court for over 




MRS. MARIETTA LOIS BELL STOW 
FOUNDER OF THE BIRDIE BELL JUNIOR REPUBLIC 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 63 

two years, she never received a penny from the estate, valued at some 
$200,000. This led her to write two books, " Probate Chaff " and " Pro- 
bate Confiscation," on the injustice of the laws relating to property rights 
of married women, and to make a four years' tour of the Northern States, 
lecturing on the subject. She advocated a reform and a unification of the 
various probate laws of the States ; she also drafted a " Widows and Or- 
phans Bill," and advocated it before six State legislatures and the 46th 
Congress during this time. In 1880 Mrs. Stow was nominated by the 
Greenback party for School Directo 1 " of San Francisco. In September, 
1881, she issued the first number (10,000 copies) of her Woman s Herald 
of Industry. In 1884 she was the candidate of the Equal Rights party 
for Vice-President of the United States. She helped to organize the 
California Woman's Social Science Association, and was its first President. 
Her favorite charity, however, is her " Birdie Bell Junior Republic " in 
Oakland, founded in 1S97 by herself on the lines of the junior republics of 
New York State, with some original features of her own, as a memorial to 
the little lad — Birdie Bell — who died years before in far-off Ohio. 

Salome Gertrude Beers (4) in 1867, after leaving college, visited her 
sister, Mrs. Stow, then residing in San Francisco, and met there Mr. John 
Henry Smyth, a prominent lawyer of that city, to whom she was married 
June 23, 1 868. Mr. Smyth was a native of Galway, Ireland, grandson of 
Sir Joseph De Brugh of that place. He was educated at McGill Uni- 
versity and the Jesuit College, Canada, and after leaving college, edited 
the Milwaukee Sentinel for several years. He removed to California in 
1862, where he amassed a fortune. At his death in 18S8 he was a member 
of the San Francisco Academy of Sciences, the Historical Society, and the 
Berkely Club. His widow, Mrs. Smyth, resides in the beautiful city of 
Oakland. She is a member of Oakland Chapter, D. A. R., of the Ebell, 
the W. R. C, and of several other organizations. 

George Beers (2.) was a traveller of a roving, adventurous disposition, 
and is supposed to be dead. 

Harriet Beers (3.) died the day she was to have become the bride of 
Norman Terry, and was buried in her bridal robes. 

Anna Burr Beers (4.) m. Asaph Wood, brother of Lois Wood. They 
lived in Michigan, where Mr. Wood was engaged in mercantile business. 
They had three chil. : 1. Nelson, 2. Cordelia, and 3. Henrietta. Of 
these Nelson (1) m. Miss Upton in 1848, and had one child that d. in inf. 
He d. in 1850. Cordelia (2) m. George Bailey, 1855, and d. 1857 child- 
less. Henrietta (3) m. John Halleck in 1854, and d. in 1891, leaving 
chil. : 1. Wellington and 2. Hettie. Wellington (1) m. Miss Maud 
Crittenden, and had 1. Florence and 2. yanice. Hettie m. the Rev. 



164 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Dewey Jones and res. in Stillwater, Pa. Their chil. are 1. Henrietta and 

2. yo/m. 

Priscilla Beers (5.) m. Hicks Worden, a prominent lawyer of Fayette- 
ville, N. Y., and had five chil. 

OLIVER BURR/' [155] of Daxburv, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth Smith, March 23, 1770. He settled at Danbury, was a hat- 
ter, and the founder of the hatting interest now so flourishing in Danbury. 
His chil. by his first w. were : 

295. Elizabeth," b. Mch. 23, 1771, m. Joseph F. White, of Danbury, 
June 29, 1790, and d. July 6, 1848, se. 77 yrs., 3 mos. and 15 days, leaving 
chil.: 

I. Harriet Howard, 2. Melaticthon Lloyd, 3. Oliver Burr, 4. Elisabeth 
Amelia, 5. J oseph Theodore. 

296. Susanna, b. 1773, who m. Col. Russell White, of Danbury. 
Chil.: 

I. Caroline, 2. Susan, 3. Afary Ann, 4. William Russell, 5- Elizabeth. 
Mrs. White d. March 24, 1857, se. 84 yrs. Col. White d. July 21, 183S, 
ae. 68 yrs. 

Mr. Oliver Burr m. 2d, Mary Hubbard, of L. I. Their chil. were : 

297. Oliver" ; 298. Ann," b. 1783, m. Samuel Tweedy, of Danbury, 
and had chil.: 

I. Oliver Burr, d. Mch. 6, 1899, se. 92 yrs.; 2. Edgar, d. Mch. 10, 1893, 
se. 85 yrs.; 3. Mariette, 4. Edmund, d. Oct. 20, 1901, ae. 90 yrs.; 5- J" ? 171 
Hubbard, d. Nov. 12, 1891. se. 7S yrs. 

299. William," b. Jan. 6, 1781 ; 300. Mary," who m. Ebenezer Jud- 
son White, of Danbury, and had chil.: 

I. Andrew, 2. Edward Burr, 3. Afary Hubbard, 4. Henry, 5. Martha 
fudson, 6. John, J. Sarah, and 8. Russell. 

301. John," d. in Danbury, num.; 302. Sarah," d. Apr. 6, 1835, x. 
50 yrs., 6 mos.; 303. Fanny," m. Hine, of New Milford ; 304. Isa- 
bella C," d. Oct. 14, [826, unm. 

Oliver Burr d. Jan. 31, 1797, se. 51 yrs. Inv. of estate presented Apr, 
20, 1797. Ami. .{.2, 971 10.9. -jld. His wid., Mary, m. 2d, Ebenezer White. 
of Danbury. She d. Jan. 3, 1845, se. 90 yrs. 

ISA \<: BURR, 5 1 160] of Fairfield, Ct., 

1 Vbigail Beardsley. Chil.: 
305. Nathaniel" ; 306. Grissel," b. Dec. 28, 1783, m. Capt. Abraham 
son, of F., a famous steamboat captain on the Hudson River and 




MRS. SALOME GERTRUDE BEERS SMYTHE 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 65 

Sound. Mrs. Benson, a very beautiful woman, died at the old Benson 
homestead, in F., March 14, 1S30. She often accompanied her husband. 
One day her fellow-passenger up the Hudson was Col. Aaron Burr, whom 
she personally knew. In conversation he spoke pleasantly of Fairfield, 
and told her that he was born there, in an old house on the main street, 
his mother being on a visit to relatives at the time. Her chil. were : 

I. Hevlyn, 2. Esther I., 3. George W., 4. Catherine A., 5. Mary B.< 6. 
Susan A., J. Abraham, 8. Oliver M., 9. Elizabeth E., 10. Emmdine M., II. 
Caroline M. 

RPHRAIM BURR, Jr., 5 [164] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Eunice Wilson. Chil.: 

307. Eunice, 6 bapt. July 1, 1764; 308. Catherine, 6 m. Daniel Sher- 
wood, and lived in Green's Farms. Their chil. were : 

I. Eben, 2. Catherine, 3. Eunice, 4. Abigail, 5. Daniel, 6. Abrani, 7. 
Silas, 8. Frederic, 9. Franklin, 10. Francis, — the last three being triplets. 
They each went on the water, and were sea captains of note. Francis, as 
commander of the Caroline, in 1847, bore General Scott's dispatches to 
Washington, via New Orleans, announcing the surrender of the Mexican 
forces under Santa Anna. They followed the sea for thirty-eight, thirty- 
five, and thirty years respectively, and each lived to be over seventy years 
of age. Silas (7) m. Anna Taylor and had chil.: 

1. Judge Silas Burr, of Westport; 2. Moses j 3. Catherine, who m. 
William Burr, of Fairfield. 

309. Abigail, 6 bapt. Sept. 5, 1768, m. Hez. Sherwood, May 19, 1792 ; 
310. Silas, 6 bapt. May 19, 1771 ; 311. Anne, 6 bapt. March 16, 1777, m. 
Gershom Osborne, and d. July 9, 1831, as. 54 years ; 311a. Sallie 6 ; 312. 
Ephraim, 6 bapt. Sept. 25, 1779. 

The above chil. are recorded at Green's Farms, Westport. No will, 
invy., or distribution recorded. 

PETER BURR, 5 [168] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Esther Jennings, dau. of Dr. Seth Jennings, of F. Chil.: 

313- Thaddeus, 6 b. Aug. 17, 1777 ; 314. Sarah, 6 b. Oct. 6, 1779,111. 
Joseph Sturges ; 315. Eunice, 6 b. Feb. 4, 1783, m. Seth Osborne, Jan. [8, 
1804 ; 316. Anna, 6 b. March 9, 1784, m. Capt. Abraham Gould Jennings, 
of Fairfield, Sept. 7, 1807*; 317. Esther, 6 b. March 10, 1786; 318. 
Abigail, 6 b. Oct. 28,1789; 319. Mary, 6 b. Sept. 9, 1791, d. unm.; 320. 
Ephraim, 6 b. Oct. 7, 1794; 321. Ebenezer," b. Dec 23, 1798. 

* See chapter on the Gold-Gould family following Fairfield Branch. 



1 66 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Peter Burr d. July 4, 1816. Estate dis. Dec. 4, 1816, mentions above 
chil. Of the daus., Esther m. March 23, 1809, Dea. William Morehouse, 
of F., and had I. Sarah, 2. William B., 3. Marietta, 4. Esther, 5- Stephen, 
6. Elizabeth, J. Major John, a brave and efficient officer in the late 
Civil War, and 8. Catherine. 

Abigail m. Nov. 9, 1818, Burr Lyon, of F.; chil.: I. Esther, who m. in 
1853, Rev. E. S. Huntington, of Danbury, and had chil.: 1. Eliza, 2. 
Andrew, and 3. Enoch ; 2. Eunice, 3. Eleanor, 4. Morris, 5. Eliza. 

JOHN BURR/ [172] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Eunice, dau. of Joseph Booth, Apr. 1, 1750 ; Stratfield rec. says Feb. 
2, 1749-50. He and w. were received to full communion at Stratfield, 
Apr. 15, 1750. Chil.: 

322. Eunice, b. Oct. 5, 1750 ; 323. Catherine, 1 ' b. Nov. 5, 1753,111. 
John Buncombe; 324. Jesse/ b. Dec. 30, 1755; 325. William,' b. 
June 23, 1762 ; 326. John/ bapt. Apr. 29, 1756. 

John the f. d. July 28, 177 1. The Stratfield Parish Rec. thus refers to 
his death : " Capt. John Burr, a farmer, son of Col. John Burr, was killed 
by lightning at the old Pequonnock meeting-house, July 28, 1771. The 
congregation was standing in prayer. Parson Rose stopped praying, and 
after a pause he uttered the following words, ' Are we all here ? ' When 
the congregation moved out it was found that David Sherman and John 
Burr were dead. They were both in the prime of life, with families, (the 
very pick of the flock). There was no rod on the steeple at that time." 

Eunice,''' [322] m. William Holberton, s. of John Holberton and Mary 
Fayerweather, and had chil.: I. Sarah, 2. Frances, 3. Alary, 4. Eunice, 5- 
Charity, 6. William Fayerweather, J. George, 8. John Burr. 

Of these, Sarah (i) m. Patrick Keeler, no chil.; Frances (2) m. 1st 
Samuel French, and had one son, 1. Samuel, Jr., who m. Lydia Wright and 
had four chil.; viz., 1. Esther, 2. Livingston, 3. Mendrick, and 4. Emily. 

Mr. French d. , and Frances m. 2d, John Smith, by whom she had 

four chil.: 1. Jane Holberton (m. William C. Reynolds, 5 chil.). 2. Fran- 
ces, 3. Carolyn M. (m. Draper Smith, 1 dau.: Elizabeth Lee, m. H. P.. Payne, 
has 4 chil.), 4. , m. Brothwell. 

Mary (3) m. Jesse Scofield, 2 chil.: 1. Mary, unm.; 2. Susan, m. John 
Camp, and had 2 chil.: 1. John, m. , 2. Mary, unm. 

Eunice (4), unm. 

Charity (5), b. 1793, d. 1868, m. George Clark, of Elmira, N. Y. 7 
chil.: I. Frances, 11. Eunice Burr, III. Mary Ann, IV. William Holber- 
ton, d. unm., V. George, VI. {Catherine, VII. Burr. 

Of these chil., Frances (I) m. Miles Richards, and had 4 chil.: 1. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 167 

Emily, d. unm.; 2. Miles, d. ■, 3. Eunice Mary (m. Fletcher Gurley, 

and had 3 chil.: 1. William, m. -, 2. 2foy</, 3. Worth) ; 4. Frances, 

m. Judd Fisher, and had 3 chil.: 1. Laura, 2. Walter, 3. Grace. 

Eunice Burr (II) b. Aug. 18, 1818, m. July 28, 1836, J. Beers Toucey, 
who died Jan. 16, 1865, and had 7 chil.: 1. Mary Louise, b. Apr. 7, 1837, 
2. Eliza, d. in inf.; 3. Cornelia, d. in inf.; 4. Laura Burr, 5. Walter Burr, 
6. Helen Hildreth, 7. Grace Stanley. Of these chil., Mary Louise (1) m. 
Sept. 11, i860, James DeWitt Kase (he d. July 9, 1900), and had 8 chil.: 

1. J^olin Malcolm, b. May 31, 1861, d. Sept. , 1876 ; 2. Laura Toucey, b. 
Aug. 23, 1863 (m. July 10, 1895, Stockton Voorhees, of Washington, D. 
C, and has 2 chil.: 1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1897, 2. Alary Toucey, b. 
March 22, 1900) ; 3. William, b. Feb. 22, 1S65, d. Aug. , 1865 ; 4. Elea- 
nor Dc Witt, b. May 19, 1867 ; 5. Walter Toucey, b. June 10, 1869 (m. 
Sept. , 1S93, Mary Powell, of Virginia, and has 1 child : 1. Gladys. He 
d. March 16, 1901.) 6. Sarah Gardiner, b. Dec. 20, 1870 (m. July 10, 
1896, Matthew Carrington, of Virginia) ; 7. Mabel Helen, b. March 22, 
1875 ; 8. yames De Witt, b. Aug. 14, 1877. 

Laura Burr Toucey (4) b. May 16, 1843, m - Sept. 26, 1866, Robert D. 
Magill, of Danville, Pa., and has 2 chil.: 1. William Hazlitt, b. Sept. 20, 

1870 (m. Sept. 8, 1897, Katherine , has 1 dau.: 1. Eunice Burr, b. 

Nov. 3, 1899), and 2. Helen Toucey, b. May 10, 1874. 

Walter Burr Toucey (5), b. Aug. 2, 1845, m. Apr. 14, 1S68, Sarah Peck, 
of Portchester, N. Y., has 1 son : 1. Granville Brown, b. July 15, 1870. 

Helen Hildreth Toucey (6), b. Dec. 11, 1849, m. Sept. 15, 1875, Wil- 
liam Taylor, of Minersville, Pa., and d. Jan. 29, 1885, leaving a dau.: 1. 
Eunice May, b. Dec. 29, 1883. 

Grace Stanley Toucey (7) b. July 28, 1852, d. July 26, 1859. 

Mary Ann Clark (III.), b. Nov. 1821, m. Henry Wiches, 4 chil.i. : 
Laura, b. March , 1846, 2. Henry, 3. Charlotte (m. Feb. 3, 1886, Hanford 
Fowler, and has 2 chil: 1. Marion and 2. Helen), 4. Marion, m. Benjamin 
McKenney, June 29, 1892. 

George Clark (V.) m. Harriet Bartlett, and had 2 chil.: 1. Wilbur and 

2. Clara. 

Katherine Clark (VI.) m. John Young, of Huron, O., and has 3 chil.: 

1. Belle, m. Haskell, 2. Clifford, m. , 3. Grace, m. George Brown, 

and has 2 chil.: 1. Katherine, 2. Eunice. 

Burr Clark (VII.) m. Mary Bartlett, and has 2 chil.: 1. Frances, m. 
, 2. Walter Toucey. 

William Holberton was a brave soldier in the War of the Revolution. 
He was enrolled soon after the struggle commenced in the company of 
militia called " Householders," and served ten months at Newfield and 



I 68 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Mutton Lane, 1778-79, in Lieut. Thos. Hull's Guard, two months at Black 
Rock under Lieut. Trowbridge, one month, fall of 1781 or 1782, at Mut- 
ton Lane under Lieut. Seeley. 

His widow, Eunice, was granted a pension after his death. 

JUSTUS BURR/' [176] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Hepsibah, dau. of Elijah and Huldah (Thompson) Nichols, b. Nov. 

15, 1733- Chil.: 

327. Elijah"; 328. Aaron, 6 d. Aug. 24, 1814; 329. Huldah' ; 330. 
Sarah," m. David Minott ; 331. Hepsibah ' ; 332. Comfort," m. Joseph 
Strong ; 333. John." 

Justus the f. was killed July 13, 1766, while driving a load of hay into 
his barn — the oxen crushing him in the doorway. His est. dist. to above 
chil. Apr. 1, 1795, 29 yrs. after his death. Hepsibah, his wid., d. Oct. 24, 
1810, re. 77. Her est. dist. June 18, 1811. 

Mr. Burr was buried in Stratfield burying-ground. His tombstone still 
standing reads : "Mr. Justus Burr, who died suddenly July ye 13th 1766 
in ye 32d year of His Age." 

Huldah [329] m. Daniel Mitchell Curtiss, and had a son : I. Justus 
Burr Curtiss, who m. Huldah Edwards, and had a dau.: 1. Elizabeth Ed- 
wards Curtiss, who m. Aaron Banks Sherwood, of Bridgeport, and had a 
dau.: 1. Lizzie J- ' osephine Sherwood, who m. Isaac W. Birdseye, a well-known 
manufacturer of Bridgeport, and has a dau.: 1. Elizabeth Josephine 
Birdseye. 

Mrs. Isaac VV. Birdseye is very much interested in family history, and 
has recently erected a monument in the cemetery at Nichols, Conn., to the 
memory of her ancestors, Mitchell Curtiss and Phebe Peet, Daniel Mitchell 
Curtiss and Huldah Burr, Justus Burr Curtiss and Huldah Edwards. 

Hepsibah [331] m. Nov. 22, 1786, Philemon Sherwood, of F., and had 
among others, I. Ann, b. 1790, d. 1864, who m., 181 2, Thomas Cooke 
Wordin, b. 1787, d. 1852. Their chil. were : 1. Nathaniel SJierwood, b. 
1813, d. 1889; 2. Lucy, m. Edmund S. Hawley , 3. Susan, m. Charles 
Kelsey ; 4. Thomas, b. Apr. 14, 1823, d. May 21, 1823 ; 5. Elmer, b. 1824, 
d. 1 8 25 ; 6. Mary ; 7. Ann Burr, b. 1819, d. 1899 ; 8. Thomas Cooke, b. 
1826, d. 1879 ; 9. Caroline //'., b. 1821, d. 1900, m. William W. Naramore ; 
10. Elizabeth, b. 1829, d. 1852. 

Of these chil., Nathaniel Sherwood (1) m. May 29, 1839, Fanny 
Augusta Leavenworth, b. 1812, d. 1892. Chil.: 1. Frederick Augustus, b. 
1840, d. 1843 ; 2. Helen Caroline, b. Nov. 17, 1842 ; 3. Nathaniel Eugene, 
b. May 26, 1844, served in Civil War, 6th Conn. Volunteers, 1 861-1864; 
grad. Yale, 1870; M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 1872; M.A., Yale, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 69 

1874 ; Secy. Conn. State Medical Society ; m. Dec. 25, 1879, Eliza W. 
Barnes, dau. of Julius S. Barnes, M.D., Yale, 1815, of Southington, Conn. 
4. Fanny Leavenworth, b. Aug. 19, 1848; 5. Thomas Cooke, b. Oct. 15, 
1853, grad. Yale, 1878, m. Oct. 28, 1884, at Indianapolis, Ind., Frances E. 
Cummins, dau. of Rev. Frederick P. Cummins, appointed by Pres. Mc- 
Kinley, July 28, 1897, Asst. Appraiser of Merchandise for the port of New 
York. 

OZIAS BURR, 5 [178] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Sarah Nichols, Jan. 8, 1764. Chil. : 

334. Rebecca, 6 d. Aug. 23, 1794, ae. 29 yrs.; 335. Charity, 6 d. Aug 
19, 1794, as. 27 yrs.; 336. Amos, 6 b. Dec. 26, 1768; 337. Justus, 6 b 
Jan. 9, 1 77 1, d. 1821 without heirs ; 338. Ozias, 6 b. Jan. 13, 1773 ; 339 
Nichols, 6 b. Dec. 17, 1774, d. Apr., i860 ; 340. Sarah, 6 b. May 10, 1777 
m. Seth Couch, of Redding, Ct., d. March, 1862 ; 341. David, 6 b. Jan. 2 
1779, unm.; 342. Philo, 6 d. Sept. 12, 1794, ae. 13 yrs ; 343. Mary, 6 b 
Dec. 9, 1783, d. May, 1874. 

Ozias the f. d. Sept. 7, 1836. Sarah, his w., d. Sept. 2, 1820, as. 81 yrs. 

CAPT. WAKEMAN BURR, 5 [180] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Mary Davis, of Greenfield. Chil.: 

344. Wakeman," 345. Levi, 6 bapt. Sept. 29, 1709 ; 346. Abigail, 6 
bapt. Jan. 5, 1772, m. Mr. Sherwood ; 347. Mary, 6 bapt. May 28, 1775, 
m. Jacob White. (Fair. Par. Rec.) 

Perhaps others ; no will found or dist. of estate. Capt. Wakeman Burr 
was an officer in the Rev. army, and his wife was the first to discover the 
advance of the British on Fairfield in 1779. 

Wakeman Burr d. May 9, 1799, as. 56 yrs. His tomb in F. b. g. men- 
tions a son, Justus, d. Oct. 10, 1769, se. 2 yrs. and 8 mos. Mrs. Burr 
d. Oct. 26, 1829, as. 8^ yrs. 

NATHAN BURR, 6 [185] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Ruth Jennings, b. 1735. Chil.: 

348. Hezekiah, 6 bapt. March 22, 1759, d. in inf.; 349. Ellen," bapt. 
May 4, 1760, m. Stephen Adams ; 350. Hezekiah, 6 bapt. Sept. 12, 1762; 
351. Nathaniel, 6 bapt. Feb. '14, 1768; 352. Gideon,' 1 bapt. Apr. 7, 1775, 
d. unm.; 353. r/iartha," m. Elihu Benedict. 

Fam. Rec. names a dau. 354. Grizzel, who m. Gen. Hayes. No will 
or dist. found. 



i;o THE BURR FAMILY. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 5 [193] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. . Chil.: 

355. Abraham' ; 356. Robert ; 357. Rebecca" ; 358. Andrew. 
(Fam. Rec.) 

NOAH BURR/' [194] 

m. . Chil.: 

359. Elisha "; 360. Grizzel," m. Ebenezer Mallett, of Trumbull, Ct., 
and had chil. : 

I. Burr, and 2. Maria. 

361. David " ; 362. Asaph, " m. Curtis of Monroe, Ct., had one 

dan. ; 363. Autha," m. Davis of Trumbull, Ct. 

JAMES BURR, 5 [195] 

m. . Chil.: 

364. Murrin"; 365. Henry," b. Feb. 2,1773; 3 00 - Mary," m. Elias 
Manning, and rem. to Ballston Springs, New York ; 367. Jerusha," m. 
Frederick Nichols of Monroe, Ct. Chil.: 

I. Israel; 2. Elijah; 3. Harmus ; 4. Hiram; 5. Beers ; 6. Anna; 
7- James ; 8. Agur; 9. Burr; 10. Charles ; II. Rebecca ; and 12. Mary. 

368. Abigail." m. Philo Hawley of Monroe. 1 child, James B. 

369. Anna," m. Christopher Beardsley. Chil: 1. Abel, and. 2. James. 

370. Huldah," m. Edmund Plumb, of Monroe, Ct.; 371. James,' b. 
Feb. 2, 1791. 

HOSEA BURR, 5 [197] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Hepsibah Hurd. Chil.: 

372. Stratton " ; 373. Desiar, m. July 1, 1804, Justin Hobart, of 
Fairfield, Ct.; 374. Anna," m. Anson Judson, of Stratford, Ct.; 375. 
Hepsibah," m. Albert Sherman, of Monroe, Ct. Chil.: 

I. Juliette : 2. Frederick; 3. Dwight ; 4. Harriet. 

JEHU BURR,' [200] of Andes, N. Y., 

m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Hawley. She was b. Nov. 25, 1756. Chil: 

376. Daniel H.," b. Aug. 2, 1778, at Huntington, Ct.; 377. Isaac, 8 
b. Dec. 10, 1780; 378. Agur,' b. Jan. 4, 1784, never m., lived to old age; 
379. Deborah," b. Nov. 23, 1785, d. num.; 380. Cyrus,' b. Dec. 23, 
: 381. Philo," b. Apr. i?, 1792. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 171 

Jehu Burr settled first at Huntington, Ct., where most of his chil. were 
b. In 1795 rein, with his family to what is now Andes, Delaware Co., N. 
Y., then a new country. There he followed the profession of a practical 
surveyor and land agent. He d. at Andes, Aug. 4, 1S33. Mary, his wid., 
d. March 14, 1850. 

James Burr's chil. were recorded at Fairfield, but there is no further 
mention of them there except Stratton, whose est. was invy. in 1777. 

DANIEL BURR/' [20l] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Abigail Bulkley, of Green's Farms. Their chil. were : 

382. Jonathan, bapt. Jan. 28, 1770, b. Nov. 5, 1769 (Fam. Rec.) ; 

383. Zalmon," bapt. Sept. 10, 1773, b. Aug. 31, 1773 (Fam. Rec.) ; 

384. Elizabeth," bapt. July 18, 1779, unm. (Green's Farms' Par. Rec). 

TALCOTT BURR/' [204] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Mindwell Banks, Nov. 15, 1770. Chil.: 

385. Talcott, fi bapt. July 14, 1771, d. in inf.; 386. Elizabeth," bapt. 
March 22, 1772 ; 387. Mary, 6 bapt. March 22, 1772; 388. Alma," bapt. 
July 2, 1773 ; 389. Abigail, bapt. Aug. 25, 1776, m. Ezra Burr; 39O. 
Alva" ; 391. Talcott, 6 bapt. Apr. 2, 1780 ; 392. Clarinda, 6 bapt. July 
28, 1782, m. Ebenezer Beers ; 393. Grace," m. Mr. Burwitt, of N. Y. 

All rec. at Green's Farms except Alva and Grace. The first four are 
not mentioned in the fam. record and probably d. young. 

Dist. of estate May 2, 1804, mentions sons Alva and Talcott, daus. 
Abigail, w. of Ezra Burr, Clarinda, w. of Ebenezer Beers, and Grace Burr. 

JOHN BURR, 5 [205] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Martha Godfrey, Oct. 18, 1772. Chil.: 

394. Nathan," bapt. May 23, 1773, d. in inf.; 395. Selleck," bapt. 
Aug. 7. 1775; 396. Ebenezer,' bapt. Jan. 7, 1776; 397. Esther, 6 bapt. 
Oct. 9, 1777, m. Stephen Sanford, May 7, 1795 ; 398. Molly, 6 bapt. Jan. 
7, 1780, m. Bradley Bulkley, July 13, 1797 ; 399. John," bapt. June 27, 
1785; 400. Martha," bapt. Sept. 16. 1785; 401. Nathan," bapt. Apr. 29, 
1787; 402. Elinor," bapt. Nov. 25, 1790; 403. Priscilla," bapt. Nov. 10, 

J 793- 

All rec. at Green's Farms. 

INCREASE BURR, 5 [208] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Jane, dan. of Francis Bradley, of Fairfield, Jan. 3, 1753. Their chil. 
were : 



1/2 THE BURR FAMILY. 

404. Hannah, " b. Dec. 25, 1754, m. Peter Nichols, of Fairfield; 405. 
Abigail,' b. Dec. 10, 1756, m. Gould Dimon, of Newtown; 406. In- 
crease'; 407. Prudence"; 408. William' ; 409. Joseph"; 410. 
Rods/ m. Alban Bradley, of Fairfield; 411. Jane/' m. Abraham Bulkier, 
of Fairfield, had a son, Joel Burr, now living in Southport, Ct. 

Estate dist. Apr. 16, 1816, names above civil. Hannah and William 
were then dec. He m. 2d, Roda Burritt, Oct. 16, 176S, who survived him. 

ABELL BURR/ [209] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Jacob Cadwell, Jan. 16, 1751. Chil.: 

412. Abell/ b. Dec. 19, 1751 ; 413. Jonathan," b. Dec. 25, 1753; 
414. David'; 415. Cadwell'; 416. Samuel ; 417. Charles' ; 418. 
Seih." 

Abell the f. d. 1779. His es. inv. March 15, 1779. Amt. ^1561 i8j. 
No dist. found. Above chil. are named in the dist. of his bro. Eliphalet's 
estate in 1816. His marriage and first two chil. are rec. in the Fair. 
Town Rec. 

JOSEPH BURR, [2ll] of Redding, Ct., 

in. Orace Bradley, May 28, 1758. Chil.: 

419. Joseph," b. July 26, 1772 ; 420. Aaron," b. Sept. 1, 1777. 
Joseph the f. d. before 1816. 

ICHABOD BURR,' [212] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. . Chil.: 

421. Jesse"; 422. Rachel," m. - — Bradley. 

There is no record of his death. His widow d. in 1818, and her 
dower was dist. to above chil. 

ELIPHALET BURR/ [213] of Weston, Ct., 

m. Prudence Wheeler, Jan. [8, 1767. They had no chil. He d. 1816. 
Will dated June 2, 1794. Est. dist. to his nephews, May 24, 1816. 

MOSES BURR/ [214] of Weston, Ct., 

111. Abigail Edwards, July 28, 1761. Chil.: 

423. Hannah,' m. Simeon Fanton ; 424. David'; 425. John"; 
426. Grizzel," m. David Merwin ; 427. Rachel," m. Sherwood Beers; 
428. Abigail," unm.; 429. Sarah/ unm. 

Moses the f. d. 1824. His will dated May 1, 1820. To his daughters 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 73 

Abigail and Sarah he gave his lands lying under the hills, in quantity 
about 40 acres, with the buildings thereon. The rem. of his es. was to be 
divided among his chil. equally. His es. was dist. Oct., 1824. " Grand- 
father Burr," says a pleasant letter from a grandson to the compiler, "was 
rather a remarkable man. He labored under the difficulty of being nearly 
blind all his days, having had the misfortune of being hurt in his head 
when a small child. Still he was a man of great energy and intelligence. 
He had naturally a very strong mind, and a great memory ; was well 
versed in the Scriptures, and took great interest in political affairs — and 
all by his great memory. It was his great delight to have any one read 
to him. I rarely paid him a visit, when a boy, without his saying to me, 
' John, now you have two good eyes in your head, sit down and let me 
know what is going on in the world.' He would hold arguments on 
theology and politics with the ablest men of the day. I think if he had 
had the privilege of sight he would have made his mark in the world ; 
but with all the disadvantages under which he labored, he made out to 
accumulate a fair property and raise a large family." 

SAMUEL BURR/ [215] of Newburgh, N. Y., 

m. Sybil Scudder, and about 1770 rem. to Newburgh, N. Y. His chil. 
were : 

430. Martha, 6 m. Abraham Tuttle, and had chil. : 

I. Burr ; 2. Robert; 3- Alexander ; 4. JohnE.; $. Emmeline j 6. 
Sarah ; and 7- Pamelia. 

431. Sybil, 5 who m. Robert Gardner of Newburgh, and had chil.: 

I. Demosthenes ; 2. Cicero ; 3. Lewis IV. ; 4. Lawrence ; 5. Arabella; 
6. Marioti ; and J. Melvina. 

$2>2. Eliphalet"; 433. Samuel' 1 ; 434. Rachel"; 435. Hannah. 6 

EBENEZER BURR, 5 [216] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Sherwood, Jan. 17, 1754. Their chil. were : 

436. Eleanor, 6 bapt. March 26, 175S, m. Lothrop Lewis, July 19, 
J 77 8 ; 437- Ebenezer, 6 bapt. Feb., 1761; 438. Zalmon, " bapt. Apr. 30, 
1 7^9 ; 439- Easter, m. D. Hawkins and had chil.: 

I. Ellen ; and 2. David. She m. 2d, Elihu Staples. 

Ebenezer the f. died about 182 1. His est. invy. Nov. 7, 1821. Same 
date there is record of dist. of his real estate to his widow Abigail as a 
lease from her two sons, Ebenr. and Zalmon Burr. She must have been a 
2d wife. His mar. and chil., except Easter, are rec. at Green's Farms. 

Ebenezer Burr was a brave soldier in the Revolution, rising to the rank 



174 THE BURR FAMILY. 

of Lieutenant. His Commission, signed by Governor Jonathan Trumbull, 
Connecticut's famous War Governor, is now in the possession of his great- 
great-granddaughter, Mrs. Horace Banks of Fairfield, Ct. We copy it 
verbatim et literatim. 

" Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., Captain General and Commander-in-Chief 
of His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut in New England. To Ebenezer 
Burr, Gentleman, Greeting. 

" You being by the General Assembly of this Colony accepted to be 
Lieutenant of a Company or Trainband in Greenfield, in the Fourth Regi- 
ment in this Colony. Reposing special trust and Confidence in your 
loyalty, Courage and good Conduct I do by virtue of the letters patent 
from the Crown of England to this Corporation me thereunto enabling 
appoint and empower you to take the Company into your care and charge 
as their lieutenant carefully and diligently to discharge that trust, exercis- 
ing your inferior officers and soldiers in the use of their arms according to 
the discipline of war keeping them in good order and Government and 
commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant for His Majesty's ser- 
vice : and you are to observe all such orders and directions as from time 
to time you shall receive either from me or from other your superior 
officers pursuant to the trust reposed in you. 

"Given under my hand and the Seal of this Colony in New Haven ye 
3' 1 day of March in y e fifteenth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord, 
George the Third, King of Great Britain &c. Annoque Domini 1775. 

"Jonathan Trumbull." 

ELIJAH BURR," [229] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Roda Sanford, Apr. 2, 1767. Chil.: 

440. Lemuel,' b. Oct. 25, 1768, bapt. Dec. n, 1768; 441. Eliza- 
beth," bapt. May 5, 177 1. 

Roda his w. d. Jan. ir, 1773, and he m. 2d, Eunice Hawley, Apr. 27, 
1773. His chil. by her were : 

442. Joseph," bapt. Sept. 4, 1774; 443. Roda,' bapt. Oct. 15, 1775. 

Elijah Burr m. 3d, , and had chil.: 

444. John, 6 who d. of yellow fever in the West Indies, without heirs; 
445. Lucy," b. Dec. 3, 1780. Perhaps others. 

Lucy m. Jonathan Knapp, of Redding, Apr. 10, 1S00, had one son, 
Moses If., who m. Caroline Reed, of Dutchess Co., N. Y. They had an 
only dau., Lucy, who m. Francis A. Sanford, son of Rev. Hawley Sanford, 
of Redding, and had chil.: I. Arthur B., 2. Myron R., 3. Emma C, and 
4. Frank H. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 75 

Arthur B. (i) graduated at Wes. University, Middletown, in 1S72; 
entered the Methodist ministry in 1873, pastorated in New York, 
Brooklyn, and Connecticut ; was appointed Asst. Editor of the Daily 
Christian Advocate, Gen. Conference of 1S88, and Asst. Editor Methodist 
Review by Conference of 1890, and reappointed in 1890. He m., June 
10, 1886, Nellie M. Hunt, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They had one son, Arthur 
Hunt, b. Feb. 9, 1S8S. 

Myron R. (2) grad. at Wes. Univ. 1880; was Prof, of Greek and Latin 
in Wyoming Sem. until 1886, when he was elected to the Chair of Latin 
in Haverford Coll., Haverford, Pa. In 1890 was elected Dean. 

NATHAN BURR, [230] of Pawling, N. Y., 

m. Phebe . Chil.: 

446. Hannah, 6 b. Sept. 7, 1778 ; 447. Esther," b. Sept. 7, 177S ; 
448. Levi, 6 b. Jan. t, 1782 ; 449. Benjamin, 6 b. July 4, 1784 ; 450. 
Sally, 6 b. May 21, 17S6 ; 451. Polly, 6 b. Apr. 8, 1788. All b. at 
Redding. 

Of above daus. Hannah m. Benj. Dodge, of Pawling, July 6, 1S00. 
rem. to Canada, and was living there when the War of 18 12 broke out, 
Her husband deserted her, her property was destroyed, and she returned 
to Pawling with her five small children, travelling all the way on foot, and 
crossing on her journey a battle-field strewn with dead bodies. She d. in 
Pawling, June 7, 1837, ae. 53 years. 

Esther m. Jona. Baker, of Pawling, Oct. 16, 1797, and rem. to Fulton 
Co., N. Y. They had eleven chil., eight of whom are still living, the 
eldest 77 years of age. Esther the m. d. Dec. 13, 1839. 

Sally m. Alex. Allen, of Pawling, July 31, 1808, and raised a family of 
seven chil. She d. Oct. 15, 1S27. 

Polly m. James Reynolds, of Beekman, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1808, and d. 
Oct. 7, 1846, leaving five chil. 

Nathan the f. rem. from Redding to Pawling, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Feb. 
14, 1792, where he bought and settled on a farm of 225 acres. He was a 
soldier in the Revolution, and while he was in the service it is related that 
his wife gathered the crops, carrying her twin babies, Hannah and Esther, 
into the field and laying them on a blanket while she labored. 

JABEZ BURR/' [231] of Fairfifld, Vt., 

m. Mary Bartlett, of Redding, Feb. 12, 1778. (Par. Rec. reads Mary 
Bartram.) Chil.: 

452. Aaron, 6 b. 1784 at Redding. 



176 THE BURR FAMILY. 

In 1786 Jabez Burr rem. to Fairfield, Vt., where he d. in 1825. 
He served as a private in the Revolutionary army ; was at the battle 
of White Plains, and at Saratoga at the capture of Burgoyne. 

EZEKIEL BURR/ [232] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Huldah Merchant, of Redding. Chil.: 

453. Aaron"; 454. William,' b. March 10, 1793; 455. Huldah," 
b. 1779, m. Daniel Mallory, Oct. 12, 1806, and with her husband rem. to 
New York, and soon after to Ohio. Her chil. were : 

I. Reney, d. in inf.; 2. Aaron Burr, b. Aug. 17, 1809, d. in Augusta, 
Ga., 1847, leaving a widow and two chil., of whom we have no record ; 
3. William St urges, b. 181 3. m. Margaret A. Brown, 1835, and has chil.: 

1. George Burr, b. 1839 ; 2. Frances A., b. 1841 ; 3. Daniel H., b. 
1843 ; 4. Ella yulia, b. 1849 ; 5. William E., b. 1S58. 4. Julia A. 

Of the above chil. of William Sturges Mallory, George Burr (1) is 
master of a steamer plying on the great lakes. He m. Anna Faragher, in 
1 86 1, and has chil.: Frank Burr, b. 1862, and Margaret Eleanor, b. 1864. 
Frank grad. at Harvard College, and is Professor of Pathology in Harvard 
Medical School. He m. Persis M. Tracy in 1893, and has chil.: 1. Tracy 
Burr, b. 1896, and 2. George Kenneth, b. 1900. 

Frances A. (2) m. Henry Savage and has 1 child, Ella Mallory, who 
was m. Apr. 28, 1891, to Rev. Everett D. March. 

Daniel H. (3) is master of the steamer George Hadley. He m. Dec, 
1873, Abbie Keith, b. 1852. Has chil.: 1. Clifton N., b. 1S80, and 2. 
Fred. If Hand, b. 1882. 

Ella Julia (4) m. Charles Savage. Has chil.: Rose A., b. 1869 ; Min- 
nie. 1). 187 1 ; Harry, b. 1874 ; Zella M., b. 1878 ; Edwin II. b. 18S5. 

Julia A. Mallory (4) m. Ruggles, and res. in Saratoga, N. Y. 

Has 2 chil. 

STEPHEN BURR,' [233] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Molly Griffin, Feb. T9, 1787. Chil.: 

456. Clara," b. June 8, 1788, m. Moses Dimon ; 457. Molly," b. July 
10, r 793 5 458. Stephen,' b. Dec. 10, 1795, unm.; 459. Ezekiel." 

JOEL BURR, [234] of Galwav, N. Y., 

m. Elizabeth Gold of Fairfield in 1785, and rem. to Galway, N. Y., when 
the whole region was little more than an unbroken wilderness. He built 
and lived in a log-cabin until a more commodious dwelling could be pro- 
cured, and the family endured the usual privations of pioneer life. He 
had three chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. I 77 

460. William ; a daughter, d. in inf.; and 461. Harriet, 6 who m. 
Sturges Sherwood of Ballston Spa and had 8 chil.: 

I. Susan j 2. Harriet; 3. William; 4. Bradley; 5. Alanson ; 6. 
Mary ; J. Emily ; 8. Elizabeth. Mrs. Sherwood d. Apr. 8, 1855. Joel 
Burr d. in Galway in 1843, se. 82 years. Elizabeth his widow d. in 1844. 

SETH BURR, 5 [241] of Fairfield, Ct., 

never m. Served through the war of 1776, and was present at the sur- 
render of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. A few years later being in India 
he was pressed into the British service and served under this same Lord 
Cornwallis. He never returned from India. He was a man of tried 

courage. 

ISAAC BURR, 5 [243] of New York, 

m. Catherine Buchanan, dau. of John Buchanan, an officer in the Revolu- 
tionary army, rem. early to New York, and was Port Warden and Harbor 
Master of that city for a term of years. His chil. were : 

462. John Buchanan, 6 b. Jan. 15, 1S01 ; 463. Isaac Silliman,' b. 
Aug. 15, 1802, d. Sept. 12, 1803 ; 464. Isaac, 6 b. Apr. 15, 1S03, d. June 
22, 1809 ; 465. Henry D., 6 b. June 24, 1804, d. Sept. 7, 1805 ; 466. 
Mary A., c b. March 21, 1805, m. Mr. Emmons, of N. Y., no chil.; 467. 
Edward Augustus, 6 b. Feb. 16, 1810 ; 468. Charles Henry," b. Jan. 
11, 1812 ; 469. Anna J., 6 b. Dec. 16, 1S14, res. in Bridgept., Ct.; 470. 
Catherine S. E., 6 b. March 1, 1817, m. Stiles M. Middlebrook, of 
Bridgept., Ct., no chil., d. June 22, 1890. 

NOAH BURR, 5 [248] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Anna Jennings. Chil.: 

471. Seth, 6 unra, d. at the West ; 472. Abigail, 6 m. David Lock- 
wood ; 473. Francis, 6 unm., d. as is supposed, in Mexico ; 474. Julia, 6 
m. Joseph Donaldson ; 475. Sarah, 6 m. Edward Shean ; 476. Isaac, 6 
unm., d. at sea, ae. 19 years; 477. Oliver 6 ; 478. Henry, 6 d. without 
heirs. Noah Burr d. Dec. 25, 1859, ne. 77 yrs. 

EBENEZER BURR, 5 [249] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. 1 st June 5, 1794, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Dimon of F. One child : 

479. Sarah," b. May 22, 1795, d - Se Pt- 2 > J 79 s ; Saran hi s w - d. May 
22, 1795, and he m. 2d, Dec. 18, 1803, Eunice, dau. of David and Sally 
Ogden of F. Their chil. were : 

480. Sallie, 6 b. Oct. 28, 1804, d. Nov. 2, 1804 ; 481. Sarah Dimon,' 
b. Nov. 26, 1805, m. May 11, 1831, Deacon Josiah B. Baldwin, of Bridge- 
port, and had chil.: 



1 78 THE BURR FAMILY. 

I. Cornelia /)., b. June 14, 1833; 2. Ebenezer IV., b. Dec. 13, 1834; 

3. Julia Burr, b. Aug. 9, 1835, d. Nov. 19, [869; 4. Narcissa G., b. 
June 9, 1S39 ; and 5« Sturges Burr, b. Sept. 17, 1X47. Sarah Baldwin d. 
Sept. >S, 1S64. 

482. Sturges, b. Apr. 12, 181 2, d. unm. Aug. 9, 1837 ; 483. Ebene- 
zer, 6 b. Sept. 2, 1818. Ebenezer Burr the f. d. at F. Dec. 31, 1848, se. 82 
vrs. His wid. Eunice d. Mar. 12, 1855, ae. 71 yrs. 

WAKEMAN BURR/' [255] of Fairfield, Ct., 

never m., was a sea captain. The family record of Charles Burr men- 
tions a son Sturges, who was also a sea captain. He must have deceased 
before 1800, as no mention is made of him in his father's will of that date. 

Andrew, the third son of Charles, m. . He was an Indian 

agent and d. at Mackinaw, Mich., leaving no chil. All died young and 
without families. Of the daughters, Ellen m. David Wakely, of Fairfield. 
She was the mother of Mr. Charles Wakely, of Fairfield. Priscilla m. 
a Mr. Ditmas, son of one of the old Knickerbockers, whose des. now 
reside near Greenwood, L. I. She d. in 1855. 

SAMUEL BURR' [262] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Abigail, dau. of Moses and Abigail Burr Jennings, June 21, 1781. 
Chil. : 

484. Clarissa,' b. 1782, m. Joshua Ells, d. Jan. 5, 1826 ; two chil. : 
I. Amelia, b. 1805, m. Capt. William H. Allen, of Bridgeport, Dec. 18, 

[S26, d. Mar. 8, 1865 ; no chil. Capt. Allen d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 
iS, 1S90. 2. Abigail, d. in inf. 

485. Josiah, 6 b. Mar., 1785, m. Sally Brooks, of Stratford, Ct., d. Sept. 
10, 1828. one dau. died in infancy ; 486. Lucretia,' 1 b. 1787, m. 1st, Capt. 
Timothy Baker,* of Dong Island, and had chil.: 

I. Anna M., b. 1810, who m. John J. Weeks, Sept., 1832, and d. Oct. 
• >. [837 ; and 2. Jane E., b. 1815, d. July 14, 1832. Mrs. Baker m. 2d, 
Charles Wicks. She d. June 6, 1834. 

487. Abigail," b. Feb. it, 1789, m. David Beach Nichols, of Bridge- 
port, Sept. 25, 1816, d. July 21, 1 S 5 1 . David B. Nichols d. Sept. 18, 
7860. Her chil. were : 

I. Samuel Burr. b. Aug. 6, 1818, d. Sept. 29, 1818 ; 2. Henry Burr, 
1). Jan. 8, 1 S 2 1 , d. June 14, [838 ; 3. Georgiana Augusta, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; 

4. Theodore Stiles, b. Sept. 20, 1828, d. July 10, 1829. 

Georgiana Augusta Nichols (3) m. Rev. John A. Buckingham, of Cam- 
bridge. Oct. 30, 1850. Their chil. are : ;. Adelaide Louisa, b. Aug. 24, 1851 ; 

* Capt. Timothy Baker died in New Orleans, March 15, 1817. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 79 

2. Henry Burr, b. Feb. 9, 1853 ; d. Feb. 3, i860 ; 3. Arthur Silliman, b. 
March 30, 1854 ; 4. William Huntington, b. June 30, 1856 ; 5. Gertrude, 
b. Oct. 16, i860, d. Aug. 18, 1876 ; 6. Caroline Augusta, b. Feb. 28, 1864 ; 
7. Edith Rebecca, b. Feb. 14, 1868, m. to William Sheldon Ball, Oct. 25, 
1892. Rev. John A. Buckingham d. May 4, 1897. Adelaide Louisa (1) d. 
Apr. 24, 1897. Arthur Silliman (3) d. Jan. 2, 1893. 

488. Henry, 6 b. April, 1790, unm., d. Dec. 13, 1822 ; was Major and 
Brigade Inspector of the 4th Conn. Infantry. 

Mrs. Abigail J. Burr d. in F., June 13, 1790. Samuel Burr m. 2d, 
Miss Jemima Darling, of an old New Haven family. She d. Dec. 19, 
1822, and is bur. in New Haven. Mr. Samuel Burr d. Oct. 25, 1825, in 
Bridgeport. 

WILLIAM BURR, 5 [263] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Eunice Thorpe, March 6, 1782. Chil. were : 

489. Ebenezer, 9 b. Nov. 8, 1783, d. in F., Apr. 8, 1784; 490. 
Amelia 6 ; 491. Eunice 6 ; 492. Susan 6 ; 493. Lucretia 6 ; 494. 
Jane 6 ; 495. William 6 ; 496. Eliza 6 5497. Julia A. 6 

Of the daughters, Amelia [490] m. Charles Jenkins, of N. 0., by whom 
she had two daus. : I. Eunice, and 2. Amelia, who were educated in Ger- 
many. On returning to England they were received at Court, and, after 
filling the position of Maids of Honor to the Queen for some time, 
married — names unknown. Their mother, left a widow at the early age 
of 18, married again, a gentleman of England, Mr. Vanhearten. She was 
a woman of rare attractions, both of mind and person, and enjoyed in her 
second marriage every advantage of wealth and position, but died in the 
prime of her youth and beauty, being only 32 yrs. old. 

Eunice [491] m. Dr. William Read, of Edgefield, S. C, a physician of 
excellent ability and extensive practice. Their children were : 

I. William ; 2. Jessy ; 3. Susan Burr j 4. Edwin ; 5- Joseph; and 
6. Emma. 

None of these children have descendants living except Susan Burr (3) 
who m. Henry Mims of Edgefield, S. C. Their only child, Livingston, 
was born in Edgefield, S. C, in 1833 ; he shortly afterward moved to Mis- 
sissippi, and resided there till 1867 ; from there he moved to Savannah, 
Ga., living there till 1877, and since then, and now, in Atlanta, Ga.; he 
was married first to Martha E. Perryman, of Hinds County, Miss., who 
lived but a short time ; afterward to Miss Emma E. Hicks, of Jackson, 
Miss.; she died in 1864 ; he married in 1866 Miss Sue Harper, of 
Brandon, Miss., a lady distinguished for her beauty and intellect and 
charities. Mr. Mims has only one child now living, and by his second 



l8o THE BURR FAMILY. 

marriage. Emma, who was married in 1884 to Joseph Thompson, a 
merchant and capitalist of Atlanta, Ga. They have one child, Livingston 
Mi //is, born in 1885. 

Livingston Minis was admitted to the Bar of Mississippi, having passed 
a satisfactory examination, before he was 20 yrs. of age, and was married 
at the same early age. He practised law but a short time, being soon 
appointed to the clerkship of the Superior Court of Chancery of Missis- 
si ppi, the most lucrative office in the gift of the State. Soon after he was 
elected to the Senate from Jackson and Hinds counties, and also an 
elector, in the exciting political canvass just previous to the war, on the 
ticket of Breckenridge and Lane, in which he took a prominent and active 
part, making speeches in most parts of the State, and assisted in casting 
the vote of Mississippi for both candidates. In 1S60 he joined the first 
company of Mississippi troops enlisted for the war, and accompanied 
them to Virginia, being assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. William 
Barksdale. After the first battle of Manassas, in which he was engaged, 
he was appointed by President Davis Chief Quartermaster of the Depart- 
ment of Mississippi and East Louisiana, with rank of Major, and served 
as such on the staffs of General Pemberton and General Joseph E. John- 
ston, and was mentioned favorably in reports of both generals. After- 
ward he reported directly to the War Department, C. S. A. 

Since the war Major Mims has been in partnership with Governor 
Humphreys of Mississippi and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as general agents 
in insurance, for the South, of the Liverpool and London and Globe 
Insurance Company, and the New York Life Insurance Company. 
Governor Humphreys died some years ago. General Johnston con- 
tinued in the firm, even during the time he was a Member of Congress, 
and resigned only when appointed by President Cleveland Commissioner 
of Railroads. 

Major Mims has been prominent in insurance life for some years, 
President of the Underwriters Association of the South, and for many 
years President of the Southeastern Tariff Association. Perhaps no one 
is more prominent in social life, he having been for years President of the 
Capital City Club of Atlanta, prominent for its entertainment of many of 
the most distinguished men and women of the nation within that time. 
His home, presided over by his charming and most agreeable wife, is 
renowned for the elegant hospitality there dispensed. He is now — 1901 — 
Mayor of Atlanta, Ga. 

Susan '' [492 I m. John Michael Renaud, of New Orleans, b. about 1775, 
d. 1837. Their chil. were : 

I. William George, b. May 27, 1812 ; 2. Ann Jeannette, b. 1817 ; 3. 
y 0/1/1, d. young. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. l8l 

Of these chil. William George Renaud (i) m. Mar. 3, 1S35, Louisa 
A. Parr, b. Mar. 31, 1819, and had three chil.: 1. William Henry, b. Jan. 
9 1836 ; 2. Mary A., b. Feb. 3, 1841 ; and 3. John K., b. May 26, 1843 
William Henry (1) m. Oct. 5, 1871, Elizabeth Mix, and has 1. Edwin, 
Cooper, b. May 9, 1874. John K. (3) m. Orleana McDurthy Oct. 15, 
1868, and has : 1. William Henry, b. Sept. 4, 1869 ; 2. George Knight, 
b. June 20, 1874 ; 3. Thomas J 'times, b. Aug. 31, 1875 ; 4. John K., b. 
Sept. 27, 1SS1, and three other boys who d. young. 

Ann Jeannette Renaud (2) m. A. J. McGill in 1837, and d. in 1S51, 
leaving a dau., Susannah, who m. James Lewis and has two daus. William 
H. (1) and John K. Renaud (4) are well-known merchants of New 
Orleans. 

Lucretia [493] m. Captain Way of Mississippi ; had several sons and 
one dau., Julia, who m. Mr. Tate. Jane [494] d. unmarried. 

William [495] became captain and owner of a vessel which traded 
between the South American ports and Charleston, S. C. He was mur- 
dered and robbed while on a journey into the interior for the purpose of 
securing a cargo of coffee ; was unmarried. 

Julia A. [497] iii. Gen. Davis of Miss.; had one son, 1. Samuel, who 
lost his life at the siege of Vicksburg, and a dau., 2. Susan, who m. Dr. 
Hudson of Yazoo City, Miss., and died in a few months. 

Eliza [496] married Rev. Henry Safford (Pres.), whose family is a 
worthy rival of the Burrs in regard to numbers, influence, and sterling 
worth. Their children were : 

1. Henry, who was for many yrs. a leading lawyer in Natchitoches, 
La., where he died March 4, 1884. He married Hattie Airey. Chil.: 
1. Henry, who m. E. Daisy O'Hara, Dec. 29, 1897, d. in Waring, Tex., 
Dec. 6, 1900, leaving a son, Henry Melson ; 2. Annette ; 3. Hattie ; 4. 
Whitcome Burr. Annette m. Mr. Sweet. Children : 1. Ltccile, and 2. 
Sc riven. 

2. Eliza, m. Chas. O'Hara, of Phila. Chil.: 1. Safford, who died in 
infancy, and 2. Daisy. 

3- Eunice Burr, m. Samuel Scudder of Princeton, N. J. Chil.: 1. 
Margaret L., Prin. of High School, Memphis, Tenn.; 2. Agnes; 3. 
Anna, m. John A. Griffin of Greensboro, Ga., and had chil.: 1. Marion, 2. 
George, 3. Paul j 4. Henry, dec; 5. Alice, m. W. Vandereau ; 6. Ella, who 
m. J. N. Scarborough. Miss Marion Griffin (1) is a lawyer practising in 
Memphis, Tenn. 

4. Mary, m. Rev. W. Horton Thompson of Mobile, Ala., May n, 
1852. He d. Apr. 23, 1897. Children : 1. William H., ra. Zora Austin, 
Jan., 1884 ; one son, 1. William Austin, b. Nov. 1890, resides in Memphis, 
Tenn ; 2. Mary E , m. Rev. E. II. Gregory of West Point, Miss., June 



I 82 THE BURR FAMILY. 

21, 1883 ; chil.: 1. David Burr, b. Sept. 21, 1884; 2. Mary Aleathca, b. 
Aug. 11, 1887; 3. William, b. Oct. 3, 1890, dec; 4. Amelia, b. Feb. 7, 
1S93; 5. Edna Pearl, b. Aug. 23, 1898; 6. Catherine Aleathea, m. 
Daniel Boone Cabbs lawyer, of Mobile, Ala., Jan. 20, 1890; chil.: 1. 
James Horton, b. Jan. 3, 1891, d. Sept. 3, 1892 ; 2. Theodosia C, 1>. Apr. 

5. Anna, unm., missionary in Soochow, China, for 15 yrs., died Aug., 
1890. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her, for her talents 
learning, piety, and zeal. 

6. William Burr, druggist, Memphis, Tenn., m. Marie Poindexter. 
Child : [. Hugh Torrence, died in infancy. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

EZRA BURR/ [271] of Fredericksburg, Va., 

m. Abigail, dau. of Talcott Burr [204] of Westport, Ct. Chil.: 

498. Caroline, 7 b. May 21, 1799, in Fairfield, m. Robert Detherage, 
of Va., Jan. 29, 1S27, became the mother of nine chil., two only of whom 
reached mature years. She d. Sept. 1, 1888, in Washington, Rappahan- 
nock Co., Va., as. 90 years. Mrs. Detherage had a copy of the Burr coat- 
of-arms, painted by herself, from an original given to her grandfather 
Edmond, by his cousin, Col. Aaron Burr. The original was unfortunately 
destroyed by the flames which consumed the family mansion during her 
father's lifetime. 

499. Edmond A., 7 b. , d. of cholera at Lane Seminary, O., in 

1832, while preparing for the ministry. 

PETER BURR/ [272] of Fredericksburg, Va., 

m. 1st, . 2d . Chil: 

500. Mary/ who m. , and went to Alabama, where she d.; 501. 

Peter Pinckney/ b. Feb., 1815, d. in Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 20, 1887. 

Peter Burr the f. was a sea captain, and was lost at sea, Oct., 1814. 

Peter Pinckney (501) m. 1st, . Had one dau., 501 a. Mary D., 

who m. Mr. Robertson and has four chil.: 

Res. at Montrose, Westmoreland Co., Va. He m. 2d, Maria Wiatt, 
who survives him. 

GERSHOM BURR,' [277] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. 1 st, Susannah, dau. of Daniel Young, of Stratford, May 10, 1789. 
Chil.: 




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FROM A PORTRAIT BY EARLE. NOW OWNED BY JOHN T. BURR, ESQ. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. ' 1 83 

502. Thaddeus,' b. 1790, was drowned July 18, 181 1 ; 503, Susan- 
nah, 7 d. in inf.; 504. Isaac Lothrop, 7 b. July 12, 1793. 

Susannah his w. d. Feb. 12, 1797. He m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. 
Andrew Eliot, pastor of the First Cong. Church of Fairfield. Mr. Eliot 
was a native of Boston, Mass., and a grad. of Harvard. He was the son 
of Rev. Andrew Eliot, pastor of the North Church, Boston ; his mother 
was Mary Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass., a h/heal descendant of Wm. 
Pynchon, who settled Springfield, with Jehu Burr, of Fairfield. Rev. 
Andrew Eliot, Jr., d. at Fairfield, Sept. 26, /S05. 

Gershom Burr, by his second marriage, became the father of nine 
chil. : 

505. Andrew Eliot, 7 b. Aug. 9, 1802 ; 506. Jonathan Sturgis, 7 
b. March 6, 1804 ; 507. Priscilla Lothrop, 7 b. July 6, 1806, m. Robert 
Clay, of Scotland ; 508. Susanna Young, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1808, m. Charles 
Benedict; 509. Frederick A. 7 ; 510. Joseph A., 7 d. in inf.; 511. 
Elizabeth E., 7 m. Robert Clay ; 512. Mary E., 7 m. Robert Eddy ; 
513. Joseph A, 7 

Gershom Burr d. in New York, March 19, 1828. His father d. when 
he was young, and he, with his sister, Eunice Dennie, were reared by 
their uncle, Thaddeus Burr. He was a man of prominence in the State, 
and was Brig.-General of the militia from 1816 to 1824, when he resigned. 

The following list of the ancestors of Elizabeth Eliot, wife of Gershom 
Burr, for forty-one generations to Arnold, Bishop of Metz, temps 600 a. d., 
by Austin Hart Burr, of Richmond, Va., will be read with interest : 

1. Arnold, Bishop of Metz. Temps 600 a. d. 

2. Anchisus, m. Begga, dau. of Pepin of Landen. 

3. Pepin d'Kerestal, Mayor of the Palais, m. Alpais. 

4. Charles Martel, King of France, m. Rotrude. 

5. Pepin le Bref, King of France, m. Bertha, dau. of Charibert, Count 
of Leon. 

6. Charlemagne, Emperor of the West, m. Hildegarde de Savoy. 

7. Charles, due dTngleheim, m. Lady Julian of France. 

8. Count Raymond. 

9. Godfrey de Bouillon, King of Jerusalem. 

10. Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, m. Judith. 

11. Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, m. Alfritha, dau. of Alfred the 
Great, King of England. 

12. Arnolph the Great, Count of Flanders, m. Alice, dau. of Herbert 
II, Count de Vermandois. 

13. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, m. Matilda, dau. of Herman, 
Duke of Saxony. 



1 84 THE BURR FAMILY. 

14. Arnolph II, Count of Flanders, m. Susanna, dau. of Berenger II, 
King of Italy. 

15. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, m. Ogive, dau. of Frederick I, 
Count of Luxemburg. 

\<>. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, m. Adela, dau. of Robert II, King 
of France. The ancestry of Adela of France can be traced back through 
the Saxon kings to about 400 a. d. 

17. Matilda, m. William the Conqueror, King of England. According 
t<> Norse history the ancestors of William the Conqueror can be traced 
back 32 generations to Niord Drottningar, who lived about the beginning 
of the Christian era, but it is difficult for the genealogist to decide where 
actual history ends and mythology begins. 

iS. Henry I, King of England, m. Matilda, dau. of Malcome III, King 
of Scotland. This Scottish princess traces her ancestry through the lines 
of the Emperors of Germany and according to Scottish historians through 
the Scottish kings to Corbredus, temps Domitian, the Roman Emperor. 

19. Maud, m. Geoffrey Plantagenet who traces descent through eight 
Counts of Anjou to Fulk I, 900 a. d. 

20. Henry II, King of England, m. Eleanor, dau. of William V, Duke 
of Guienne. 

21. John, King of England, m. Isabel, dau. of the Count of Angouleme. 

22. Henry III, King of England, m. Eleanor, dau. of Raymond IV, 
Count of Provence. 

23. Edward I, King of England, m. Eleanor, dau. of Ferdinand III, 
King of Castile, a descendant of the royal houses of Leon and Castile. 

24. Elizabeth Plantagenet, m. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford 
and Essex. 

25. Eleanor de Bohun m. James Butler, Earl Ormand. 

26. James Butler, Earl Ormand, m. Elizabeth D'Arcy, dau. of Sir John 
D'Arcy, Baron D'Arcy, a descendant of Norman D'Arcy who came to 
England with William the Conqueror. The D'Arcys trace their ancestry 
through the royal houses of Russia and Ireland and to Basilius and Con- 
stantinus Flavins, Emperors of the East. 

27. James Butler, Earl Ormand, m. Anne, dau. of John, Lord Welles. 

28. James Butler, Earl Ormand, m. Joan Beauchamp, dau. of Wm., 
Lord Bergavany. 

29. Elizabeth Butler m. John Talbot, Earl Shrewsbury, 12th in descent 
from Richard de Talbot. 

30. Katherine Talbot m. Sir Nicholas Eyton. 

31. Margaret Eyton m. William Young, Sheriff of Kenton, 1492. 

32. Francis Young in. Anne, dau. of Richard Charleton of Apley. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 85 

■1,3. John Young. 

34. William Young m. Mary Bonner. 

35. Bridget Young m. George Wyllys, Governor of Connecticut. 

36. Amy Wyllys m. Maj. John Pynchon. 

37. Col. John Pynchon m. Margaret Hubbard, dau. of Rev. William 
Hubbard. 

3S. Col. John Pynchon m. Bashua Taylor, dau. of Sir. Edward Taylor. 

39. Hon. Joseph Pynchon m. Mary . 

40. Mary Pynchon m. Rev. Andrew Eliot. 

41. Elizabeth Eliot m. Gershom Burr. 

Lothrop ancestors of Priscilla Lothrop, wife of Gershom Burr : 

1. John Lothrop of Cherry Burton, Eng., Temps 1500. 

2. Robert Lothrop of Cherry Burton, Eng., d. 1558. 

3. Thomas Lothrop of Cherry Burton, England, d. 1606. 

4. Rev. John Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass., b. in Eng., 1584. Came 
to Scituate, Mass., 1634 ; d. at Barnstable, 1653. 

5. Thomas Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass. 

6. Melatia Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass., b. 1646 ; d. 17 12 ; married, 
1667, Sarah Farrar. 

7. Isaac Lothrop b. 1673 '■> m - Priscilla, dau. of Caleb Thomas, of Dux- 
bury, Mass. 

8. Priscilla Lothrop m. Gershom Burr. 

Eliot Ancestors of Elizabeth Eliot, wife of Gershom Burr : 

1. John Elyot of Devonshire, Eng., b. about 1375 ; m. Jona Sigdon, 
dau. Wm. Sigdon. 

2. Mychell Elyot. 

3. Philip Elyot, Gent, of Coker, Eng. 

4. John Elyot of East Coker, Eng. 

5. William Elyot. 

6. John Eliot, Gent, of East Coker, Eng. 

7. William Elliott of East Coker, Eng., b. 1567 ; d. 1642. 

8. William Elliott of East Coker, Eng., b. 1603. 

9. Hon. Andrew Elliott of Somersetshire, Eng., b. 1627 ; d. 1703. 
Moved to Beverly, Mass., about 1683 ; m. Grace Woodier. 

10. Andrew Elliot of Somersetshire, Eng., b. 165 1 ; d. 1688 ; m. Mercy 
Shattuck. 

n. Andrew Elliot of Boston, b. 1683 ; d. 1749; m. Mary Herrick of 
Beverly, Mass. 

12. Rev. Andrew Elliot, D.D. of Boston, b. 1718 ; d. 1778; m. Eliz- 

j ! Langdon, dau. of Josiah Langdon and Elizabeth Saxton. 






1 86 THE BURR FAMILY. 

13. Rev. Andrew Eliot of Fairfield, Conn., b. 1743 ; d. 1805 ; m. Mary 
Pynchon, dau. Hon. Joseph Pynchon and a descendant of William Pynchon, 
the settler. 

14. Elizabeth Eliot m. Gershom Burr. 

WALTER BURR,' [281] of Sharon, Ct., 

m. Mabel St. John. Chil. : 

514. Lucretia, 7 b. July 18, 1779, m. Jonathan Taylor, she d. 1833 ; 
515. Eunice, 7 b. Oct 12, 1780, m. Whiten White; 516. Mary, 7 b. Nov. 
5, 1782, m. Whiten White, 2d wife ; 517. David, 7 b. May 19, 1785 ; 518. 
Sally, 7 b. Feb. 16, 1788; 519. Andrew, 7 b. May 11, 1789; 520. 
Richard, 7 b. Feb. 11, 1792, drowned in boyhood; 521. Nathaniel, 7 b. 
i795,d. 1822, unm. ; 522. Priscilla, 7 b. May 7, 1798, m. Wilbur Hathaway.^. 

Sally [518] m. Aug. 23, 1806, Gideon Taylor, b. May 21, 1788, and 
lived in New Preston, Ct. Her chil. were : 

I, Esther, b. Oct. 4, 1807, d. March 9, 1809 ; 2. George, b. Apr. 4, 1S10 ; 
3, Emily, b. June 29, 1S12 ; 4. Nelson Burr, b. June 29, T815 ; 5% Harvey, 
b. Sept. 17, 1S17, d. Nov., 1820; 6. Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1S19, d. Apr. 19, 
1832; 7. Elias, b. Dec. 28, 1821 ; 8. Alma Anne, b. Aug. 9, 1824; 9. 
yol/n, b. July 24, 1826, drowned May 18, 1836 ; 10. Esther Eliza, b. 
Oct. 24, 1828. 

Of their chil. George (2) m. May 23, 1831, Sabrina Thomas, who d. 
Nov. 31, 1837, leaving one child, Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1833, m. Aug. 8, 
^55, to John G. Brundage. 

George Taylor m., 2d, Roxana C. Gaylord, March, 1839, who had chil. : 
1. Mary S., b. June 6, 1839 ; 2. Sarah, b. Mar. 27, 1841 ; 3. Martin G.. 
b. June 17, 1847. George Taylor d. Mar. 24, 1888 ; his w. Roxana d. 
Apr. 27, 1086. 

Emily (3) m. Nov. 28, 1839. to Abraham Hill, who d. Dec. 6, 1844. Chil. : 

i. Rachel M '., and 2. Elizabeth, both of whom d. in inf. She m. 2d, 
David Jacus, b. Sept. 28, 1809, who d. Dec. 2, 1881, leaving one son, 3. 
Henry E., b. Nov. 30, 185 1. Emily Taylor d. Feb. 13, 1880. 

Nelson Burr (4) m. Oct. 30. 1839, Caroline E. Bentley, b. July, 1824, 
d. June, 1865. Chil. : 

1. Martha Gilbert, b. June 17, 1841 ; 2. Franklin Bentley, b. Dec. 6, 
1843 ; 3. Frederick IF., b. July 12, 1846 ; 4. Ellen G., b. Dec. 27, 1848; 
5. Isabella A., b. Jan. 19, 1853, m. June 17, 1899 Charles A. H. Bright. 
Chil. : 

1. Charles Taylor, b. Aug. 25, 1871; 2. Alice Isabel, b. Sept. 23, 
1873, m - F- A.. Burr [878] ; 3. Ellen Maekenzie, b. Apr. 6, 1877 ; 4. Elsie 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 87 

Marie, b. May 25, 1879 ; 5. Caroline Beniley, b. Apr. 9, 1883 ; 6. Ralph 
Raymond, b. Feb. 27, 1892. 

Elias (7) m. Apr. 17, 1844, Janet Cable, b. 1823 ; he d. Dec. 18, 1862. 
Chil. : 

1. Andrew, b. Dec. 31, 1845, d. July 16, 1864,111 Andersonville prison ; 
2. Elizabeth C, b. Jan. 15, 1848 ; 3. Eugene G., b. Jan. 6, 1850 ; 4. Myron 
L., b. Jan. 5, 1853 ; 5. Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1858, d. May 27, 1881, unm. 

Alma A. (8) m. Oct. 15, 1845, Henry A. Warner, of Roxbury, Ct., b. 
Jan. 16, 1823. Chil. : 

1. George Edward, b. Oct. 22, 1846, m. Feb. 22, 1877, Libbie M. Tre- 
ganowan, of Platteville, Wis., b. Aug. 7, 1850. Chil. : 

1. Bertha B., b. Feb. 9, 1878 ; 2. Henry E., b. March 9, 1881, d. Jan. 
25, 1884 ; 3. Louis E., b. Nov. 29, 1882, d. Oct. 19, 18S3 ; 4. Harvey A., 
b. Aug. 7, 1885. 

2. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 22, 1849, d. July 28, 1851 ; 3. Ida May, b. 
Mar. 11, 1856, m. Mar. n, 1878, to George M. Robertson, of Hartford, 
Ct., b. Oct. 30, 1847. Chil. : 

1. Sylvester P., b. Mar. 26, 1880 ; 2. Charles Warner, b. July 9, 1881. 

4. Emily Taylor, b. Jan. 13, 1863 ; m. Oct. 15, 1889, to Frederic 
Lothrop Brown, of Providence, R. L, b. July 20, 1840. One child, Ruth 
Margaret, b. Sept. 7, 1S90. 

Mr. Brown, son of Colonel Nathaniel W. and Sophia Frothingham 
Brown was previously m. Oct. 7, 1870 to Mary L. Eddy, of Dighton, 
Mass., and had one child, Bessie Frothingham, b. Dec. 1, 1877. 

Esther Eliza (io), m. Philo Sherman, Nov., 1850, and d. Feb. 11, 1858, 
leaving a dau., Emogene, b. Jan. 22, 1852. 

He m. 2d, Miss Patchen, of Bridgeport, and has chil. : 

1. Louis, 2. Carrie, 3. Jennie, 4. Willie. 

Emogene, 111. Smith Robinson. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [284] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Anna Beers of Stratford. His will is dated March 30, 1819, and 
gives his prop., after his wife's dec, to the chil. of his dec. bro. Walter, 
of Sharon. He d. Feb. 18, 1825 at Joseph Moss White's in Danbury while 
attending court there. The ins. on his tombstone in Fair. b.g. is as follows : 

" David Burr, Esq., 

who officiated as Clerk of the County Court 

for 46 yrs., and died suddenly at Danbury, 

on the 18th of Feb., 1825, ae. 67 yrs." 

He had one dau. 599a. Julia, 7 a beautiful girl who d. , aged 19 yrs. 



I 88 THE BURR FAMILY. 

WILLIAM BURR, [285] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Huldah . C'hil. : 

523. David 7 ; 524. Nathan 7 ; 525. Susanna 7 ; 526. Anne. 7 

He d. in 1822 ; his will is dated May 5, 1808, dist. of est. Nov. 27, 
1822, names above chil. 

JOSIAH BURR," [289a] of New Haven, Ct., 

m. Sept. 7, 17S0, to Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth Burr (his cousin, b. 
in Norwich, Ct., Friday, Sept. 9, 1762), by Rev. Allen Mather in New 
Haven, Ct. Chil.: 

526a. Thaddeus, 7 b. June 13, [781, d. in inf.; 526b. Sarah, 7 d. in 
inf.; 526c. Mary, 7 1). July 14, 1784; 526d. Lydia Smith, 7 b. Sept. r, 
1786 ; 526c Grace Hubbell, 7 b. July 2, 1788; 5261". Josiah, b. May 
10, 1790; 526g. Elizabeth Isaacs, 7 b. Aug. 9, 1792; 526b. Char- 
lotte, 7 d. Aug. 1794; 526L Josiah, 7 b. May 16. 1796, seven months 
after the death of his father and d. Aug. 23, 1802. Josiah the f. d. Oct. 
30, 1795, ;v -'- 44- Lydia his mother d. Jan. 10, 1794, ae. 64. 

Of above chil. Lydia S. [526d] was m. Oct. 31, 1807, to Samuel Starr 
by the Rev. Bela Hubbard and had three chil.: 

I. Amelia, b. Sept. 4, 1808, at Troy, N. Y., m. July 12, 1827, Paul 
Babcock and had a large family; 2. Henry Burr,\>. June 28, 181 1, m. 
Eliza Hardman and had 2 chil., 1. Henry and 2. Rosalie; after her death 
he m., 2d, Emily Ebbetts and had several chil.: 3. Harriet Louisa, b. Apr. 
14, 1818, m. Rev. Thomas Clapp Pitkin. 

Mrs. Lydia Starr d. in Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1865, se. So. 

Mary [526c] m. Zachariah Griswold of Danbury, Ct., Dec. 25, 1803, 
and had : I. Mary Dorothea : 2. James Burr ; 3. Julia ; 4. Henry 
Bates; 5- Charles; 6. Frederick H.j J. Elizabeth Burr ; 8. Emily Starr ; 
9. Catherine B.j 10. Elizabeth Isaacs. 

Grace H. [526c] m. Rev. Mr. Plumb. 

Josiah Burr was a merchant in New Haven trading to the West 
Indies. After two years in Yale College he left it and entered the mer- 
cantile business. He established in New Haven with Hon. Jeremiah 
Wadsworth of Hartford, then a Congressman from Connecticut, the first 
linen factory in the country. They also purchased large tracts of land in 
Western New York, then a wilderness. After his death his widow m. 2d. 
Mr. Newell Dodge of Pawling, N. Y. 

STURGES BURR, [290] of New Haven, Ct., 
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. David Judson, in New Haven, Aug. 17, 1782. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 89 

Capt. Judson was commissioned Captain in the Sth Regt. Conn. Line, 
Nov. 24, 1 781, and was an original member of the Connecticut Society of 
the Cincinnati. Their chil. were : 

527. David Judson, Jr., 1 b. June 4, 1783 ; 527a. Harriet, 7 who m. 
J. H. Turner, a Presbyterian clergyman, no chil.; 5 2 7 D « Elizabeth, 7 who 
m. the Rev. Stephen Mason, who filled a pastorate in Washington, D. C, 
from Feb. 18, 1818, to Dec. 18, 1820, then rem. to Medina, O. Had one 
son, I. Ebenezer Porter, a promising young author who died in youth 
before his remarkable powers had fully developed. 

OLIVER BURR, 6 [297] of Danbury, Ct., 

m. Catherine, dau. of Dr. Daniel Comstock, of Danbury. They had one 
dau.: 

528. Mary, 7 who m. Lucius H. Boughton, of Danbury. 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [299] of Danbury, Ct., 

m. 1st, Ann Bishop, of Danbury. They had one son : 

529. George, 7 b. Apr. i, 1807, d. in Flatbush, 1888. 
He m. 2d, Elizabeth Fleming, of N. Y. Chil.: 

530. Wiiiiam, 7 b. Dec. 25, 181 1, d. in inf.; 531. Edward White, 7 
b. July 17, 1813 ; 532. Fanny, 7 b. Apr. 23, 1815, m. May 16, 1837, 
Lucius P. Hoyt, of Danbury. They have chil. : Theodore, Robert, and 
Sarah. The latter m. Augustus Seeley. 

533. Mary A., 7 b. Jan. 16, 1817. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 6 [305J of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sally Burr, [518] and had chil.: 

534. Grissel A., 7 b. Apr. 17, 1805 ; 535. John, 7 b. Mar. 2r, 1S07 ; 
536, Henry, 7 b. May 10, 1809 ; 537. Sarah A.,' b. Apr. 2, 181 1 ; 538. 
Rufus, 7 b. Jan. 19, 1S14 ; 539. Theodore, 7 b. July 3, 1819. 

Grissel A. [534] m. Joseph Mott, of Bridgeport, and had chil.: 

I. Charles, who d. in California in 1857 ; 2. Henry ; 3« John ; 4. 
yane A. ; and 5. Arthur. 

Sarah A., [537] m. Dec. 24, 1828, David T. Wolsey, of Bridgeport, 
and had chil.: 

I. Mary L., b. Sept. 9, 1829; 2, Sarah J., b. Sept. 14, 1831 ; 3. 
Electa A., b. Apr. 7, 1834 ; 4, Susan A., b. Feb. 20, 1836 ; 5, John //.. 
b. Mar. 23, 1838 ; 6, Augusta, b. Nov. 5, 1843. 

Rufus Burr [538] m. Margaret Stillman, of Bridgeport. No chil. 

John Burr [535] m. Lucy Curtiss, of Bridgeport. 



I QO THE BURR FAMILY. 

SILAS BURR," [310] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Charity Banks, March 16, 1796, had 3 daus. : 

540. Catherine, 7 who m. Morris Ketchum, a banker of N. Y. and 

Westport. She d. , and Mr. Ketchum m. 2d, 541. Angeline, 7 2d 

dau. of Silas Burr. 

542. Charity, 7 d. unm. 

Morris Ketchum had a son, I. Morris Burr, who d. 1855, and a dau. 
2. Catherine, who was m. in the old Burr Homestead, Westport, by the Rev. 
Stephen Tyng to Israel Corse, Oct. 7, 1846, and had one child, r. Ange- 
line Burr, who m. Cadwalader Evans, of Philadelphia, in 1872, and had, 1. 
Israel Corse, Jr.; 2. Mary Abigail ; 3. Katherine Ketchum; 4. Margaret 
Ketchum. 

Morris Ketchum, Sr., d. in New York, Jan. 1, 18S0. 

Silas Burr d. 181 1, leaving a large estate for that day, $810.87 personal, 
$12,667.66 real. 

THADDEUS BURR, [313] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Rhoda Meeker. Their chil. were : 

543, Peter, 7 d. at sea July 9, 1827, 02. 26 years ; 544. Lewis, 7 b. 
Sept. 16, 1S06 ; 545* Mary, 7 who m. George Morehouse, and had chil. : 
I, Abbie ; 2, Cornelia W. 

546, Albert. 7 

Thaddeus Burr d. Feb. 21, 1858. 

EPHRAIM H. BURR, 8 [320] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Eunice, dau. of Daniel Sherwood, of F. Chil.: 

547, Henry, 7 b. Sept. 26, 1826 ; 548. Frances. 7 

Mr. Burr d. in Fairfield, Sept. 9, 1885, as. nearly 91 years. 

EBENEZER BURR, [32 1 ] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Osborne, of F., Apr. 24, 1825. Their chil.: 

549. David 7 ; 550. Angeline, 7 who m. Samuel Morehouse and had 
chil.: 

I. Mary E.; 2. Eliza B.j 3. Samuel C; 4. Anne O. 

551. William 7 ; 552. Sarah E., 7 who m. James Buckley; 553. 
Eliza A., 7 who m. Benjamin Buckley ; 554. Cornelia, 7 who m. Andrew 
P. Wakeman, of F., May 15, 1861 ; has chil.: 

1. "Jennie L.; 2. Samuel Burr ; 3. Andrew S.; 4, Bacon; 5< Emma 
F.; 6. Carrie '/'., dec. Aug 23, 1BS4 ; 7. Joseph: 8. Howard; 9. Bessie 
O., dec. Sept. 21, 1882 ; 10. Florence C. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 19I 

Jennie L. (i) was m. to William D. Aiken, of Paterson, N. Y., Oct. 15, 
1885, d. Dec. 14, 1889 ; Samuel Burr (2) was m. to Margaret Kealy of 
F., in Sept. 1898 ; Bacon (4) was m. to Helen Whiting, dau. of Joseph H. 
and Helen Whiting Sturges of F., July 16, 1896 and has two chil.: 1. Mil- 
dred Sturges, b. Jan. 15, 1898, and 2. Joseph Alien, b. Oct. 27, 1899. Mr. 
Wakeman is a lawyer practising in Bridgeport, Ct. 

555. Samuel, 7 a sailor, lost from the barque Palermo, Aug. iS, 1857, 
se. 18 yrs.; 556. Mary, 7 b. 1841,111. John H. Jennings; 557. Emma, 7 
unm.; 558. Julia, 7 mini. 

Mr. Burr d. Nov. 28, 1873. 

JESSE BUPvR, 6 [324] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Sally Wilson. Chil.: 

559. Amelia, 7 who m. Abraham Hubbell, Dec. 18, 1814; 560. 
Charlotte, 7 who m. Jesse Baker, and lived and died in Hartford, Ct.; 
561, Eunice, 7 who m. Alfred Brunson, a Methodist clergyman, and rem. 
to Ohio ; 562. Betsey, 7 m. John Vaun, and rem. to Ohio ; 563, Sallie, 7 
m. Nathaniel Burr, who was the f. of Mrs. D. F. Wolsey and Mrs. Joseph 
Mott, of Bridgeport, Ct. She d. aged 63. 

564. Jesse, 7 ran away to sea in boyhood and shipped on board a 
vessel at New Haven. Sea-faring friends of the family occasionally met 
him in distant ports, and wrote home news of him to his anxious mother. 
When last heard from he was wounded on a vessel which had been fired 
on by a Spanish cruiser — and it is, perhaps, reasonable to suppose that he 
did not survive his injury. 

565. Samuel, 7 was in command of a revenue cutter in the employ of 
the Government. He was last heard from at Norfolk, Va., from which 
place he addressed a letter to his mother, stating that he was about to sail 
for the coast of Africa. Nothing was ever after heard of the vessel or her 
crew. 

566. John, 7 went to the West Indies on a British man-of-war, and 
died there ; 5^7- Eunice, d. at 14 years of age. 

Jesse the f. d. in June, T813, ae. 59 yrs. Consequently he was b. in 
1754, and was 22 yrs. of age at the beginning of the war of the Revolution. 
He served as a private in the Continental Army for three years, and kept 
a journal of his experiences and of the events of the times, which has 
been lost or destroyed. He lived at Pequonnock, in a house standing 
where now we recognize the residence of Wm. Leigh, on the corner of 
North and Clinton avenues.* 

* From a paper read by Dr. Lewis, of Bridgeport, at a thanksgiving gathering in that 
city, Nov. 30, 1876. 



I92 THE BURR FAMILY. 

WILLIAM BURR/ [325] of Southbury, Ct., 

in. Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah Hubbell, b. June 22, 1770. Their chil. were : 
568. Alvin, T 1). Apr. 23, 1788; 569. Abigail, 7 b. July 19, 1790, m. 
Pearce Mitchell, and raised a family of eleven chil. ; is still living at 
Meredith, N. Y. 

570. Sallie, 7 b. Apr., 1792, m. Preston Downs, had an only dau., who 
m. John Guthrie, and had a son, Henry. Sallie d. Nov. 15, 1857. 

571. Betsey, 7 b. May 2, 1794, m. a Mr. Downs of Southbury, and 
raised a fam. of one s. and three daus. 

572. Avis, 7 b. May 26, 1797. She m. Russell VVooster, and had four 
chil. 

I. Col. William Burr Wooster : 2. Dr. Samuel K. Wooster, a physi- 
cian in Grand Rapids, Mich. A daughter dec, and 4. Amanda, who m. 
Joseph W. Narramore, of Ansonia, Ct. and had a dau., 1. Amelia Wooster, 
who m. June 16, 1X97, Harrison A. Cornell, Jr., of Croton-on-Hudson, and 
has one child, 1. Marguerite Elida, b. Aug. 19, T900. Mr. J. W. Narra- 
more d. Sept. 16, 1S98. 

Like many sons of Burr mothers, Colonel William B. Wooster's record 
is a very gratifying one. He was three times elected to the House 
and once to the Senate. In the trying days of 1861 he was a member of 
the House Military Committee, and drafted nearly every bill for bounties 
to soldiers and their families passed that session. 

In August, 1862, he was commissioned Lieut. -Col. of the 20th Reg. 
Conn. Vols., and with his command was at once ordered to the front. He 
commanded that regiment at Chancellorsville, was taken prisoner and sent 
to Libby Prison, but was exchanged in time to take command of his regi- 
ment at the battle of Gettysburg. After that battle his command was 
hurried west with Hooker's Corps to the relief of Rosecrans, then shut 
up in Chattanooga with his supplies cut off, anil in the battles of Lookout 
Mountain and Pea Ridge aided in relieving him. 

In March, 1864, on nomination of Gov. Buckingham, Col. Wooster 
was appointed by the Secretary of War Col. of the 29th Conn. Vol. 
(colored), and from that time the history of this regiment became his 
own. It was the first to enter Richmond on that memorable Monday of 
April, 1865, and, after Lee's surrender, was ordered to the Rio Grande, 
where it spent the summer. In the fall, just before the regiment was mus- 
tered out, Colonel Wooster resigned, returned to Conn., and resumed the 
practice of the law, and on the election of Gen. Hawley as Governor was 
1 1 unmissioned, and served during his term, as Paymaster-General of the 
State. Col. Wooster d. Sept. 20, 1900, at his home in Ansonia, Ct., and 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 93 

was buried on the 22d with military honors, the press, the people, and 
his comrades of the Grand Army uniting to do him honor and reverence. 

573. Olive, 7 b. June 9, 1800 ; 574. George, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1803 ; 
575. Erastus, 7 b. June 22, 1805 ; 576. Eliza, 7 b. Oct. 2, 1808, m. Abel 
W. Bronson, of Southbury, had two sons, one living, res. in Ansonia, Ct. ; 
577. Harry, 7 b. May 26, 1811, d. Sept. 19, 1834, unm. ; 578. William, 7 
b. June 14, 1814, d. Nov. 25, 1838, unm. 

Wm. Burr the f. d. in Southbury, June 28, 1841. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [326] of Ohio, 
m. Jerusha Beardsley, and rem. to Ohio. I have no record of his des. 

ELIJAH BURR, [327] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Deborah . Chil. : 

579. William 7 ; 580. Munson 7 ; 581. Lewis 7 ; 582. Charity, 7 

m. Ezra Hawley Oct., 1805. Chil. : 

I. Emmeline ; 2. William Burr ; 3* Harriet T. j 4. Cordelia; 5« 
Marietta. She d. Sept. 27, 181 7. 

583. Marietta, 7 b. Jan. 28, 1796, m. Nov. 25, 1820, George Hawley, 
of Catskill, N. Y. Chil. : 

I. M arietta B., b. Sept. 11, 1821, m. May 22, 1855, John A. Hand; 
2. Emmeline C, b. Dec. 10, 1825, d. Feb. 1, 1826 ; 3. Augusta A., b 
Aug. 6, 1828, d. Feb. 24, 1830 ; 4, George A., b. May 13, 1830, m. May 
31, 1859, Mary Bingham. Mrs. Hawley d. Apr. 20, 1862. 

584, Ann S. 7 ; 585, Alletia, 7 as named in the dist. of their father's 
estate, Aug. 22, 1813. 

AMOS BURR," [336] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Abigail E. Shelton, of Huntington, Apr. 18, 1796. Chil. : 

586. Caroline, 7 b. Feb., 1798; 587. John, 7 b. Nov., 1800; 588, 
David H,, 7 b. Aug., 1803 ; 589. Rebecca, 7 b. July, 1805 ; 590. Fred- 
erick, 7 b. July, [807 ; 591, Henry A,, 7 b. Dec, 1809 ; 592. Elizabeth, 7 
b. Nov., 181 1 ; 593, Sarah Ann, 7 b. Jan., 1814. 

Amos the f. d. Nov., 1856. Of the daughters, Caroline m. Hull 
Sherwood, of Southport, Ct, has five chil. : 

1. John H. j 2. David H. ; 3. Cornelia A. j 4. Caroline B.j 5. 
Arthur H. 

John (1) m. Selina Beecher, has two chil. David (2) m. Antoinette 

Beardsley, has two chil. Cornelia (3) m. Rev. D. H. Short, an Episcopal 

clergyman. Caroline (4) m. Henry A. Knapp, has four chil. Arthur (5) 

Julia Buckley, has one child. 
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194 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Rebecca [589] m. Bronson Hawley, of Bridgeport, May 7, 1826. 
Their chil. were : 

1. Harriet; 2. Edgar IV., d. July 24, 1901, mini. ; 3. Rebecca A. ; 4. 
Frank; 5. Frederick B. ; 6. William Henry ; 7. Alexander. Mrs. Haw- 
ley d. June 6, 1892. 

Frederick (5) was a soldier in the war for the Union, was promoted to 
the rank of Lieutenant, wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, and 
afterwards discharged. He m. Jennie E. Hawley. Apr., 1865. They 
have five chil. 

1. Susie ; 2. Helen; 3. Frank ; 4. Willie ; and an infant daughter. 

Rebecca (3) m. Edward Sterling, Oct., 1863, has four chil. : 

r. Jennie H. ; 2. George B. ; 3. Emma R. ; 4. Alice Burr. 

Alexander (7) m. Susan H. Waller, Sept., 1873, has two sons : 

r. George W. ; 2. Alexander W. 

William Henry (6) served in the civil war two years, enlisting as private, 
but was rapidly promoted to be Captain, and detailed on the General's 
staff as Assistant Inspector-General. He belonged to the 14th Conn. 
Infantry, and was engaged in twenty-seven battles. He was instantly 
killed while on the skirmish line in the engagement at Ream's Station, Va. 
(Weldon R. R.), Aug. 25, 1864, at the age of 23 years. 

Frank (4) m. Jennie Curtis, and d. Sept., 1S60, leaving one son, 
Frederick S. 

Elizabeth Burr m. Alexander Hamilton, a lineal descendant of Gen. 
Hamilton, Sept., 1837, and died May 27, 1901. Their chil. were : 

1. Jennie ; 2. Gurdon C, who m. Annie E. Powers, May 25, 
1 S69, and has two living chil. : 1. William Clinton, and 2. Grace Burr. 

3. William C, who m. Catharine Ferris, Oct. 15, 1895, and has one 
child, 1. Elizabeth Burr, born March 6, 1898. 

Sarah Ann [593] ni. William R. Symons, of Savannah, Ga., has one 
son, 1. Frederick William, b. Oct. 6, 1843. He m. Feb. 1 1, 1 S 7 3 , Miss Jane 
E. Henderson of Savannah, and has two daughters, 1. Lillian Elise Burr, 
and 2. Lulu Adelaide. The latter m. Sept. 6, 1899, Horace Robinson, of 
Citronville, Fla., and has one dau., b. June 19, rgoi. Sarah, the mother, 
d. Oct. 9, 1843. 

OZIAS BURR, 6 [338] or Worthington, O., 

m. 1st, Lois Jennings, who d. leaving a dau. : 

594. Lois, 7 who m. Chas Sherwood, and had four chil : 
1. Mary; 2. Harriet; 3. Charles: and 4. Samuel. 
Ozias Burr m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Couch, of Redding. 
Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 95 

595. Philo, 7 b. Jan. 27, 1799 ; 596. Jonathan Nash, 7 b. Nov. 15, 
1S00 ; 597. Charles E., 7 b. March 7, 1803 ; 598. Erastus, 7 b. Apr. 15, 
l8o 5 ; 599- George Couch, 7 b. Dec. 25, 1S07 ; 600. Levi J., 7 b. Apr. 
12, 1810; 601. Catherine, 7 b. Feb. 29, 1812, m. Rev. John Ufford ; 
602. William H., 7 b. July 13, 1815, d. in the Mexican War ; 603. Phil- 
ander, 7 b. March 19, 1820, at Worthington, O. The others were born at 
Fairfield, Ct. 

Ozias the f. d. Aug. 15, 1845, at Worthington, O. 

NICHOLS BURR, 6 [339] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Edith Allen, of Bridgeport, had one dau., 

604. Maria, 7 who d. unm. 
He d. Apr., i860. 

WAKEMAN BURR, [344] of Seneca Falls, N. Y., 

rem. at an early day to Seneca Falls, where he bought and cleared a large 

farm. He m. , and had : 

604a. Jarvis Piatt, 7 b. 1809 ; 604b. Catherine 7 ; 604c. Evelyn 7 ; 
604d. Mary. 7 

LEVI BURR, 6 [345] of Southport, Ct., 

m. 1st, Anna Robinson, of F. She bore him two chil. : 

605. Samuel S. 7 ; 606. Caroline, 7 who m. Reuben C. Bull, of N. Y. 
He m. 2d, Anna, dau. of Benjamin Darrow of F., a Rev. soldier, and 

engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill The chil. by this marriage were : 

607. Mary F., 7 b. Oct. 25, 1816, who m. John L. Thorne and had : 
I. Reuben, b. 1843, and d. at Annapolis in 1861, while a soldier in the 

Union army ; and 2. Anna, b. in 1S48, d. in 1864. 

608. Levi W., 7 b. July 7, 1818 ; 609. Jabez, 7 b. Apr., 1S25. 

MAJOR HEZEKIAH BURR, 6 [350] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Mary Annabel. Chil. : 

610. Ephraim, 7 b. May 7, 1785, d. Sept. 7, 1803 ; 611. James, 7 b. 
Feb. 10, 1787 ; 612. Silliman, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1790 ; 613. John, 7 b. Oct. 
29, 1794, d. March 27, 1800 ; 614. Ephraim, 7 b. Dec. 26, 1803. 

Major Burr d. Apr. 24, 1840. His wid., Mary, Jan. 8, 1848, ae. 88 yrs. 
and 7 mos. 

NATHANIEL BURR, [351] OF Fairfield, Ct., 
m. Betsey Jennings and had three chil., of whom nothing is known. 



196 THE BURR FAMILY. 

GIDEON BURR, 6 [352] of Fairfield, Ct., 

never m. d. 1808. Est. dist. Oct. 23, 180S, to his brothers and sisters. 
His bros. Nathaniel and Hezekiah were then living. I have no record of 
their marriage or death. 

ELISHA BURR," [359] of Trumbull, Ct., 

m. Mary Osborne, of Trumbull, and had chil. : 

615. Zalmon M. ' ; 616. Ozias 7 ; 617. Elizur 7 ; 618. Elisha B. 7 ; 
619. Mary N., 7 who m. Henry Smith, has one dau., Julia A ; 619a. 
Elvira, 7 who m. Isaac C. Palmer, of New York, and has chil. : I. Henry y 

2. Caroline ; 3. Adaline ; and 4. Rosanna. 

620. Abbie, 7 who m. Benjamin W. Meade, of Monroe, Ct., and had 
chil. : I. Sarah A ; 2. Burr j 3. Munson ; 4. Jane Augusta ; 5- George 
II'. ; and 6. Edward — the latter a soldier who gave his life for the 
Union. 

MURRIN BURR,' [364] of New York, 

m. . Chil. : 

621. Zera, 7 who resides in Perrington, N. Y. ; 622. Ambrose, 7 
623. Charles. 7 

CAPT. HENRY BURR, 6 [365] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Feb. 1, 1796, Anna Martha Hawley, b. Nov. 6, 1779. Chil. : 

624. Josiah, 7 b. Sept. 9, 1797 ; 625. Isaac, 7 b. Apr. 12, 1799 \ 626. 

Judson, 7 b. June 15, 1802 ; 627. Clarke, 7 b. June 10, 1807 ; 628. 

Benjamin, 7 b. June 23, 1813. 

Capt Burr d. 1834 ; his w. Anna, Jan 18, 1844. 

JAMES BURR," [371] of Howell, Mich., 

d. at Howell, Mich., Feb. 28, 185 1. Served in U. S. Army, War of 
1812 ; m. Sally Winton, b. May 5, 1794, d. Oct. 28, 1S75, at Howell, 
Mich. Chil. : 

629. John Winton, 7 b. Nov. 27, 1812, at Stepney, Ct., and 630. 
Jane Lucinda, 7 b. Jan. 27, 1816, at Danbury, Ct. 

Jane Lucinda [ 630 1 m. Jan. r, 1833, Thomas Brooks, and d. at Howell, 
Mar. 31, 1885. Chil. : 

I. Huldahjane, b. Nov. 7, 1833; 2. James E., b. Mar. 18, 1836; 

3. Mary A., b. Aug. 2, 1839 ; 4. Winton Burr, b. May 12, 1S42 ; 5. 
Sally Lucinda, b. Feb., 1844 ; 6. Laura A., b. Jan. 5, 1848 ; 7. Thomas B., 
Jr., 1). Sept. 30, 1CS50, d. in inf. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 97 

Of these chil. Huldah Jane (i) in. William Sharpe, May 10, 1852, d. 
Dec. 31, 1S63. Chil. : 1. Mary Jane; 2. Sarah ; 3. Lettie B. ; 4. 
Jennie ; 5. Nellie. 

Mary Jane Sharpe (1) m. John Hallett. Chil. : 1. Frederick, and a 
child unnamed. 

Lettie Sharpe (3) m. Henry Shellinberger. Chil. : 1. Cora Huldah ; 

2. Hattie ; 3. Henry ; 4. Zetta, and a child unnamed. 

Jennie Sharpe (4) m. Charles Thrasher. Chil.: 1. Gilbert; 2. Emma; 

3. William ; 4. George ; 5. Jessie ; 6. Amey ; 7. Matthew; 8. Margaret. 
James E. Brooks (2) m. Marilda Blaine, Dec. 30, 1S58, has one child, 

1 . Cora. 

Cora Brooks (1) m. M. J. Smythe. Chil.: 1. Nellie; 2. Caroline, 
and a child unnamed. 

Mary A. Brooks (3) m. George Sage, Sept. 24, 1S61, at Howell, Mich., 
d. Jan., 1896, leaving one child, 1. Zetta. 

Winton Burr Brooks (4) b. May 12, 1842. Served in the 9th Mich. 
Infantry for over three years during the Civil War. He m. Cornelia Curtis 
Howell, and had chil. : 1. Nellie ; 2. William ; 3. Viola. 

Sally Lucinda Brooks (5) m. James Cavell, Apr. 30, 1874. Chil. : 
1. Edwin Brooks, b. Nov. 3, 1874 ; 2. Harry Z., b. Sept. 30, 1880, d. 
Jan. 13, 1890 ; 3. James Burr, b. June 13, 1884. 

Laura A. Brooks (6) m. De Witt Fishbeck, May 4, 1867. Chil. : 
1. Winton B. ; 2. Jacob ; 3. Millie; res. at Howell, Mich. 

STRATTON BURR, 6 [372] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Huldah Northrop, of Monroe. Chil. : 

631. Hanford, 7 b. Jan. 4, 1806 ; 632. Harriet, 7 b. Mar 18, 1S07 ; 
633. Harry, 7 b. May 27, 1808; 634. Hepsy, 7 b. Dec. 20, 1810 ; 635. 
Halsey, 7 b. Aug. 20, 1812 ; 636. Mehitable, 7 b. Sept. 3, 1S14 ; 637. 
Charles G., 7 b. Jan. 10, 1816 ; 638. Mary A., 7 b. Nov. 10, 1818 ; 639. 
Rosilla A., 7 b. May 6, 1820 ; 640. Erastus, 7 b. May 6, 1822. 

DANIEL H. BURR, 6 [376] of La Peer, N. Y. 

m. Grace Barlow. Chil. : 

641. Louisa M. 7 ; 642. Albert, 7 b. June 17, 1813 ; 643. Mary A. ' ; 
644. Andrew 7 ; 645. Daniel H., 7 b. July 6, 1822. 

Daniel the f. d. at La Peer, Cortland Co., N. Y. 

ISAAC BURR,' 1 [377] of Meredith, N. Y., 

m. Deborah Raymond, Sept. 4, 1809. She was born at Norwalk, Ct., May 
22, 1783. Their chil. were : 



1 98 THE BURR FAMILY. 

646. Mary, 7 b. at Meredith, N. Y., May 19, 1810, never m., d. at Mer., 
Feb. 17, i«' ; ;,6 ; 647. Betsey, 7 b. Aug. 31, 1811, m. Rev. Crispus Wright, 
Feb. 13, t <S3<S. Their chil. were: I. Mary /'., b. Dec. 14, 1838, d. at 
Westford, Otsego Co., N. Y., Apr. 21, 1875 ; 2. Edward A'., b. Nov. 10, 
1840, d. at Fairfax Sem. Hospital, Mar. 23, 1863, of disease contracted in 
the volunteer'service of the United States ; 3. Louisa J '., b. Sept. 30, 1842 ; 
4. George, b. Dec. 27, 1844 ; 5. Julia S., b. Dec. 27, 1844, d. Apr. 16, 
1857 ; 6. Alt/tea jf., b. June 19, 1852. 

648. George, 7 b. Apr. 5, 1813 ; 649. Charles, 7 b. Apr. 30, 1815 ; 
650. Jane, 7 b. Nov. 20, 1S16, m. Oren Porter, Mar. 19, 1S39. Had a dau., 

Alida, b. Jan. n, 1847, m. , d. at Durham, N. Y., and a son, b. 

Jan. 7, 1850, which did not survive birth. Jane, the mother, d. Jan. 7, 
1850. 

651. Julia, 7 b. Oct. 5, 1S19, m. Joseph A. Taylor, May 28, 1849, and 
2d, Leonard P. Hanson, Feb. 2, 1851, d. at Delaware, O., Aug. 9, 1856 ; 
652. Raymond, 7 b. Apr. 2, 182 1 ; 653. Isaac, 7 b. Jan. 2, 1823 ; 654. 
Washington, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1824. 

Isaac Burr was a man of superior abilities ; he early entered politics. 
He was a delegate to the Cons. Conv. of 184- of New York, and Whig 
candidate for Member of Congress in his district. The district was demo- 
cratic but he was defeated by a bare majority. 

CYRUS BURR/' [380] of Springfield, Pa., 

m. Sally Ackerly. Chil.: 

655. Jehu, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1819; 656. Semira 7 ; 657. William A 7 ; 
658. Bolivar 7 ; 659. Eleanor 7 ; 660. Marinda 7 ; 661. Mary 7 ; 662. 
Hannah E. 7 

Cyrus the f. d. at Springfield, Pa., Aug. 3, 1869. 

PHILO BURR,' [381] of Andes, N. Y., 

m. Sarah Babbitt. Chil.: 

663. Edwin B., 7 b. June, 1X22; 664. Francis E., 7 b. March 28, 
1824, is m. and res. at Adrian, Mich. 

Philo the f. d. at Andes, March 18, 1835. 

JONATHAN BURR,' [382] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer, Redfield, b. 1770. Chil.: 

665. Henrietta, 7 b. Dec. 0, [791 ; 666. Daniel, 7 b. July 12, 1794 ; 
667. Elizabeth, 7 !). Nov. 28, [796; 668. Martha, 7 b. Dec 17, 1799; 
669. Sarah, 7 b. July 27, 1802 ; 670. Abigail, 7 b. July 18, 1805 ; 671. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 1 99 

Jonathan, 7 b. Dec. 5, 1807 ; 672. Ebenezer Ward, 7 b. Mar. 19, 181 1 ; 
673. Augustus, 7 b. Oct. 6, 1813. 

Of the daus. Henrietta [665] m. Samuel J. Morehouse, of Green's 
Farms, Ct., Feb. 15, 1S1S. Chil.: I. Jarvis, b. 1819 ; 2. Sarah, b. 18 — ; 
3. Henrietta, b. 1826 ; 4. Mary, b. Mar. 19, 1833. 

Jarvis (1) m. Adelia Bains ; Sarah (2) m. A. D. Van Wickle ; Henrietta 

(3) m. Francis Taylor, of Westport, Ct.; Mary (4) in. John B. Gray, at 
Berlin, 111., Nov. 15, 1854, d. at Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1861, and is in- 
terred in the family plot at Green's Farms, Ct. Jarvis Morehouse above 
d. Mar. 18, 1847, his w. Adelia, Sept. 24, 1846. Henrietta Morehouse d. 
at Milan, O., Aug. 25, 1849. Her husband, Samuel J., was accidentally 
drowned in Norwalk Harbor, Ct. 

Elizabeth [667] m. Morris Alvord. Chil.: I Elizabeth B., b. Nov. 15, 
1818 ; 2. Martha, b. Nov. 23, 1820 ; 3. Mary A., b. Dec. 29, 1825 ; 4. 
Harriet, b. May 27, 1S26 ; 5. Urania S., b. Jan. 12, 1829 ; 6. Louisa, b. 
Oct. 5, 1832. 

Elizabeth (1) m. Gilbert A. Knudson, Mar. 20, 1845, d. in Brooklyn, 
N. Y., Dec. 19, 1886. Mr. Knudson d. Feb. 9, 1879. Martha (2) m. 
Henry M. Hines, of Bridgeport, Ct., May 22, 1848, d. in Bridgeport, May 
12, 1849. Mary A. (3) m. John Knapp, of Bridgeport, Ct., Sept. 26, 1853, 
d. in Bridgeport, Dec. 14, 1887. Her husband d. Sept. 4, 1884. Harriet 

(4) d. unm. at Southport, Ct., Jan. 27, 1864. Urania S. (5) m. Elwood M. 
Buckley at Southport, Ct., Nov. 4, 1850. Louisa (6) m. Burr Osborn, of 
Southport, Ct., Feb. 28, 1853. Morris Alvord d. at Southport, Ct., Apr. 

6, 1852. Elizabeth, his wife, d. there May 28, 1867. 

Martha [668] m. Dr. Talcott Banks, of Green's Farms, Ct., Sept. 30, 
182 1. Their chil. were : 

1. Mary, b. June 26, 1822, m. William C. Hull in New York, Aug. 2, 
1843, an d d. there Nov. 18, 1846. Mr. Hull m. for his second wife 
Martha B. (3) Dec. 4, 1848. She d. Dec. 18, 1887, at Westport, Ct. Her 
husband d. Jan. 8, 1888, and was interred beside his wife in the family 
plot at Green's Farms, his four sons acting as pall bearers. 

2. Henry Ward, b. Mar. 4, 1824 ; m. 1st, Eunice W. Wells in Hatfield, 
Mass., Dec. 25, 1849. She d. at St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 6, 1861, and was in- 
terred at Green's Farms. He m. 2d, Sarah Betts in Stamford, Ct., 1863. 

3. Martha B., b. May 16, 1826, m. William C. Hull. Chil.: 1. Joseph 
T., 2. William C, 3. Mary B., 4. Martha L., 5. Eunice B., 6. Talcott B., 

7. David A., and 8. Henry B. 

4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1830, m. Benjamin H. Howell in New 
York, Apr. 21, 185 1. Dr. Talcott Banks d. at Westport, Ct., Nov 3, 
.831. 



200 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Sarah [669] m. Edward Hyde, of Green's Farms, Ct., Sept. 10, 1826, 
d. Aug. 8, 1879 ; her husband d. May 17, 1887. 

Abigail [670] m. William H. Burr [674] Apr. 1838, d. at Green's 
Farms, Mar. 25, 1839. 

Augustus Burr [673] m. Isabella Farret, in Texas. No chil. He d. 
at sea, July it, 1855 ; his w. d. about 1SG0 in Texas. 

ZALMON BURR, ,; [383] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Mary Hanford, b. June 20, 1782, a lineal descendant of Thomas Han- 
ford and Mary Cook, who came to this country in the Mayflower. Their 
chil. were : 

674. William H., 7 b. Oct. 7, 1808; 675. Zalmon B., T b. Oct. 4, 
1812 ; 676. Enoch F./ 1). Oct. 20, 1818. 

TALCOTT BURR," [391] of Wilmington, N. C, 

m. Emily Bernard, dau. of Edward J. Bernard, of Wilmington. Chil.: 

677. William A. ' ; 678. James Green 7 ; 679. Juliana 7 ; 680. 
Emily 7 ; 681. Talcott 7 ; 682. Mary S. 7 ; 683. Eliza C. 7 ; 684. 
Charles C. 7 ; 685. Ravenscroft ' ; 686. Jane A. 7 

Of the daus., Juliana and Emily are dead, one m. Mr. E. A. Cushing, 
of Ohio, and has one son, E. A. Cushing j the other two are unm. All of 
the sons, except James and Charles, d. young and unm. Charles is living 
and unm. Talcott d. of typhoid fever, Jan. 2, 1858, x. 3S yrs. He was 
educated for the bar, and practised law a short time, but soon relinquished 
his profession for the editor's chair. In 1848 he purchased the Wilming- 
on Chronicle, then issued weekly, changed its name to the Herald, and is- 
sued first a semi-weekly, and afterwards a daily edition. He was a stanch 
Whig, and a bold and fearless writer, and under his management the paper 
became quite popular, and exercised a decided influence on the politics of 
the State. A short time before his death he was invited to remove to 
Raleigh, and take charge of the party organ there, but declined the offer, 
preferring the position in Wilmington. 

SELEECK BURR," T395J of Westport, Ct., 

hi. Abigail Jennings, of Fairfield, Oct. 21, 1798. Chil. : 
687. Gershom, 7 bapt. March 16, 1800. 
Perhaps others. Rec. at Green's Farms. 

INCREASE BURR, L406I of Easton, Ct., 
m. Annie Bulkley, of Fairfield, Ct. Their chil. were : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 201 

688. Bradley 7 ; 689. Lydia ' ; 690. Abel 7 ; 691. Jesse 7 ; 692. 
Alfred, 7 b. March 6, 1790 ; 693. Anna 7 ; 694. Deborah 7 ; 695. Den- 
sie 7 ; 696. Jonathan 7 ; 697. Horace. 7 

Deborah [694] m. James Jennings, of Easton, March 16, 1820. Chil. : 
I. Harriet, b. Apr. 5, 1S21 ; 2. James, b. Nov. 21, 1823 ; 3. Martha, 
b. Nov. 1, 1825 ; 4. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1828 ; 5. Sarah, b. May n, 1830 ; 
6. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1833 ; 7. ^«;; J/., b. Feb. 18, 1837 ; 8. Albin B., 
b. Nov. 27, 1839. 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [408] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Ffuldah Goodsell, of Greenfield, Ct. Chil. : 

698. David 7 ; 699. Nathan 7 ; 700. Susan 7 ; and 701. Anne, 7 

who m. Nathaniel Gould Briscoe, of Newtown, Ct. 

JOSEPH BURR," [409], 

m. Sarah Hill, of Greenfield, Ct. Chil. : 

702. Ellen 7 ; 703. Priscilla 7 ; 704. Clarissa 7 ; and 705. Hill. 7 

ABELL BURR, 6 [412] of Redding, Ct., 
m. Sarah Wood. No chil. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [414] of Ridgefield, Ct., 

m. Sally Lobdell, of Ridgefield, Ct. Chil. : 

706. Barlow, 7 who m. Miss Dibble, and res. in Ridgefield ; 707. 
Polly, 7 who ra. Samuel Baxter ; and 708. Caroline, 7 unm. 

CADWELL BURR, 6 [415] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Eunice Wood, Feb., 1787. Chil. : 

709. Abel, 7 b. Aug. 27, 1787, d. unm. in Bethel, Ct., 1877 ; 710. 
Sarah, 7 b. Feb. 5, 1789, m. Nathan Scott, of Ridgefield, Ct., and had two 
daus. : I. Sarah, who m. John Way ; and 2. Amelia. 

711. David, 7 b. Jan. 1, 1791 ; 712. Anna, 7 b. Feb. 19, 1793, m. 
Nehemiah Mead, of Ridgefield, Ct. ; 713. Harvey, 7 b. Feb. 13, 1795 ; 
714. John, 7 b. Sept. 15, 1798 ; 715. Pamelia, 7 m. Noah Taylor, of Red- 
ding ; 716. Jacob, 7 ; 716a. Emmeline, 7 who m. Daniel Bradley, of 
Ridgefield. 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [416] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Ellen Sherwood, and had chil. : 

717* Walter, 7 who m. Hannah Lockwood, and rem. to the West ; 



202 THE BURR FAMILY. 

718. Betsey, 7 who m. David Scott, of Ridgefield, and had chil. : I. Albert, 

2. Samuel, 3. Adctline. 

719. Zalmon. 7 

CHARLES BURR, 6 [417] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Abigail Stevens, and had a dau. : 

720. Elizabeth, 7 who m. Richard Bouton, of Westport, Ct. 

SETH BURR, 6 [418] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth Lobdell, Jan. 23, 1788. Chil. : 

721. Sturges, 7 b. Apr. 22, 1789, d. in inf. ; 722. Jesse, 7 b. Aug. 5, 
1791, d. in inf. ; 723. Eli, 7 b. July 16, 1797, rec. at Redding, d. unra. ; 
724. Delia (Fam. Rec). 

JOSEPH BURR," [419] of Redding, Ct., 
m. Lucinda Beardsley, Apr. 8, 1795. No rec. of chil. 

JESSE BURR, 1 [421] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Ellen Ogden, 1780. Had one son : 

725. Morris, 7 and perhaps others. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [424] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Mary Banks, dau. of Jesse Banks, of Redding. Chil. : 

726. Eli 7 ; 727. Wakeman ' ; 728. Jesse ' ; 729. Willis : ; 730. 
Emeline ' ; 731. Fanny, 7 m. Eli Morgan, of Bethel. 

CAPT. JOHN BURR," [425] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Abigail Davis, of Harpersfield, N. Y. Chil : 

732. Moses 7 ; 733. Betsey, 7 who m. Joel Thorpe, of Redding, and 
had two chil : I. Lyman, who 111. Harriet Fanton, and d. young, leaving a 
son 1. Arthur, now in Nevada ; and 

2. Abbie, who m. William Morgan, a well-known citizen of Brooklyn, 
X. X ., and has chil. : 1. J^ohn, a real estate agt. in Brooklyn, dec. ; 2. Henry, 

3. Annie, 4. Susie, and 5. Ambrose. 

Mr. Wm. Morgan d. Sept. 27, 1877, ae. 73 yrs. Mrs. Abbie Morgan 
d. 18S9. 

734. David ; 735. Bradley, 7 b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; 736. John. 

John the f. d. 1804. He went to sea when a mere lad, and was master 
of a vessel at twenty-one. He last commanded the brig Rising Sun, en- 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 203 

gaged in the West India trade. He was informed before sailing that she 
was utterly unseaworthy, but having signed his contract with the owners, 
refused to break it, and sailed away to his death ; neither captain, vessel, 
nor crew were ever heard of again. His wife, left with five small children 
to rear, nobly fulfilled her trust, and had the satisfaction of seeing them all 
become honored and useful members of society. 

ELIPHALET BURR, 6 [432] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. , and had one son : 

737- Joseph, 7 and perhaps others. 

SAMUEL BURR, C [433] of Newburgh, N. Y., 

m. Charlotte Case, of Marlborough, N. Y. Their chil. were : 

738. Sybil S., 7 who m. Martin Benedict, of New York ; 739. Sarah, 7 

who m. James Hunt, of Ossining, N. Y., and has chil. : I. William J 7 ., 2. 

Samuel Burr, 3. Sara/i J '., 4. Sybil A., 5- Mary, and 6. Clarissa. 

740. Joseph 7 ; 741. Frederick, 7 unm. ; 742. Rachel, 7 who m. 

Samuel Corwin, of L. I., and had : I. Jemima, 2. Elizabeth, 3. Cecilia, 

and 4. Sarah. 

743. Hannah, 7 unm. 

EBENEZER BURR, 6 [437] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Amelia, dau. of Rev. John Goodsell, first minister of the church at 
Greenfield. They had chil. : 

744. Timothy, 7 b. Sept. 3, 1788; 745. Lewis, 7 b. July 17, 1790; 
746. Morris, 2 b. July 24, 1792 ; 747. Ellen, 7 b. June 27, 1794, m. Wil- 
liam Bradley, of Greenfield, and had chil.: I. William, 2. Sarah, 3. 
Charles, 4. Amelia, and 5- Joseph. 

748. Amelia, 7 b. Mar. 31, 1796, m. Hezekiah Bradley, of Greenfield. 
Had one child, Aaron. 

749. Rowland, 7 b. Mar. 22, 1798; 750. Henry, 7 b. May 17, 1800; 
751- Betsey, 7 b. May 21, 1802, m. Osborne Sherwood, of Easton, rem. to 

White Lake, Pa., where she d. ; 752. Andrew, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1805, d. 

in 1815 ; 753. Wakeman, 7 b. Aug. 10, 1808, unm., d. Jan. 25, 1846 ; 
754. William, 7 b. Dec. 24, 1810. 

Ebenezer the f. d. Feb. 2, 1819 (tomb-s. Greenfield b. g.). 

ZALMON BURR, 6 [438] of Fairfield, Ct., 
m. Polly Ogden. Chil. : 



204 THE BURR FAMILY. 

755. ZalmorT; 756. Abraham 7 ; 757. Jonathan'; 758. 
Moses 7 ; 759. Ebenezer ; 760. Walter 7 ; 761. Bradley 7 ; 762. 
Polly, 7 m. Burr Wilson ; 763, Sally ' ; 764. Easter. 7 

LEMUEL BURR, [440] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Anna Hull, who was b. Dec. 7, 1771. Chil. : 

765. Sally, 7 b. Jan. 15, 1794, d. Jan. 2, 1833 ; 766. Joseph, 7 b. Sept. 
7, 179 6 , d- May 25, 1833 ; 767. Julia, 7 b. Aug. 14, 1799 ; 768. Timothy, 
H., 7 b. Aug. 9, 1S05, d. Oct. 23, 1S52. 

Julia m. Eben. Benedict, and had chil. : I. Orra, 2. Amanda, 3. 
Lemuel, d. in inf. ; 4. Eliza, 5. Lemuel, and 6. Julia A. She d. Sept. 5, 
1876. 

Lemuel, the f. d. Dec. 22, 1832; Anna, his wid., d. Dec. 20, 1840. 

LEVI BURR," [448I of Pawling, N. Y., 
m. Sallie Miller, Oct. 12, 1806, d. May 20, 1812, se. 30 yrs., no chil. 

BENJAMIN BURR,' ; [449] of Pawling, N. Y., 

m. Abigail Gary, of Pawling, Jan. 18, 1810. Chil. : 

769. William H., 7 b. Feb. n, 1811 ; 770. Aaron, 7 b. July 12, 1815 ; 
77 1 - Sally, 7 b. Feb. 28, 181 7, m. Levi Reynolds, Dec. 20, 1857, no chil. ; 
she is still living. 772. Maria L., 7 b. Nov. 2, 1S18, d. 1825 ; 773. 
Dewitt, C., 7 b. Sept. 12, 1820, d. Sept. 7, 1843 ; 774. Walter, 7 b. Aug. 
14, 1827. 

Benjamin the f. d. Apr. 10, 1855 ; lie was a farmer and mem. Bap. ch. 
Abigail, his w., d. Nov. 25, 1848. 

COL. AARON BURR," [453] of Fairfield, Vt. 

m. Rebecca Cook. Chil. : 

775. Addison, 7 b. Feb. 22, 1813 ; 776. Mary, 7 now Mrs. Olds, res. in 
Franklin, Vt. ; 777. Eliza, 7 now Mrs. Farnsworth, res. in Janesville, Wis.; 
778. Sappho, 7 now Mrs. Marvin, res. in Fairfield, Vt. ; 779. Harriet, 7 
now Mrs. Holmes, res. in Stockholm, N. Y. ; 780. Rebecca, 7 now Mrs. 
Sturges, Fairfield, Vt. ; 781. Wellington, 7 res. in Hyde Park, Vt. ; 782. 
Amasa C., 7 res. in Fairfield, Vt. ; 783. Horatio M. 7 

Aaron the f. d. Jan. 19, 1864 ; his wid. Rebecca, survived him but one 
week ; both were in the 80th year of their age. Mr. Purr was an adjt. in 
the War of 181 2, and was present at the battle of Plattsburgh, N. Y., and 
was stationed awhile at Sackett's Harbor. He was discharged in 18 14 ; 
afterward he was Col. of a regt. of Vermont militia. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 20\ 

COL. AARON BURR, 6 [453] of Redding, Ct., 

m. 1 st, Sophia, dau. of Dr. Beck, of Redding, and 2d, Mrs. Randall, no 
chil. He built and occupied the house now owned by John Nickerson, 
near the Cong, church, Redding. He was a man of influence in the com- 
munity, rep. and treas. of the town deposit fund ; and filled various other 
offices. He d. Dec. 25, 1858, ae. 72 yrs. (tomb in Read. b. g. Red.). 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [454] of Paris, Ky, 

b. in Redding, Conn., March 10, 1793 ; rem. to and settled in Paris, Bour- 
bon County, Kentucky, in 1816 ; m. Miss Amanda F. Jones, of Lexington, 
Virginia, Aug. 26, 1S26. Chil. : 

784. William E., 7 b. Aug. 26, 1828; 785. Fanny J., 7 b. Jan. 28. 
1830, m. Thomas J. Hicklin : 786. Lemuel, 7 b. June 17, 1834; 787. 
Eleanor, 7 b. July 8, 1839, m. Henry T. Paton ; 788. Benjamin, 7 b. 
May 20, 1841, killed in the Confederate service at the battle of Shiloh, 
April 6, 1862 ; 789. Louise W., 7 b. March 20, 1843, m - M - w - Thomas; ^ 
790. George, 7 b. Oct. 20, 1849, d. Sept. 29, 1879. 

Mr. Burr early in life acquired a handsome fortune, and spent many 
years in quiet retirement. He never held or sought public office, but was 
universally esteemed as a high-minded, honorable man and public-spirited 
citizen. He died in Galveston, Texas, Oct. 11, 1872. 

EZEKIEL BURR, 6 [459] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Melinda, dau. of Aaron Bartram. Chil. : 

791. Martin V. 7 ; 792. Eli 7 ; 793. Stephen D. 7 ; 794. Aaron 7 ; 
795. William 7 ; 796. John 7 ; 797. George W. 7 

WILLIAM G. BURR, 6 [460] of Galway, N. Y., 

m. Mary Wakeman, of Westport, Ct., Jan. 9, 1826. Chil. : 

798. William H., 7 b. Nov. 17, 1826 ; 799. Henry, 7 d. in New York, 
Mar. 7, 1885 ; 800. Jane E. 7 , who m. Leonard S. Northrop, of Broadal- 
bin, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1858. Her chil. are : I. M. Eugenie, who m. John 
M. Gardner, of Newburgh, N. Y. ; 2. Agnes E., 3. Helen B., 4. Aldah A'., 
5. Leonard S., all died in infancy ; and 6. Edgar Burr (now a student in 
Yale College). 

801. Hezekiah W., 7 who rem. to California in 1853 ; 802. Helen 
M., 7 res. in Broadalbin ; 803. Edgar W., 7 a commission merchant in 
New York ; 804. Aaron B., 7 ; 805. Hetty L., 7 d. July 27, 1853. 
Mr. William G. Burr d. Dec. 23, 1877. 



206 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOHN B. BURR," [462] of New York. 

He was the intimate friend of Drake and Halleck, and often mentioned in 
the letters of those poets. He possessed considerable literary ability, and 
sometimes cultivated the muse, when in the society of his friends, but d. in 
early manhood before his powers had reached maturity ; he never married. 

EDWARD AUGUSTUS BURR,'"' [467] of Babylon, L. I., 

m. Harriet Arnold. Their chil. were : 

806. Charles Henry, 7 b. Nov. 17, 1850, d. Aug. 7, 1887,111. Sarah A. 
Smith, and had : 807. Jennie A., 8 b. May 3, 1876 ; 808. George Bu- 
chanan, 7 b. July 20, 1854 ; 809. Mary Elizabeth C., T b. July 6, 1857, 
m. John Brewster L'Hommedieu, and resides on Staten Island. 

CHARLES H. BURR, [468] of Astoria, N. Y., 

m. May 28, 1845, Mary Eliza, dau. of Samuel Blackwell and Margaret 
Ann Rae, of New York City ; she was b. Oct. 29, 1827, in New York. 
* Their chil. were : 

810. Helen, 7 b. May 21, 1846, at Astoria, L. I., m. William H. Mor- 
rison, of Astoria, in 1867, and has chil. : I. Maud, b. 1869 ; 2. William 
Rae, b. 1871 ; 3. Charles Burr, b. Apr. 27, 1876 ; 4. Claude, 5- Sinclair; 
they res. in London, Eng. 

811. Charles Henry, 7 b. Dec. 19, 1847 ; 812. Julia Frances, 7 b. 
Dec. 17, 1850, m. Dec. 19, 1870, Henry S. Sterling, son of Sherwood Ster- 
ling, of Bridgeport, Ct., and has chil. : I. Sherwood, b. , d. 1S72 ; 2. 

Charles Burr, and 3. Mary Burr. She res. in Plainfield, New Jersey. 

813. Buchanan, 7 b. July 16, 1856 ; 814. Margaret B., 7 b. Dec. 12, 
i860; 815. Mary B., 7 b. Aug. 20, 1S61 ; 816. Katherine, 7 b. Dec. 21, 
1869. 

Charles H. Burr the f. d. at Astoria. X. Y., Dec. 29, 1876. 

OLIVER BURR, 6 [477] of Fairfield, Ct. 

m. Emily Sherwood, of Greenfield. Chil. : 
817. Anna F. 7 ; 818. Cornelius S. 7 

EBENEZER BURR," [483] of Fairfield, Ct. 

m. Nov. 22, 1846, Julia Maria, dau. of Thaniel Perry Beers, of Fairfield. 
Their chil. were : 

819. Julia Maria, 7 b. Oct. 31, 1 84 7, in Fairfield, d. unm. at Bridge- 
port, Conn., Feb. 24, 1884 ; 820. Ebenezer, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1849. 

Ebenezer the f. d. at Fairfield, June r4. [8S2, ;e. 64 yrs. Julia Maria 
the m. d. Mar. 17, 1876, a;. 54 yrs. 



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SEVENTH GENERATION. 

ISAAC LOTHROP BURR, 7 [504] of New York, 

m. about 1819, Catharine, dau. of Caleb Brush, of New York City. Chil.: 

820a. Joshua Thaddeus. 8 820b. John Gershom 8 ; 820c. 

Eleanora," who m. Chauncey Barnes and died , leaving four chil.: 

I. Helen, who m. Harry P. Doane; 2. Frank; 3. Chauncey; 4. May, who 
m. James P. Doane. 820d. Mahala, 8 who m. John T. Haviland and d. 
leaving a dau., now the wife of James M. Rankin, Esq., of Astoria, N. Y. 

Isaac L. Burr d. Nov. 18, 1837. 

Isaac Lothrop Burr was the son of Gershom Burr by his first wife, 
Susanna Young, who died Feb. 12, 1797. Gershom Burr married for his 
second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Andrew Eliot, of Fairfield, by 
whom he had nine children, of whom Jonathan Sturges Burr, father of 
Mrs. Cornelia Burr Jackson, was the second, and Joseph A. Burr, father 
of Joseph A. Burr, ex-Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn, was the youngest. 

Isaac Lothrop Burr married about 18 19 Catharine Brush, daughter of 
Caleb Brush of New York City. Caleb Brush lived for many years at 
$$ Grove Street and died there at a very advanced age about thirty 
years ago. 

Isaac Burr lived in North Moore Street and died there about sixty 
years ago. His wife survived him only a short time. 

A portrait of Mrs. Susanna (Young) Burr, by Earle, was long in the 
possession of the Isaac Burr family, and was recently given by her great 
granddaughter, Miss Lyda Burr, now of Hackensack, N. J., to Mrs. Cor- 
nelia Burr Jackson, of New York, granddaughter of Gen. Gershom Burr, 
in whose possession it now remains. The portrait is signed, " R. Earle, 
pinxt, 1789." 

JONATHAN S. BURR,' [506] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Mary Stevens, of New Milford, Ct. Chil.: 

821. Sarah E., 8 b. Feb. 25, 1831, m. Ezra J. Sterling, of Brooklyn, 
and has chil.: I. Mary, b. Apr. 15, 1854 ; 2. Jessie, b. March 13, 1856 ; 
3- Philo Calhoun, b. Nov. 23, 1857 ; 4. John Henry, b. March 26, i860. 
Mrs. Sterling d. May 19, 1888. 

822. Andrew E., K b. Aug. 27, 1833 ; 823. Frederick S., 8 b. Aug. 
28, 1835 ; 824. Cornelia W., 8 b. Feb. 26, 1839, m. Theodore F. Jack- 
son, of Brooklyn, has a son : Frederick Burr, b. Sept. 15, 1863. 

825. John T., 8 b. Oct. 29, 1840 ; 826. Henry A., 8 b. Jan. 19, 1842. 

At the age of twenty-one Mr. Burr came to New York City, to find his 

way by virtue of his own energies. In 1825, the year of his arrival, the 



208 THE BURR FAMILY. 

city had been aroused to unwonted activity, in trade and commerce, by 
the opening of the Erie Canal. It was a good time for a young man to 
begin. Mr. Burr quickly found employment as bookkeeper with Hinton 
and Moore, ship chandlers and dealers in paints and oils, with whom he 
remained for a term of years, after which he began business on his own 
account. Subsequently he formed a co-partnership with two or three 
different persons, and at length with Stephen Waterman, together with his 
brothers, Arthur and Frederick. This firm, Burr, Waterman, & Co., be- 
came famous for the manufacturing of patent blocks. The demand for 
them was very great, and the business grew to be large and lucrative. 
Mr. J. S. Burr continued to be the head and senior member of this firm 
from 1844 to 1877, when he withdrew. 

In 1842 he removed from New York City to what was then the village 
of Williamsburgh. From that time until his death he was identified with 
the social, political, financial, and educational interests of the community, 
of which he was a modest but conspicuous and influential member. While 
Williamsburgh remained a village Mr. Burr was elected to its Board of 
Finance, in which he served with his accustomed ability and fidelity. The 
consolidation of the city of Williamsburgh and the town of Bushwick with 
Brooklyn took place in 1S55. In that year he was appointed a member 
of the Board of Education, which had jurisdiction over a city numbering 
then about a half million of inhabitants. For twenty-three years he was 
regarded as one of the most useful members of that important board. He 
took deep interest in everything relating to the schools and their adminis- 
tration, and devoted an amount of time and energy to that branch of the 
public service, which was heartily given and intelligently applied, much to 
the advantage of the city. 

When the old Williamsburgh Savings Bank was established, in 1851, 
Mr. Burr was made one of its original trustees. That institution now has 
assets of nearly fifty millions of dollars, and enjoys the entire confidence 
of its multitude of depositors. The same fidelity to public trust, which 
Mr. Burr showed in other relations, he exhibited in his unwearied attention 
to the interests and welfare of this bank, of which he for years was one of 
the vice-presidents. In politics he was a Whig, and when the Republican 
party was formed he gave the weight of his personal influence to its sup- 
port, neither seeking nor wishing office for himself ; nevertheless, he was 
for a long time active in the councils of the local organizations, and aided 
very much in the prosecution of their particular objects. 

Mr. Burr was reared a Calvinist and a Congregationalist, but not a 
bigot. In New York he was connected with the old Carmine Street Pres- 
byterian Church. On his removal to Williamsburgh he soon became a 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 200, 

member of the Reformed church, then on Fourth Street and South Second. 
It was not long before he was chosen to be its treasurer, an office he held 
continuously for more than thirty years. The pulpit of the church be- 
coming vacant in 1849, Elder Burr was chiefly instrumental in calling to 
its service Rev. Elbert S. Porter, D.D., who began his pastoral work to- 
ward the close of that year, and who during his long pastorate always 
found in Mr. Burr a true friend and wise counsellor. 

Mr. Burr was a grandnephew of Thaddeus Burr of the Revolution, 
and had several very valuable family portraits in his possession. Among 
them were full-length portraits of Thaddeus Burr and his wife, by Copley, 
and of Gen. Gershom Burr and his sister, Abby Burr Capers, by Earle 
— the latter painted in 1789 — of which, through the kindness of Mr. An- 
drew E. Burr and Mrs. Cornelia Jackson, engravings have been made for 
this work. 

Mr. Jonathan S. Burr d. in Brooklyn, Nov. 7, 1887. Mrs. Burr d. 
Apr. 6, 1883. 

FREDERICK A. BURR, 7 [509] of New York, 

m. Margaret B. Conrad, of New York, has chil : 

827. Mary E. 8 ; 828. Anna J. 8 ; 829. Ella * ; 830. Frederick 
A. 8 ; 831. Margaret 8 ; 832. Eliot 8 ; 833. Alice. 8 

Frederick A. Burr d. Apr. 7, 1884. Mrs. Burr d. Feb. 12, 1895. 

Of above daus. Mary E. [827] m. Oct. 17, 1867, Nathan B. Roberts, and 
had chil : I. Mary Benjamin, 2. Nathan Benjamin, d. in inf. ; 3. Edward, 
4. Margaret Conrad, 5. Frederick Rudolph. 

Anna J. (828) m. Eugene Rudolph Cole, Nov. 25, 1874. No chil. 

JOSEPH A. BURR, 7 [513] of New York, 

m. Harriet Nash, of Bridgeport, Ct. Their chil. are : 

834. William N., 8 b. Nov. 1848; 835. Joseph A., 8 b. Sept. n, 
1850; 836. Elizabeth E., 8 b. March, 1852, d. in 1853; 837. Ger- 
shom, 8 d. in inf. ; 838. John W., 8 b. Aug 4, 1858. 

Mrs. Harriet Burr d. May 12, 1875, and Mr. Burr m. 2d. Emmeline 
A. Hardenburgh, of Brooklyn, Oct. 26, 1876. He d. March 22, 1893. 

DAVID BURR, 7 [517] of Homer, N. Y., 

m. Jerusha Sutton, b. Feb. 8, 1792, in Vt. Chil. : 

839. Nelson G., 8 b. Sept. 4, 1818; 840. Nathaniel B., 8 b. May 26, 
1S22 ; 841. Westcott F., H b. Nov. 14, 1826, d. Aug. 22, 1828; 842. 
William H.," b. Sept. 2, 1836; 843. Alvisa M., 8 b. Apr. 9, 1816, d. 



2 10 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Dec. 19, 1X22 ; 844. Julianna/ b. Aug. 22, 1820, d. Aug. 6, 1821 ; 845. 
Almira D.," b. June 12, 1824 ; 846. Ursula H.,~ b. July 29, 1829. 
David Burr d. March 2, 1868 ; his \v., Jerusha, d. March 28, 1X60. 

ANDREW BURR, 7 [519] of Homer, N. Y., 

m. May 19, 1812, Mary C. Butterfield, b. Feb. 17, 1794. Chil : 

847. Hepsibah/ b. June 26, 1813 ; 848. Andrew B., 8 b. Aug. 18, 
1815, d. Feb. 6, 1X20; 849. William J., 8 b. March 28, 1S1S ; 850. 
Andrew C., 8 b. Nov. 1, 1820, d. June 14, 1X47; 851. Henry B., 8 b. 
Nov. 20, 1822 ; 852. Mary L., 8 b. Jan. 15, 1X26, m. Jan. 3, 1846, Daniel 
W. Leavens, b. Feb. 13, 1822. Chil. : I. Charles A., b. Dec. 2, 1X47 ; 

2. Walter C, b. May 29, 1X53 ; 3. Edward, b. Dec. 21, 1X56, d. Feb. 12, 
1X7X ; 4. George, b. Oct. 29, 1865. 

Andrew Burr d. March 14, 1872. 

DAVID JUDSON BURR, 7 [527] of Richmond, Va, 

m. Apr. 12, 1812, in Litchfield, Conn., Annabella Shedden Reeve, b. Nov. 
14, 1789, wid. of Aaron Burr Reeve. Their children were : 

853. Mary Elizabeth/ b. Feb. 7., 1813, d. Sept. n, 1813 ; 854. 
William Shedden," b. June 7, 1814, m. Dec. 7, 1X55, Laura P. Sanford, 
at Geneva, N. Y. They have one son, 855« William Sanford, 9 b. in 
Richmond, Va., Dec. 25, 1X54. Mrs. William S. Burr d. July 15, 1857,35. 
21 yrs. 7 mos. William S. Burr d. Dec. 17, 1858. 

856. Harriet Turner,' b. Nov. 23, 1817; m. May 20, 1841, David 
Olyphant, the well-known tea merchant of New York, b. at Baltimore, 
Md., Apr. 11, 181 7, d. at Morristown, N. ]., June 12, 1887. Harriet T. 
his wife d. at Morristown, Nov. 26, 1869. Their chil. were : I. David Burr, 
b. Mar. 12, 1X42, d. 1111111. at Paris, France, May 10, 1X64 ; 2. Talbot, d. in 
inf. ; 3. Talbot, b. Nov. 16, 1X44 ; 4. Annabella, d. in inf. ; 5. Frank M., 
d. in inf., 6. Anna Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1855 ; 7- Frank Murray, b. July 
IO * Ic ^5 7 i 8. Harriet, b. July 11, 1X59. 

Of these chil. Talbot (3) m. at Albany, N. Y., Apr. 27, 1X65, Mary 
Cathalina, dau. of Rufus King Viele of Albany, b. July 11, 1X44. Their 
chil. are : 1. Elizabeth Marvin, b. at Morristown, N. J., Mar. 23, 1X66, d. 
Aug. 22, 1X87 ; 2. Annabel/a Shedden, b. at Orange, N. J., June 14, 1X67 ; 

3. Marie I'iele, b. July 5, 1X6X ; 4. David Burr, b. Dec. 14, 1X69, d. May 
5, 1S72 ; 5. Anne Morris, b. Apr. 30, 1873 ; 6. Helen Talbot, b. Jan. 12, 
1882. 

Frank Murray (7) m. Nov. 3, iXXi, Mary, dau. of Ralph Wells, of 
New York City. Chil. : 1. Murray, b. Oct. 29, 1S83 ; 2. Ruth, b. Apr. 
24, 1886 ; 3. Elizabeth Glover, b. Oct. 23, 1890. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 211 

Harriet (8) m. Nov. 30, 1S91, the Rev. David Olyphant Irving, of East 
Orange, N. J., and has chil : 1. Eleanor, b. Jan. 23, 1S94 ; 2. Harriet, b. 
June 7, 1898. 

857. David Judson, 8 b. Oct. 16, 1820 ; 858. Elizabeth Mason, 8 
b. Oct. 28, 1S22, d. Dec. 10, 1855 ; 859. Thomas Hubbard, 8 b. Sept. 
29, 1828, d. May 3, i860. 

David J. Burr, Sr., d. July 18, 1838. Mrs. Annabella S. Burr d. Jan. 
1 1, 1849. 

GEORGE BURR, 7 [529] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. 1830, Mary M. Hepburn, of Milford, Ct, and had chil : 

859a. Susan B., 8 b. 1S35, m. James Burrows ; 859b. Lizzie H., e 
m. William H. Gaylor ; 859c. William E., 8 b. Dec. 13, 1S41 ; 859d. 
Abby, 8 m. George Gritman. Mr. Burr was Customs Inspector of the 
Port of New York in Gen. Grant's term. He d. Aug. 9, 1887. 

EDWARD WHITE BURR, 7 [531] of New York, 

m. Feb. 9, 1847, Catherine A. Cope, of New York City, and had chil : 

859e. Richard Ogden, 8 b. Aug. 31, 1859 ; 8591*. Ella, 8 b. Sept. 2, 
1861 ; and 859^. Edward White, 8 b. Sept. 29, 1863. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [536] of Bridgeport, Ct., 



m. Mrs. Eliza Young and has a son 
860. Henry. 8 



8 



LEWIS BURR, 7 [544] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Oct. 25, 1829, Eliza Olmstead, who was b. Jan. 2, 1807, and had chil. : 

861. Woodruff L., 8 b. Dec. 8, 1830, d. ; 862. Sarah B., 8 

b. Dec. 8, 1830, d. Oct. 6, 1846 ; m. Brittin ; 863. Franklin E., 8 

1). Jan. 10, 1834, d. Dec. 4, 1869 ; 864. Frances Elizabeth, 8 b. Jan. 10, 
1834, m. Eliphalet Walker ; d. Nov. 18, 1869 ; 865. Anna J., 8 b. June 10, 
1837, d. Feb. 18, 1883 ; 866. Mary J., fl b. June 10, 1837, d. Sept. 6, 1891 ; 
867. Virginia E., 8 b. March 17, 1840, d. Sept. 12, 1843. 

Mr. Burr d. March 14, 1881. Mrs. Burr d. July 16, 1889. 

The chil. of Sarah B. Brittin [862] are : 

I. Rebecca W., b. Oct. 4, 1891 ; 2. Helen E., b. Aug. 17, 1894 ; 3 
Mary E., b. Oct. 1, 1899. 

The chil. of Frances Elizabeth Walker [864] are : 

I. Lewis B., b. Sept. 15, 1861, m. Lillie Wakeley, Oct. 31, 1894 ; 2. 



2 12 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Rebecca E., b. Sept. 12, 1862, m. John \V. Brittin, Aug. 18, 1885 ; 3. 
Sarah />'., b. July 23, 1864, m. Frederick W. Brittin, June 17, 1890 ; 
4. Franklin E., b. Dec. 15, 1868, d. April 25, 1877. 

ALBERT BURR, 7 [546] of Fairfield, Ct., 

111. Sarah Raymond. Chil. : 

868. Eunice D.," who m. George Sherwood ; 869. Abbie S.~ 
Albert Burr d. June 1, 1877. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [547] of San Francisco, Cal., 

m. Mary F. Slabac, of F., was a mer. in San Francisco, and d. Oct. 4, 
1872. His son, 

870. Henry S., 6 was b. in F. Nov. 7, 1872. 

CAPT. DAVID BURR, 7 L549] of Fairfield, 

m. Ellen Magdalen, of Marseilles, France. Chil. : 

871. James B.,* b. Feb. 1, 1859 ; 872. Josephine H ; 873. David/ 
Capt. Burr was a master mariner, and was lost with the ill-fated 

steamer, Evening Star, off Cape Hatteras, in Oct., 1865. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [551] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sept. 6, 1859, Catherine, dau. of Silas Burr Sherwood, of F., who d. 
March 30, 1900. They had chil. : 

874. Annie Sherwood," b. May, 1861 ; 875. Harriet Elizabeth,' 
b. 1862 ; 876. Sarah Bulkley,* b. 1864 ; 877. William O., 8 b. 1866 ; 
878. Frederick Allen, b. 1868 ; 879. Kate L., 8 b. 1870, d. May 11, 
1872 : 880. Mary T.,* b. 1S73 ; 881. Louisa A./ b. 1879. 

Of above daughters, Annie S. [874] m. George W. Cole, Nov. 17, 1881, 
and has chil. : I. Amy Burr, b. Feb., 1885 ; 2. Clifford Mallet, b. May, 
22, 1888; 3. Mabelle Sherwood, b. Feb., 1890; 4. Cynthia Sherman, b. 
Feb. 17, 1899. Res. at Long Hill, Ct. 

Harriet 1/ [875] m - Edwin Noyes Sargent, Aug. 17, 1893, and res. at 
Passaic, N. J. ; has chil. : I. Noyes Burr, b. Sept. 18, 1894 ; 2. William 
Edward. 

Sarah B. [876] m., Sept. 10, 1884, Elmer Ellsworth Grumman ; chil. : 
I. Helen Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1885 ; 2. Samuel Ellsworth, b. Oct. 22, 
[89] ; 3. Thomas Waldo, b. July 3, 1893, and 4. Lillian Bart ram. She 
n s. in Bridgeport, Ct. 

Mary T. [ 880] m. April 30, 1901, William Curtis Hawley, of Bridge- 
port, Ct. 

Mr. Burr has in his possession a silver tankard (shown in the engrav- 




THE THADDEUS BURR TANKARD 



Thaddeus Burr, son of Judge Peter Burr, left by will a silver tankard to each of his sisters, Abigail 
and Eunice. Abigail married her cousin, Ephraim Burr, and had among others a daughter Abigail, to 
whom she left the tankard. She left it to her daughter Sally, who married Samuel Wakeman, and had 
no children. Mrs. Wakeman gave the cup to Eben Burr, a son of Peter, and great-grandson of Judge 
Peter Burr. On his death the cup went to his son, William Burr, of Fairfield, in whose possession it 
now is. 

The other cup, given to Eunice, who married Benjamin Wyncoop, now forms part of the communion 
service of the Fairfield Congregational Church. The sketch of the cup was made by Mrs. Sarah B. 
Grumman, of Bridgeport, Ct., daughter of William Burr. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 2\% 

ing), presented to Abigail Burr by her uncle Thaddeus Burr, in 1755, 
bearing the inscription, " Thaddeus Burr to Abigail Burr, 1755." 

ALVIN BURR, 7 [568] of Angelica, N. Y., 
became a competent and prosperous lawyer, and rem., early in life, to 
Angelica, N. Y., where he practised law for many years. He was a mem- 
ber of the Legislature of 1835. He d. Dec. 24, 1868, leaving two chil.: 

881a. Moses, 8 res. in Angelica ; 882. Harriet, 8 m. Olmstead, 

and res. in Angelica, N. Y. 

ERASTUS BURR, 7 [575] of Southbury, Ct., 

m. Oct. 1, 1839, Sylvia E., dau. of Burr Tomlinson, of Oxford, Ct., b. 
June 30, 1S15. Chil.: 

883. Vertia E., 8 b. Oct. 25, 1840 ; 884. Eras E., 8 b. Oct. 22, 
1844 ; 885. Zenia E., 8 b. Dec. 18, 1851. 

Vertia E. [883] m. Dec. 2, 1862, Stiles L. Smith, of Stratford, and d. 
July 21, 1870, leaving no chil. She was a teacher in Bridgeport for 
several years before her death. Erastus Burr d. July 26, 1900, re. 96 
years. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [579] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Anna Hubbell, of Wilton, Ct., had one son : 

886. George W., e b. in 1824. 

William Burr d. in 1S25. His wid. Anna, d. Sept. 25, 1S76. Both are 
buried in the new cem. at Bridgeport, Ct. 

JOHN BURR, 7 [587] of Leavenworth, Kan., 

m. Eliza Hooker, of Columbus, O. Has chil. : 

887. JohnH. 8 ; 888. Edmund 8 ; 889. Henry S. 8 ; 890. Eliza- 
beth 8 ; 891. Sarah, 8 m. John Burr, d. Nov., 1892, re. 92 yrs. 

DAVID H. BURR, 7 [588] of Washington, D. C, 

m. Sept. 30, 1S28, Susan Cottle Bush, of Albany, N. Y. Chil. : 

892a. Frances Mary 8 ; 892b. Frederick Hugh 8 ; 892c. Helen 
Elizabeth. 8 

He m. 2d, Sophie Augustine Houel, of Washington, D. C, Aug. 4, 1835. 
Their chil. were : 

892d. David Auguste* ; 893. Eugene Breschard 8 ; 894. Louise 
Augustine 8 ; 895. Estelle Condict 8 ; and 896. Shields. 8 

Of these chil. Frances Mary m. Sept. 11, 1850, Herman Cuyler Adams, 
of New York City, and had 2 chil., I. Cuyler, and 2. Frank G., dec. She 
m. 2d, Jan. 12, 1865, Robert H. Morford, of New York City. 

Helen Elizabeth m. March 8, 1859, Dr. Johnson Van Dyke 



214 TIIE BURR FAMILY. 

Middleton, of Washington, D. C, surgeon U. S. army, and d. childless, 
Nov. 1 6, 1863. 

David Auguste m. Oct. 8, r868, Julia Mary Mothershead, of Indian- 
apolis, Ind., and has chil. : 

897. Leland Mothershead ' ; 898. Dessie Augustine.' 

Eugene Breschard was accidentally shot while hunting, Sept. 27, 1S57. 

Estelle Condict d. May 29, 1855. 

After studying law at Kingsboro, N. Y., and being early admitted to 
the State bar, Mr. Burr's attention was drawn in other directions, and in 
[824 he was appointed adjutant to the N. Y. State Militia, and the next 
year aide-de-camp to Gov. De Witt Clinton, which position he held until 
1829, when he resigned to accept a place as an engineer on the great 
national road being then built across the State of New York. 

While employed on this work, he accumulated the data for a State 
map, which upon publication met with such approval and success as to 
induce him to open a large map-publishing house in Xew York City. 

The General Post-Office Department at Washington was at this time 
very much in need of accurate information in regard to the various post- 
offices and post-routes, in many instances there being no means of locating 
them. The government therefore determined to organize a Topographical 
Division in the Department, and turned to Mr. Burr as the person best 
fitted for its head. It was only, however, at the personal solicitation of 
Postmaster-General Barry that Mr. Burr consented to abandon his lucra- 
tive business and accept, in 1832, the position of Topographer to the Post- 
Office Department. At this time he also received the appointment of 
Geographer to the House of Representatives. He held these offices until 
1 ; >. when he went to Europe, and in England closed an arrangement 
with the map-publishing house of Arrowsmith of London, for the issue of 
a full and complete series of maps of the several States. 

Upon iiis return, in 1848, he was appointed U. S. Deputy Surveyor for 
tl e Slate of Florida, and was the first to carry the compass and chain into 
that State after the Seminole war. Later he was appointed in the same 
capacity in the State of Louisiana, leaving there to accept the place of 

igrapher to the- United States Senate. 

In 1855 Mr. Burr was appointed by President Pierce, as the first 
Surveyor-General of Utah Territory. He held this office during the ex- 
citing conflict between the Federal and Mormon authorities, often per- 
forming his duties at the risk of his life. Owing to the exposures, trials, 
and fatigue through which lie passed while in Utah, his health gave way. 
He returned home an invalid, md remained so until his death. Mr. Burr 
d. Dec. 25, 1875. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 21 5 

FREDERICK BURR, 7 [590] 

m. Mary Burke, April, 1847. Chil. : 

899. Amos S. 8 ; 900. William"; 901. Henry A. s ; 902. John 
E. 8 ; 903. Caroline." 

Frederick Burr d. Dec, 1876. 

HENRY A. BURR, 7 [591] of Washington, D. C, 

m. July, 1842, Cleophile Brischard, a French lady. They had two daus. : 
904. Marie C. 8 ; 905. Pauline A. 8 

Henry Burr received an appointment in the U. S. P. O. from Pres. 
Andrew Jackson, which office he retained until his death in March, 1863. 

PHILO BURR, 7 [595] of Washington, D. C, 

m. Mary A. Abbott, Sept., 1826. Chil.: 

906. Franklin A., B b. Sept. 2, 1829, d. Sept. 21, 1871 ; 907. Eliza- 
beth, 8 b. Oct. 18, 1832, d. Nov. 2, 1835 ; 908. Lois I., 8 b. Aug. 26, 1835, 
m., 1859, M. Bush, of Wash. Has one son, Philo L. 

Philo Burr d. Oct. 31, 1883. 

JONATHAN N. BURR, 7 [596] of Mt. Vernon, O., 

m. May 6, 1830, Eliza A. Thomas, b. in Lebanon, O., March 11, 1808. 
They have chil. : 

909. Jesse T., 8 b. Aug. 22, 1841, at Mt. Vernon, O.; 910. Jessie 
R., 8 b. May 16, 1843, m - Oct- 5, 1862, to Francis C. Crawford, of Terre 
Haute, Ind., where she now res. 

Dr. Burr was a practising physician for 55 yrs. and a resident of Mt. 
Vernon 52 yrs. He d. Sept. 7, 1889. 

CHARLES E. BURR, 7 [597] of Worthington, O., 

m. Apr. 2, 1826, Sophia R. Andrews, b. Oct. 9, 1S08, who d. Aug. 7, 1882. 
Chil. : 

911. Sherwood, 8 b. Dec. 25, 1826, d. in inf. ; 912. Fredima W., 8 
b. June 30, 1829, m. Nov. 3, 1852, to Wm. P. Case, and has : I. Mary S., 
b. Mar. 2, 1854 ; 2. William IV., b. Mar. 5, 1857. 

913. Henry C., 8 b. Nov. 4, 1830, d. in inf. ; 914. Juliet A.," b. June 
23, 1834, d. in inf. ; 915. Henry, 8 b. June 30, 1836, killed at the battle 
of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1S62 ; 916. Elizabeth N., 8 b. Dec. 7, 1837, m. C. M. 
Burr [see 920] ; 917. Katherine, 8 b. Mar. 27, 1841, m. Sept. 18, 1867, 
Daniel C. Roberts, and has: I. Charles E., b. Feb. 17, 1869; 2. Bryan 
C, b. May 5, 1870. 

918. Charles E., 8 b. Nov. 22, 1843. 



216 THE BURR FAMILY. 

REV. ERASTUS BURR, 7 [598] of Portsmouth, O., 
m. Harriet Griswold, of Worthington, 0., b. Nov. 15, 1810 ; their chil. 
are : 

919. Anne H.,' b. Oct. 2, 1835 ; 920. Charles M.,~ b. Aug. 27, 
1837 ; 921. George G.," b. July 1 1, 1841 ; 922. Elizabeth N., w b. June 
23, 1845, m. Major T. J. Cochran. Treas. of the Soldiers' Home, Califor- 
nia, and has : I. Esther, 2. Erastus B., 3- Frances, and 4- Thomas A". 

Dr. Burr was a grad. of Trinity Coll., Hartford, Ct., and was ordained a 
clergyman of the Episcopal Ch. in Jan., 1833, and in the following April 
became rector of St. John's ch., Worthington, O. ; he remained in that 
connection until Nov., 183S, when he took charge of All Saints ch., Ports- 
mouth, O., which position he held for thirty-five years, or until 1873, when 
he resigned on account of increasing infirmities. He was one of the 
trustees of Kenyon Coll., O., for thirty-eight years, and for nearly the 
same length of time a member (by election of the Diocese) of the General 
Convention of the Prot. Epis. Ch. He received the degree of D.D. from 
Kenyon Coll. Dr. Burr d. Dec. 15, 1S91. His w. Harriet Burr d. June 
26, 1891. 

GEORGE C. BURR, 7 [599] 
m. Jan. 25, 1832, Mary A. Parker, b. June 24, 1814. Chil. : 

923. Levi C., e b. July 15, 1834 ; 924. Henrietta," b. June 20, 1838, 
m. Dec. 8, 1856, Theodore Frederick, b. in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Ger- 
many, Apr. 8, 1833. Their chil. are: I. George, b. Dec. 17, 1S57 ; 2. 
Mary, b. July 5, 1S59 ; 3. Belinda, b. Mar. n, 1861 ; 4. Charles, b. Sept. 

1, 1862, d. ; 5. Matilda, b. June 17, 1864, d ; 6. Henry, b. 

Apr. 5, 1866 ; 7. Franklin, b. May 29, 1868 ; 8. Louise, b. Jan. 17, 1870 ; 
9. Martha 7\, b. Sept. 22, 1871 ; 10. Levi B., b. June 22, 1873 ; II. 
Theodore, b. Nov. 12, 1875. 

925. Espy/ 

LEVI J. BURR, 1 [600] of Jacksox, Mich., 
m. Oct. 1, [838, Harriet, dau. of Edward N. Gregory, of Columbus, O. 
Chil. : 

926. Mary E., 8 b. July 19, 1839. m. Oct. 4, 1876, to Rinaldo R. Mat- 
tison ; 927. Harriet S.," b. June 27, [842, d. Oct. 27, 1863. 

PHILANDER BURR, 1 [603] of Worthington, Ind. 
m. Mary M. Deal, b. in 1833 ; they have no chil. 

JAR VIS PLATT BURR, 7 [604a] of Seneca Falls, X. Y., 

m. , had a son, 927a. Walton Piatt," who m. Harriet Amanda 

Barber, of Boston, Mass. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 2\J 

CAPT. SAMUEL S. BURR, 7 [605] of Haverhill, Mass., 
m. Harriet Dodge, of Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 28, 1826. Chil. : 
928. Rushton D., 8 b. Feb. 5, 1S28 ; 929. Henry, 8 b. 1829. 
Capt. Burr was in command of a vessel engaged in the coasting trade, 
and was murdered, as is supposed, in New York, in 1831. With $5,oco 
in his possession, he left his vessel in company with a passenger named 
Walker, and nothing more was heard of him. Walker came back the next 
day (Sunday) and said he had left the captain in Albany ; he was afterward 
arrested for the murder, and held for examination, but nothing could be 
proved against him and he was discharged. 

LEVI W. BURR, 7 [608] of Southport, Ct., 

m. Henrietta Bulkley, has chil. : 

930. Lewis W., 3 b. 1843 ; 931. James W., 8 b. 1S49, was a drum- 
mer boy through the war and afterwards an apprentice in the navy, and 
was lost with the U. S. gun-boat Oneida, sunk off the Japan coast by col- 
liding with a British mail steamer. 

JABEZ BURR, 7 [609] of Boston, Mass., 
is m. and res. in Boston ; no return. 

JAMES BURR, 7 [6ll] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sallie Penfield, in 1809. Chil. : 

932. Catherine, 8 b. 1809; 933. Lewis W., 8 b. 1812 ; 934. Mary 
L., 8 b. 1S17 ; 935. Henry P., 8 b. 1819 ; 936. Lot, 8 b. 1821, d. in inf. ; 
937- Julia, 8 b. 1823 ; 938. James P., 8 b. 1825. 

Mr. James Burr d. Nov. 3, 1826 ; his wid., Sallie, d. Mar. 19, 1870. 

SILLIMAN BURR, 7 [612] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Eliza Dimon, Dec. 7, 181 7, and had chil. : 

939. Miranda/ b. Dec. 17, i8i8,d. Mar. 18, 1831 ; 940. Elizabeth, 8 
b. May 23, 1820, d. Dec. 9, 1864 ; 941. Abigail D., s b. Aug. 5, 1822, m. 
to Almon Horton, Apr. 27, 1843, and has chil. : I. Thomas, 2. Eliza, 3. 
Allen B., 4. Irving, 5. Clinton, 6. Mary E., 7. Harriet E., 8. Frank. 

942. Harriet H., h b. July 4, 1825, m. Mr. Van Duyn, of Trumans- 
burg, N. Y. 

Mrs. Eliza Burr d. Feb. 11, 1827. Silliman Burr m. 2d, Olive Jennings, 
Mar. 16, 1828. They had two chil. : 

943. Miranda, 8 b. July 26, 1830 ; 944. William, 8 b. Dec. 26, 1828, 
d. in inf. 

Silliman Burr d. Nov. 13, 1S48. 



2 I 8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CAPT. EPHRAIM BURR, 7 [614] of Salem, Mass. 

m. Nov. 1, 1839, Eliza L. Ball, of Salem. They had no chil. Capt. Burr 
(1. Feb. 6, 1878, in Salem, Mass. 

OZIAS BURR, 7 [616] of Monroe, Ct., 
m. Eunice Belden. Chil. : 

945. Sherman/ d. in inf. ; 946. Hora.ce/ who m. Sarah Belden, and 
res. in East Berlin, Ct. 

ELIZUR BURR, 7 [617] of Easton, Ct., 

111. Mary A. Curtis, of Monroe, Ct. Chil. were : 

947. Jane 3VL," b. Feb. 24, 1823, d. Mar. 21, 1865 ; 948. Henry C," 
b. Apr. 9, 1824; 949. Charlotte," b. June 3, 1S26, d. Nov. 15, 1S90 ; 
950. Mary F., 8 b. Nov. 6, 1836, m. May, 1854, to Alfred P. Blackman, 
of Darien, Wis., of whom no return has been received. 

ELISHA B. BURR, 7 [6i3] of Easton, Ct., 

111 Nancy Sherman, of Monroe, Ct. Chil. : 

951. George S., h who m. Augusta French, of Trumbull, Ct. ; 952. 
Augusta' ; 953. Antoinette/ 

JOSIAH BURR, 7 [624] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Eliza Atkins, and has chil.: 

954. Miles'; 955. John H ; 656. Sarah, 8 who m. Harrison Merwin, 

of bridgewater, Ct., and has : I. Ellen, who m. John Ford, of Southbury, 
Ct.; 2. Emma, who m. Elmer Frost, of Bridgewater, Ct.; and 3- Betsey, 
who m. Andrew Young, of Bridgewater. 

ISAAC BURR, 7 [625] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. 1st, Belinda Andrews in 1828, and had one son: 957- James H.,~ 
who d. in childhood. Belinda, his w., d. in 1827. and he m. 2d, Aug. 20, 
1828, Mary A. babbitt, of Bridgewater, Ct. Their chil. are : 

958. Martha," b. Sept. 20, 1830, who m. Henry G. Wheeler, of Strat- 
ford. Jan. 12, 1S63, and d. July 21, 1X77 ; 959. James, b. July 12, 1832; 
960. Henry D.," b. Oct. 1 1, [835 ; 961. Mary B.,~ b. Feb. 20, 1838, m. 
Dec. 24, 1859, Henry E. Tibbals, of Milford, Conn. Their chil. : I. Anna 
.!/.. b. May 12. [86] ; 2. Mary E., b. Nov. 21, 1862 ; 3. Frank Burr, b. 
Oct. 14, 1864; 4. William /., b. April 14, 1 S67. 

962. Belinda," b. July 2^, [840 ; 963. Emily F.,~ b. June 17, 1S43 ; 
964. Amelia J., 8 b. Mar. 19, 1845, m. Oct. 24, 1866, J. Henry Blakeman, 
of Stratford, Ct., and has two chil. : I. Mattie C, b. May 24, 1868, and 
2. Grace E., b. Nov. 24, 1877. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 2IO, 

JUDSON BURR, 1 [626] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Betsey Scribner, of New Fairfield, Ct. Chil. : 

965. Henry 8 ; 966. Jerome, 8 who res. in Forest Lake. Sus. Co., Pa.; 
and 967. Ann, 8 who m. Isaiah Keator, and res. in Forest Lake, Pa. Both 
dec. 

CLARKE BURR, 7 [627] of Meshoppin, Pa., 

m. Jane Ann Botsford, of Brookfield, Ct., June 19, 1831, and removed to 
Meshoppin, Pa., about 1833; Mrs. Burr d. Jan. 26, i860. Their chil. were: 

968. Collins H., e b. Feb. 20, 1834, d. in inf. ; 969. Henry C., 8 b. 
Mar. 22, 1835, d. Nov. 6, 1837 ; 969a. Philo Merwin, 8 b. Sept. n, 1836; 
970. William Henry, 8 b. Apr. 10, 1838 ; 971. Martha Susan, 8 b. 
Oct. 8, 1840, d. May 15, 1S47 ; 97 2 - George Edward, 8 b. Sept. 27, 
1841, d. in inf. ; 073. Mary Cordelia, 8 b. Apr. 24, 1843 ; 973a. Gran- 
ville Jerome, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1845, d - in inf - ; 973b- Isabella L., 8 b. Sept. 
3, 1847 ; 973c. David Wilraot, 8 b. Oct. 21, 184S ; 973d. Louise R., s 
b. Oct. 21, 1848. 

Clarke Burr m. 2d, Penelope Blackburn, of Meshoppin, Pa., July 16, 
1863, and had: 973c Gordon G., 8 b. June 24, 1865, m. Mch. 20, 1901, 
Ethel B. Boyles, b. Sept. 27, 1879, and Q73f. Charles Clark, 8 b. Apr. 1, 
1867, res. in Tuttle, Colo. 

Of above daus. Mary C. [973] m. at Meshoppin, Pa., Mar. 24, 1866, 
Charles Atherton Bramhall, of Wyalusing, Pa. Their chil. are : I. William 
Sherman, b. Sept. 10,1867, ar) d 2. Clarence Burr, b.July 23, 1874. They res. 
at Campstown, Pa. Mr. Bramhall is a veteran of the Civil War, was a 
member of Co. A, 97th Regiment P. V., and is Commander of Hurst Post 
G. A. R. of Campstown. Mrs. Bramhall is President of Hurst Circle No. 
86, ladies of the G. A. R. She was a teacher in the public schools of Wy- 
oming before marriage. Both are members of the M. E. Church. 

William Sherman Bramhall (i) and Miss Flay Edna Deyo were m. at 
Fitzgerald, Ga., Oct. 15, 1898, and now reside at Fitzgerald, Ga. He was 
engineer on one of the vessels of the navy in the Spanish War. 

Isabella L. Burr [973b]. m. Miles A. Ellis, at Meshoppin, Jan. n, 
1866. Chil. : I. Judson Byron, b. Dec. 2, 1866, d. in inf. ; 2. Frederick 
Adclbcrt, b. July 14, 1875. Mr. Ellis is an engineer on the Lehigh Valley 
R. R., and his son, Adelbert, a fireman on the same line. They res. at 
Sayre, Pa. 

Louise R. [973d.] m. Harrison C. Wharen, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 
20, 1872. Chil. are : I. George Burr, b. Oct. 14, 1883 ; 2. Ralph Har- 
rison, b. Jan. 15, 1S85 ; 3. Burr Clarke, b. Feb. 13, 18S9. They res. at 
Wilkesbarre. Pa. 



2 20 THE B I 'A' R /■'. IMILY. 

Clarke Burr, the f., d. Nov. ig, 1870. He was a devoted Methodist — a 
leader and Supt. of the Sabbath School for many years. At the time 
of his death, he held the office of Justice of the Peace. 

BENJAMIN BURR,' [628] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Mar. 19, 1840, Ruamy Hubbell, of Monroe. Ct. Their chil. are: 
974. Philo J., h b. Feb. rS, 1841 ; 975. Miles B., 8 b. Dec. 16, 1845. 

JOHN WINTON BURR, 7 [629] of Elmdale, Mich., 

d. Jan. 23, 1883, at Elmdale, Mich. ; m. 1st, , who d. leaving two 

chil. : 975a. James,' who d. at Philadelphia in 1863, a member of the 
First Michigan Cavalry, and 975b. Jane Eliza/ who m. Wallace H. 
Crashing, and res. at Alta Loma, Texas. 

His 2d wife, Alvira Plato, was b. at Batavia, N. Y., May 29, 1821. They 
were m. at Howell, Mich., Feb. 6, 1845 ; she d. Mar. 30, 1886. Chil. : 

975c. Albert Plato, 8 b. July n, 1848 ; 975d. Alma Lucia,' b. June 
10, 1850, at Northville, Mich. 

HANFORD BURR,' [631] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Rosamond Perrin, of New York. She d. childless, and he m. 2d, Fin- 
ette Twitched, of Southbury, Ct. Chil. : 

976. Mary"; 977. Charles"; 978. Lewis"; 979. Sarah ; 980. 
Belle. 8 

HARRY BURR, 7 [633] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Jane Lewis, of Trumbull, Ct. Their chil. were : 

981. Mary J. ' ; 982. Louisa ' ; 983. Ann E.' ; 984. Francillia ' ; 
985. Henry M.'; 986. Letitia " ; and 987. Rosilla A., 8 who m. 

Charles Staples, of Monroe, Ct., and has chil. : I. Edgar Burr, b. Mar. 
23, 1840, killed by the accidental discharge of his gun ; 2. Emma Burr, 
b. May 16, 1846 ; and 3. Ernest L., b. Sept. 10, 1856, a teacher and 
lecturer. 

ERASTUS BURR, 7 [640I of Monroe, Ct., 

111. Susan Shelton, of Huntington, Ct., and has two chil. : 

988. Frank N.,' b. in Apr., 1855 ; and 989. Arthur,' b. in 1865. 

DR. GEORGE BURR, 1 (648] of Binghamton, N. Y.. 

m. Eunice C. Swift, of franklin, N. Y., July 20, 184 r. They have 
two chil. : 

990. Daniel S.,' b. Apr. 24, 1846, in Binghamton ; 991. George 
M.,' b. July 16, 1848, in Mt. Auburn, O. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 221 

Dr. Burr grad. in medicine at the Berkshire Med. Coll., Dec. 2, 1S35, 
and was for nearly thirty-five years a practising physician in the city 
of Binghamton, N. Y. He took great interest in historical research, and 
was appointed by the Com. of Arrangements to deliver the historical 
address on the County of Broome, at Binghamton, July 3, 1876. Dr. Burr 
d. Oct. 20, 1882. Mrs. Burr d. Apr. 16, 18SS. 

DR. CHARLES BURR, 7 [649] of Carbondale, Pa., 

also grad. at Berkshire Med. Coll., and is a practising physician and sur- 
geon in Carbondale ; m. Apr. 30, 1842, Leonora Farrar, b. Jan. 31, 1815, 
in London, Eng. They have chil. : 

992. Mary, 8 b. Jan. 27, 1843 ; 093. Alice M., 8 b. Sept. 6, 1845, m. 
to J. W. Alworth, and res. in Scranton, Pa. Has one dau., Clara A. 
994. Charles, 8 b. Apr. 20, 1848, d. in childhood ; 995. Charles R., 8 b. 
Jan. 9, 1850 ; 996. George, 8 b. Aug. 27, 1852, d. Jan. 23, 1864 ; 997- 
William H., H b. June, 1855, d. March 1, 1856. 

RAYMOND BURR, 7 [652] or Columbus, O., 

m. Jan. 5, 1843, Eliza L, Runyon, of Mt. Vernon, O. Has chil. : 

998. Mary R., 8 b. Feb. 3, 1847, m. Mr. Gillies. Chil. : 1. Charles, 
and 2. Mary. 

999. Eliza J., 8 b. Jan. u, 1850, m. Mr. Lewis. Chil. : I. Fred, and 
2. Harry. 

1000. Charles B., 8 b. Dec. 27, 185 1 ; 1001. Ellen C., 8 b. May 12, 
1854 ; 1002. Frederick M., 8 b. Nov. 28, 1856 ; 1003. Kate N. 8 ; 1004. 
Jessie T. 8 ; 1005. Alice C. 8 ; 1006. Raymond. 6 

When the war of 1860-65 broke out Col. Burr was a member of the 
Ohio Legislature, and on its adjournment remained in Columbus aiding in 
the organization of the volunteer army which was rapidly massed there, and 
on the enrolment of troops into the United States service he was commis- 
sioned by President Lincoln as Asst. -Quartermaster with the rank of Cap- 
tain. He held this position until July, 1864, when on the reorganization of 
the Quartermaster's Dept. under act of Congress of that date, he was made 
Chief Quartermaster of the General Depot of Supplies located in Colum- 
bus, O., with the rank of Colonel, and held this position until mustered out 
of service in November, 1866. 

Afterward he was appointed Asst. -Postmaster of Columbus, where he 
remained until 1869, when he was elected Warden of the Ohio State Peni- 
tentiary, and had charge of that institution for five years. In 1874, he 
returned to his duties as Asst. -Postmaster. 



2 22 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CMS BURR, 7 [653] of Meredith, N. Y., 

m. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, May 18, 1836. No chil. He is a farmer and 
occupies the old homestead of his father, in Meredith. 

WASHINGTON BURR, 7 [654] of Carboxdale, Pa, 

m. Nov. 4, 1851, Lucinda Bradley, of Carbondale. Had four chil. : 

1007. James E./b. July S, 1S53 ; 1008. Henry R./ b. Jan. 30, 1858, 
d. Jan. 26, 1864; 1009. Frank E., a b. Jan. 13, 1S62 ; 1008a. Joseph- 
ine S., e b Aug. 23, 187 1. 

He was a watchmaker and jeweller in Carbondale. Mr. Burr d. Dec. 
11, 1890. 

JEHU BURR, 7 [655] of Saginaw, Mich., 

m. Dec. 25, 1843, Naoma Clute of Knox, Albany Co, N. Y. Came to 
Carrollton, Saginaw Co, Mich, in 1862, where they still reside. Chil. 
were : 

1010. Jennie/ b. Nov. 29, 1845 ; ion. Erastus W.,~ b. Aug. 7, 
1848 ; 1012. Cyrus A.," b. Oct, 7, 1850 ; 1013. Malissa ].,' b. Aug. 7, 
1854 ; 1014. Bollivar," b. Apr. 24, 1857, d. Feb. 27, 1873 ; 1015. Isaac 
R., h 1). June 17, 1861 ; 1016. Mary D., 8 b. Apr, 1863. 

Jennie [ioio] m. William Stever of Taymouth, Mich. Chil. were : I. 
Cora Elenor, b. Nov. 14, 1876 ; d. Aug. 4, 1878 ; 2. Charles, b. Dec. 24, 
1879. Res. Navan, Genesee Co, Mich. 

Malissa J. [1013] m. Edward Riley of New York City. Chil. : I. Grant 
E., b. June 10, 1874 ; 2. Isaac B., b. Sept. 20, 1877. d. Feb. 24, 187S ; 3. 
George II., b. Nov. 30, 1880, d. Jan. 26, 188 1 ; 4. Wesley C, b. July 2, 
1881 ; 5. Edward, b. Mar. 28, 18S5, d. Sept. 17, 1885 ; 6. Cyrus !>., b. 
Aug. 21, 1886. They res. at Saginaw, Mich. 

Mary 1 >. (I0l6) m. Henry J. Larkin, of Bay City, Mich. One child : 
Winifred A., b. Apr. 4, r888. 

DANIEL BURR,' 1 666] of Green's Farms, Ct, 

m. Mar. 21, 1819, Charlotte Pierson, of Bridgehampton, L. I. Chil. : 

1017. Henry," b. Feb. 3, 1821, m. Eleanor Sherwood, of Green's 
Farms, d. June 9, 1848; I0l8. Charlotte," b. June 8, 1823, m. Edward 
J. Taylor, of Green's Farms, Ct, June 9, 1861 ; 1019. Edward," b. July 
;, 1^25, m. Frances J. Hale, of Green's Farms, Ct, Jan. 16, 1S58. She d. 
Nov. 2, 1885 ; 1020. Harriet," b. Oct. 1, 1827, m. Edward J. Taylor, of 
Green's Farms, Ct, d. Jan. 2, 1860. 
Daniel Burr d. Mar. 21, 1879. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 223 

JONATHAN BURR, 7 [671] of Camden, N. J., 

m. 1 st, Jane T. Gray, of Cape May Co., N. J., Aug. 25, 1S40. She d. at 
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 10, 1844, and was interred at Green's Farms. She 
had one child : 

1021. Eliza J., 6 b. at Tuckahoe, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1842, d. at New York, 
May 7, 1844. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Martha C. Eastlack, of Camden, N. J., July 10, 1849, 
who d. at Camden, Feb. 10, 1866. Her chil. were : 

1022. Eliza J., 8 b. at Camden, July 26, 1850 ; 1023. Sarah R.,* b. 
July 14, 1852 ; 1024. Jonathan S., K b. Dec. 2, 1854 ; 1025. Frank J., h 
b. Dec. 25, 1856; 1026. Ada C., fi b. May 17, 1859; 1027. Helen C," 
b. Oct. 9, 186 r ; 1023. Martha C., 8 b. Feb. 10, 1866. 

Mrs. Martha Burr d. Feb. 10, 1866, and Mr. Burr m. 3d, Martha 
Edwards, of Camden, N. J., Jan. 5, 1870. 

Of the above children, Eliza J. [1022] was m. Feb. 19, 189c, to 
Abraham Anderson, of Camden, N. J., where she resides. Sarah R. 
[1023] was m. Nov. 24, 1886, to Charles J. Knapp, of Bridgeport, Ct.; her 
child, 1. Ethel B., b. at Holland Heights, Ct., Sept. 23, 1887, d. Feb. 1, 

1889. Jonathan S. [1024] d. Nov. 10, 1S56, at Camden. Frank J. [1025] 
the only living son, m. Mar. 6, 1886, Lillie L. Britton, of Pensaukin, N. J. 
Ada C. [1026] was m. Nov. 4, 1885, to Harry M. Anderson, who d. May 
20, 1899, at Camden, N. J. Their chil. are : I. Martha B., b. Sept. 5, 
1886 ; 2. Alvin H., b. Nov. 29, 1889, d. Dec. 23, 1891 ; 3. Frank B., b. 
Nov. 15, 1895 ! 4- A - Voorhees, b. Oct. 24, 1897. Helen C. [1027] m. 
Nov. 14, 1888, John F. Harned. Her chil. : I. Jonathan B., b. June 5, 

1890, d. Jan. to, 1S91 ; 2. John Frederick, b. July 16, 1895. Martha C. 
[1028] d. July 9, 1866. 

We clip the following interesting paragraph from the Camden Post, of 
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1887 : 

" Jonathan Burr, Esq., who has been one of the best-known residents 
of Camden for nearly half a century, became an octogenarian yesterday, 
and his relatives and friends gave him a little surprise party which rather 
took the wind out of the aforetime sea captain's sails. 

' The company met at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Harry M. 
Anderson, 303 Penn Street, about eight o'clock last evening, proceeding 
promptly to the residence of Mr. Burr, No. 31 North Fourth Street, 
where they found the old-young gentleman utterly oblivious of birthday 
celebrations, and quite content to be allowed a blissful snooze. His dreams 
were somewhat shattered by the appearance of the company, but himself 
and wife quickly recovered composure, and although thoroughly surprised 
began to entertain their guests as if fully prepared for their visitation. 



2 24 7 ' HE B URR FA - ]/IL ] '■ 

" During the evening Mr. Frank J. Burr, the only son, and by no 
means a ' prodigal,' entered the drawing-room and presented his father, 
on behalf of himself and sisters, Ada, Eliza, Helen, and Sallie, with a 
very handsome, heavy gold-headed cane, in recognition of his eightieth 
birthday. 

"Mr. Burr, who is 'just as young as he used to be,' said it was no 
doubt a very nice cane, and that he might need it when he grew old, 
although he could not see that he had any use for it now. He was as 
merry as the youngest, and said he supposed the gold was ' solid.' The 
evening passed very pleasantly, euchre, a donkey party, an animal game, 
refreshments, dancing, and music, driving dull care away, if any existed, 
until midnight. 

" Jonathan Burr, as a matter of fact, is one of the most remarkable men 
in Camden. Although eighty, he is as well preserved as most young 
men, vigorous physically and mentally. He has a brother two years his 
junior and a sister as sprightly as himself, who is eighty-eight. Mr. Burr 
was born at Green's Farms, Fairfield County, Connecticut, December 
5, LS07. He remained there until sixteen, when he went to sea, and for 
twenty-one years he followed the water, being commander of a vessel for 
ten years that sailed from New York to South America and other ports. 
At the age of thirty-seven he came to Camden, where he started in the 
grocery business at Third and Arch Streets. President Pierce appointed 
him postmaster when the office was located there, but he resigned the 
position a year or two after, when he went into the real-estate business, 
which he has conducted for about forty-seven years with marked success. 

" For thirty-three years he was secretary of the Camden Fire Insur- 
ance Company, which had less than $1,000 in its treasury at that time, and 
when he resigned two years ago he left the company with $225,000 in the 
best kind of securities, after paying dividends, all losses, etc. He is a 
Democrat in politics, but a citizen who believes in ' the best man ' in local 
affairs without much regard to his political affiliations." 

Mr. Burr d. Aug. 26, 1S95, and is b. in Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, 
X. J. 

EBENEZER WARD BURR, 7 [672] of Green's Farms, Ct., 

m. Mary E. Staples, of Ridgefield, Ct., in 1843. Chil. : 

1029. Augustus Ward/ b. April 14, 1846, m. April 3, 1883, Mary 
Eardman of Philadelphia ; IO30. S. Elizabeth/ b. Nov. 10, 1847 ; 
IO31. Isabella F., 8 b. Aug. 17, 1855, m. Edward Elwood, Jan. 27, 1887, 
at Westport, Ct. ; 1032. Mary E., e b. July 26, i860, d. Nov. 15, 1864; 
1033. Frederick," b. Feb. 19, 1862. 





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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 225 

Mr. Burr d. at Green's Farms, Dec. 29, 1889. Mary E., his \v., d. Oct. 
17, 188S. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 7 [674] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Burr, of Westport. They had one dau. : 

1034. Abigail," b. Feb. 25, 1839. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Mary A., dau. of Capt. Abraham G. Jennings and 
Anna Burr, [284] of Fairfield, who had : 

1035. Mary H., 8 b. Feb. 5, 1847 ; 1036. Eliza, 8 b. Sept. 8, 1848; 
1037. William Z., B b. Dec. 9, 1850, d. May 21, 1852 ; 1038. William 
H.,' b. Aug. 22, 1854. 

REV. ZALMON B. BURR, 7 [675] of Southport, Ct., 

grad. at Yale Coll. in 1S39. June 9, 1849, married Hetty E., dau. of 
Capt. Walter Thorp, of Southport, Ct. 

June 7, 1850, was settled over the Cong. Church at Ridgebury, Ct. 
Dismissed June 7, 1857. 

From Ridgebury he went to the church at Weston, Ct., where he 
remained twenty-one years. His wife died Dec. 7, 1878. 

June 29, 1881, he married Ida E. Foskett, of Louisville, Ky., with 
whom he is now living in Southport, Ct. 

REV. ENOCH E. BURR, 7 [676] of Lyme, Ct., 

the well-known clergyman, lecturer, and author of scientific and theologi- 
cal works, was b. in Green's Farms — a parish in Westport, Ct. — Oct. 21, 
1 818, and with his next older brother was fitted for college, partly at the 
academy in his native place, and partly at Wilton, Ct., under that eminent 
teacher, Dr. Hawley Olmstead. He graduated as orator at Yale College 
in 1859. The next three years were spent at New Haven in post-graduate 
studies, chiefly of a theological and scientific nature. Becoming greatly 
reduced in health at the end of this time, he was obliged to return home 
and devote two or three years to recuperating. 

On the death of his mother he again returned to New Haven, and 
spent several years in close study of the higher mathematics and of 
physical astronomy. In 1850 he became pastor of a Cong, church in 
Lyme, Ct., which relation he has continued to sustain to the present 
time. In 1855, accompanied by his wife and brother, he spent nearly a 
year in European travel. 

In 1868 the degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Amherst 
College, and since then he has acted as lecturer on the Scientific 
Evidences of Religion, in that institution. At the request of a large 



226 THE BURR FAMILY. 

number of the leading clergymen and civilians of New York and Boston, 
he delivered, in 1874, a course of lectures in those cities on " The Latest 
Astronomy against the Latest Atheism," and has since lectured on kindred 
themes before the Sheffield Scientific School, Williams College, and other 
institutions. 

Mr. Burr is a voluminous and at the same time careful author, and his 
published works will compare favorably, both in value and extent, with 
those of any contemporary. 

His first publication, "The Neptunian Theory of Uranus," was issued 
in 1848 ; the next, " Christ the Revealer of God," in 1854 ; then followed 
in succession " Foreign Missions a Necessity to Home Evangelization," 
issued in 1S57 ; " Dynamics of Christianity," 1859 ; " Counsels on 
Spiritualism," 1859; "House of Many Mansions," i860; "Thrones for 
All," 1862 ; " EcceCcelum," 1867 ; " Pater Mundi," 1869 ; "Ad Fidem," 
187 1 ; " Facts in Aid of Faith," 1872 ; " Doctrine of Evolution," 1873 ; 
"Sunday Afternoons," 1874; "Thy Voyage," 1874 ; "Toward the Strait 
Gate," 1876; "Work in the Vineyard," 1876; "From Dark to Day." 
1877; " Dio the Athenian," 1880; "Tempted to Unbelief," 1882; 
" Ecce Terra," 1884; "Celestial Empires," 18S5 ; "Long Ago," 1887 ; 
"Supreme Things," 1889 ; " Aleph the Chaldean, or the Messiah as seen 
from Alexandria," 1891. 

Dr. Burr m. Aug. 12, 1851, Miss Harriet A. Lord, of Lyme, Ct. ; he 
has two chil. : 

1039. Hanford M., f b. Apr. 9, 1864 ; 1040. Edith H., 8 b. June 
to, 1873. 

Hanford M. [1039] grad. at Amherst College, 1885, and has been 
since 1890 pastor of the Park Cong. Church, Springfield. Mass. 

COL. JAMES G. BURR, 7 [678] of Wilmington, N. C, 

m. Mary A. Berry, of Wilmington, a des. of Judge Charles Berry, who 
held office under the colonial government of N. C. Miss Berry was also 
a niece of Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, of Kearsarge fame. They have 
had six chil. : 

1041. Ancrum," b. Jan. 8, 1841 ; 1042. Louisa C. ; 1043. Eliza 
L. h ; 1044. Emily L. 8 ; 1045. Frederick H. B ; 1046. Lula r ; 1047. 
William A/ 

Col. burr has held many positions of trust and honor under govern- 
ment. In 1848 he was appointed by Pres. Taylor, Postmaster of Wilming- 
ton — the only whig who ever held that office — and was rem. by Pres. 
Pierce for political reasons only, lie having the reputation of being the 
most efficient postmaster that ever held the office. In 1853 he was 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 22 J 

appointed teller in the Bank of Cape Fear, an institution with a capital 
of one million and a half, with seven branches in different parts of the 
State ; and in 1861, on the death of the cashier, was elected to fill that 
vacancy, and held the position until 1866, when the bank went into 
bankruptcy, ruined by the war. He was a director and acting President 
of the Wilmington & Manchester R. R. from i860 to 1873. In 1S66 he 
was elected one of the Aldermen of the city, and by a standing resolution 
of the Board, acting Mayor during the absence of that officer. 

Early in the war he was commissioned by Governor Vance, Colonel 
of the 7th Regt. State Guards, and though not liable to military duty, he 
accepted the position ; and with his regiment was appointed to the 
defence of the city of Wilmington. At the bombardment of Fort 
Fisher he was ordered to its defence, but had no chance to participate in 
the affair, as Gen. Bragg did not think it prudent to attack the enemy's 
intrenchments. On the evacuation of Wilmington, Col. Burr marched 
with his command to Raleigh, N. C. ; here Gov. Vance appointed him 
on his staff, and sent him with Ex-Governors Swain and Graham, to 
meet Gen. Sherman and surrender the city, which they satisfactorily 
accomplished. 

At the close of the war, Col. Burr returned to Wilmington, where he 
has since resided. 

GERSHOM BURR, 7 [687] of Ottawa, III., 

m. Mary E. Norris ; their chil. are : 

1048. Sellick J. 8 ; 1049. Henry, 8 d. Nov. 1876, at Colorado Springs, 
Col. ; 1050. Benjamin/ k. in boyhood by a team of runaway horses ; 
1051. Mary, 8 m. E. M. Wardwell and res. in Bristol, R. I. ; 1052. 
Gershom, 6 res. in Ottawa, 111. 

Early in life Mr. Burr settled in Fall River, Mass., and engaged in 
the shipping trade between that port and Cuba. 

He was very successful from the first, and finally entered the whaling 
business also ; but after some time, meeting with heavy losses, in the 
shipwreck of two of his vessels and the dishonesty of his Cuban agent, 
and dreading to have his sons follow the sea, he rem. to Ottawa, La Salle 
Co., 111., where he continued to res. until his death. Late in life he m. a 
second wife, by whom he had : 

IO53. Charles, 8 res. in Oshtema, Mich., and 1054. Ophelia, 8 who 
m. J. F. Failing, and res. in Oshtema, Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 

BRADLEY BURR 7 [688], of Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., 

m. Polly Sherwood, b. about 1792 in Ct. Chil. : 

1055. Sherwood, 8 drowned when a young man ; 1056. Bradley 8 ; 



228 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1057. Eunice ' ; 1058. Alfred M. h ; 1059. Emily 8 ; 1060. William B ; 
1061. John ; 1062. Polly"; 1063. Harriet'; 1064. Isaac." 

Of the daus. Eunice m. John Davidge, of Liberty, N. Y., and had 
chil : I. James, 2. Sherwood Burr, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Edson G.,$. Samuel, 
6. Mary, 7. John, 8. Gifford, 9. William Ban. 

Emily m. Amos Hall. Chil. : I. Luanda, 2. John, 3. William, 4. 
Laura, 5- Polly, 6. Edward, J. Bradley, 8. Gideonette. 

Polly in. Horace Crary, of Liberty, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1853. 

Immediately after her marriage, her husband and she located near 
Hancock, in Delaware County, where Mr. Crary engaged in the tannery 
business. At Hancock there were born to her five children, namely : 
I. Emma, b. Sept. 4, 1859 ; 2. Grace A., b. Jany. 3, 1865 ; 3. Thomas Burr, 
b. Sept. 26, 1866 ; 4. Calvert, b. April 3, 1S68 ; and 5. Mary E., b. Aug. 2, 
1876. Emma married Chandler Young, and resides at Liberty, Sullivan 
County, N. Y. Grace A. married Fred H. Haskins, and resides at Bing- 
hamton, N. Y. Thomas Burr married Louise Brintnall, and resides at 
Binghamton, N. Y. Calvert married Ruth Horton, and resides at Nevvton- 
ville, Mass. Mary E. married Harold W. Moore, and resides at Denver, 
Colorado. 

When Mr. and Mrs. Crary made their home at Hancock, the country 
was new and wild. The Erie Railroad had been in operation but a few 
years, and a considerable part of the country was covered with virgin 
forests. The life opened to these young people was one of considerable 
hardship, care, and responsibility and Mrs. Crary came to prove herself a 
royal helpmate for an active, energetic business man. Her influence was 
soon felt in all the surrounding territory, and her home early became the 
resort of those in need and those who were interested in church and 
charitable work. She was a member of the Methodist Church, and was 
deeply interested in the work and welfare of the society both at home and 
abroad. 

A woman of great strength of character and determination, sympathetic 
and generous, her influence was felt in the business and social life of her 
husband and in all the social life about her, and particularly was this 
influence felt by the young people who came within her social circle, and 
had very much to do with the moulding of their characters. The many 
young men who went out from the employment of Mr. Crary and his 
partners owed much of their success in after life to the influence which 
the character and life of Mrs. Crary had upon them during the time they 
came within its power. 

Business success came to Mr. and Mrs. Crary, and in October, 1885, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 2 29 

they removed to Binghamton, New York, where Mrs. Crary made her 
home until the date of her death, which occurred July 7, 1S99, while on a 
visit to her daughter who at the time resided near Denver, Colorado. 

Her interest in her church and charitable work continued to be her 
ruling passion during life, and her benefactions reached far and wide, while 
her influence among her associates and in the society about her continued 
to increase as long as she lived. 

Harriet m. Lucien Horton, of Liberty. Chil. I. Charles S., 2. Jessie, 
3. Cora, 4- Leroy, 5- Lillie, and 6. Emma. 

ABEL BURR, 7 [690] of Easton, Ct., 

m. . Chil. : 

1065. Jane, 8 and perhaps others. 

ALFRED BURR, 7 [692] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Martha Turney, b. June 5, 1802 ; their chil. are : 

1066. William,' b. Jan. 21, 1825; 1067. Eliza M., 8 b. Nov. 23, 
1826 ; 1067a. Carrie J., 8 b. Oct. 24, 182S ; 1067b. Francis J., 8 b. Apr. 
7, 1832, d. June, 1836 ; 1067c. Mary F., 8 b. Dec. 25, 1839. 

Mr. Burr d. Jan. 8, 1861. 

HORACE BURR, 7 [697] of Wilmington, N. C. 

m. Mary J. Campbell, of Wilmington, b. Aug., 1806. Chil. : 

1068. Mary A. 8 ; 1069. Charles W., 8 d. in inf.; 1070. Alfred B., 8 

d. in New Orleans, May 7, 1877 ; 1071. Charles B. 8 ; 1072. John A. e ; 

1073. Horace C., 8 res. in Chicago, 111.; 1074. Margaret J. 6 ; 1075. 

Louis, 6 d. in Bermuda in 1863. 

Mary A. [1068] m. Rev. P. L. Shepard, of Saybrook, Ct., and has 

chil.: I. Horace, 2. Mary, 3. Margaret, 4. Anna, 5. Louis, 6. Finley. 
Mr. Burr d. in Wilmington in 1877. 

DAVID BURR, 7 [711] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Betsey Taylor. Chil. : 

1076. Moses H ; 1077. Ann E. 8 ; 1078. James L. 8 ; 1079. Eliza 
A. 8 ; 1080. Mary J. 8 ; 1081. Sarah 8 ; 1082. David E. 8 ; 1083. 
AbehY 

Of these Moses m. Delilah Keeler, and had chil.: 

1084. Frances," and others. 



230 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Ann E. m. Edwin Smith, a conductor on the Housatonic Railroad, 
and resides in Danbury. James L. m. Clarissa A. Hull, and has a dau.: 

1084a. Caroline." 

Eliza A. m. Marvin Sanford, of Redding, and had chil.: I. Orlando, 
and 2. Sarah. 

Mary J. m. George Crofut, and res. in Southbury. Sarah m. Gordon 
Rose, and res. in Syracuse, N. Y. David E. m. Mary Rockwell ; had one 
son, Abell d. young. 

HARVEY BURR, 7 [713] of Ridgefield, Ct., 

m. Maria Lee, of Redding. Chil.: 

1084b. John'; 1085. Hiram'; 1086. Lewis'; 1087. Sarah/ 

JOHN BURR, 7 [714] of Ridgefield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Taylor, of Redding, Feb. 2, 1824, and had chil.: 

1088. John D.; b. Sept. 1, 1825. 

JACOB BURR, 7 [716] of N. Y, 

m. Polly Whitlock, of Ridgefield, has two chil. res. near Fulton, in the 
State of N. Y. 

MORRIS BURR, 7 [725] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Arrity Bulkley, of Greenfield. Chil.: 

1089. William" ; 1090. Frances," who m. Wm. Sherwood, of Green- 
field ; IO91. Amelia," who m. F. A. Bartram, of Bridgeport, a merchant, 
and pres. People's Steamboat Co. Their chil. are : I. Edgar Burr, 2. 
Lillian, 3. Francis, 4. Belle, 5. Jesse. 

JESSE BURR, 7 [728] of Redding, Ct., 
m. Abigail Banks ; no chil., d. in R. in 1822, ae. 28 yrs. 

WILLIS BURR, 7 [729] of Norwalk, Ct., 

m. Azuba Morgan. Chil.: 

1092. Willis'; 1093. Charles"; 1094. Jane"; 1095. Horace/ 

MOSES BURR, 7 [732] of Easton, Ct., 

in. Amelia, dan. of Isaac Treadwell, of Weston. Chil.: 

1096. Ellen"; 1097. Eliza'; 1098. Betsey"; 1099. Sarah," b. 
Dec. 6, 1818, and iioo. Martha Maria.' 

Ellen [1096I m. William Banks of Easton. Ct., and had two chil.: 1. 
Moses Edson and 2. Eliza Maria Moses E.(i)m. Amelia Collins of New 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 23 I 

York, and had four chil., viz.: 1. Cecilia, 2. Jane E., 3. Charles Lincoln, 
and 4. Mildred. Of these, Cecilia (1) m. John Lindsley of Ansonia, Ct., 
and has three chil: 1. Floyd, 2. John, Jr., and 3. Cecil. Jane E. (2) m. 
Taylor Dennis, of Asheville, N. C, no chil. Charles Lincoln (3) m. 
Edith Marston of Maine and has one son, 1. Marston Edson. He is a 
physician practising in Bridgeport, Ct. Mildred (4) m. James Terry, of 
Bridgeport, and d. Oct. 13, 1900, leaving a child, also died. 

Eliza Maria Banks (2) m. Minot Tuttle, of Fairfield, Ct., and has 
three chil.: 1. William Burr, 2. Ella, and 3. Lillian. William B. (1) m. 
Ada Tuttle, of Westport, Ct., and had a daughter, 1. Ada Geraldine, who 
d., aet. six years. He is a druggist in Stratford, Ct. Ella (2) m. Charles 
B. Beers, of Bridgeport, an electrical engineer. No chil. Lillian (3) m. 
Charles E. Hough, a banker in Bridgeport. No chil. 

Eliza Burr [1097] m. Albert Sherwood, of Bridgeport, and d. without 
issue. Betsey Burr U098] na. Roswell Patterson, of Roxbury, Ct., and 
had one dau., I. Sarah Amelia, who m. Earle Garlick, of Roxbury, and had 
a dau., 1. Estella, who m. William Bradley and resides in Naugatuck, Ct. 
They have two sons. 

Sarah Burr [1099] m. Sept. 25, 1837, David C Richmond, b. in West- 
port, Ct., Jan. 21, 1S15, and had chil.: I. Celeste C, b. Mar. 21, 1840, m. 
George Richards, of Westport, Ct., June 18, 1863, and d. in 18S9, leaving 
an only child, r. Eloise, who d. soon after her mother, leaving no heirs. 
2. Sarah M., b. Sept. 19, 1843, m. Sept. 24, 1861, to Andrew W. Prout, a 
banker of Sandusky, O., d. Sept. 25, 1S99 ; had two chil.: 1. George Rich- 
mond, b. Sept. 30, 1868, m. Sept. 22, 1891, to May L. Bookwalter, at 
Springfield, O. Has one child, 1. Harold Andrew, b. Sept. 22, 1892. 
2. Sakie Emeline, b. Feb. 26, 1872, m. May 27, 1891, to Dr. Charles H. 
Merz, at Sandusky, O. Has one child, 1. Charles Andrew, b. Feb. 23, 
1893. Sarah Burr [1099] d. Nov. 19, 1892. 

Martha M. Burr [iioo] m. Burton Bradley (for many years principal 
of Redding Academy) Oct. 10, 1849, and had three chil.: I. Maria Louise, 
2. Edward Martin, and 3. Ida Isabel. Of these chil., Maria L. (i) m. 
William Harrison Perrin, Feb. 12, 1873, who d. Sept. 23, 1873, and she 
m. 2d, William Jason Haines, May 1, 1878. 

Edward M. (2) m. Ida Evaline Ward, Jan. 7, 1874, and has three chil.: 
r. Burton Edward, b. Jan. 7, 1875 '■> 2 - Edith May, b. May 23, 1877 ; 3. 
Linda, b. March 12, 1890. Edith May (2) m. Edward C. Brown, Jan. 5, 
1900, and has one child, 1. Hazel Pearl, b. Sept. 1900. Edward M. 
Bradley (2) is a prosperous merchant in Mamaroneck, N. Y. 

Ida Isabel Bradley (3) m. James Edgar Townsend, Feb. 19, 1877, and 
has: 1. Florence, b. Apr. 4, 1878; 2. Wilbur F., b. March 30, 1880; 3. 



232 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Louise, b. Jan. 10, 1886 ; 4. Marion Amelia, b. Oct. i 8, 18S8 ; 5. Herbert 
Edgar, b. May 23, 1891 ; 6. Marcia Isabel, h. Oct. 27, 1897. 

Florence H. Townsend (1) m. Harrison David Corning, Oct. 19, 1898, 
had a dau., r. Marcella Isabel, b. Jan. 25, 1900. Mr. Harrison D. Corning 
d. April 14, 1900. ^<SLC 

Burton Bradley d. in Redding, Ct., Dec. 2, 1887. His widow now re- 
sides with her daughter Ida, in Danbury, Ct. 

Moses Burr was Judge of Probate of the Easton District for many 
years, a man of note in the community, highly respected for his learning 
and integrity. 

DAVID BURR,' [734 1 of Delphi, Ind., 

m. Phoebe Vermyle, of Ind.; they had no chil. He early rem. to Indiana, 
where he attained prominence in civil affairs. He was for some years 
Land Commissioner of the State, and was one of the projectors of the 
Wabash and F2rie Canal. 

BRADLEY BURR, 7 [735] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Dec. 6, 1819, Sallie, dau. of Silas Wheeler and Deborah Sanford' of 
Easton. Deborah's father was Josiah Sanford of the well-known Sanford 
family of Redding. The Wheelers were also " good stock." The found- 
ers of the family in this country were Thomas Wheeler, who came to Fair- 
field from Concord, Mass., in 1644, in the company headed by Rev. Air. 
Jones and his nephew Ephraim Wheeler, who also settled at Fairfield. 
Thomas Wheeler had a son John, 3 who had a son John 3 who m. 1st, 
Abigail Burr, and 2d, Lydia Porter, of Windsor, and by each had six 
children, the youngest, John, 4 b. 1729, being the father of Samuel, 5 who 
was the father of Silas" Wheeler of Easton. To Bradley Burr and Sallie 
Wheeler were born eight chil., viz.: 

HOI. Julia," b. Apr. 28, 1821, m. Oct. 8, 1848, Daniel B. Gould 
(Gold), of Fairfield, Ct., who was b. Sept. 29, 1S18. They had one son, 
George H., b. Sept. 4, 1849, who m. Oct. 7, 1873, Lina E., dau. of Aaron 
Treadwell, of Redding, and has six chil.: 1. Nellie J '., 2. Elsie, 3. George 
H., Jr., 4. Aaron '/'., 5. John'H., 6. child unnamed. 

Iioia. Fannie," b. Dec 6, 1822, d. in inf. ; 1102. Fannie," b. Nov. 
16, 1824, m. to Samuel Sturges, of Wilton, Oct. 15, 1845, and had: I. 
Edward, b. Aug. 1848, d. in Westport, 1S76 ; and 2. Alice, b. May, 1855, 
m. in May, 1877, to George Banks, of Easton. Their dau., Evelyn 
Sturges, was b. Jan. 17, [886. Fannie, the mother, d. Jan. 14, 1859. 

1103. Deborah," b. Dec. 26, 1826, m. Oct. 1, 1845, to Seth Todd, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 233 

who was a des. through Sherlock, 1 Bethel 2 (w. Hannah Barnes), Dr. 
Stephen, 3 of Ham den (\v. Rachel), Stephen, 4 of Hamden (w. Lydia Ives), 
Deacon Samuel 5 (w. Susanna Tuttle), Samuel" (w. Mary Bradley), Chris- 
topher 7 (w. Mary Middiebrooks), original settler of New Haven, Ct., son 
of William Todd, of Pomfret, York Co., England. Their children were : 
I. Henry Burton Todd, b. Dec. 29, 1846 ; 2. Charles Burr, b. Jan. 9, 
^49 ; 3. Ada J ., b. June 16, 1853 ; 4. Jennie S., and 5- Hattic E., twins, 
b. June 24, i860. Of above chil., Henry B. (i) is an inventor and manf., 
and resides at Meriden, Ct. ; he m. Alice Wheeler, of Bethel, Ct., and has 
chil.: 1. Louise, b. Feb. 9, 1872, d. Aug. 25, 1885 ; 2. Grace, b. Jan. 6, 
1878 ; 3. Helen, b. Oct. 19, 1887. 

Charles Burr (2) fitted for college under Prof. Edward P. Shaw, of 
Redding Institute, but was prevented by ill-health from entering. Taught 
school for a time. In 1878 published his first book, " History of the Bun- 
Family." Mr. Todd's other books are: "History of Redding, Ct.," 
1880; "Life and Letters of Joel Barlow," 1886 ; "Story of the City of 
New York," 1888; "Story of Washington, the National Capital," 1889, 
(in Putnams' series, "Great Cities of the Republic ") ; in 1890, in collab- 
oration with Rev. Dr. William H. Milburn, chaplain of the House, he 
wrote " The Mississippi Valley." Mr. Todd has also contributed sketches, 
poems, and letters to Lippincotfs Magazine, The Forum, the N. Y. Evening 
Post, Tribune, and other journals. In 1887 he was appointed by Gov. 
Lounsbury, of Connecticut, a member of the Commission for restoring the 
Putnam Winter Quarters in Redding, Ct. (in which the Right Wing of the 
Continental Army spent the winter of 1778-79), and served as secretary 
and special committee for procuring plans for a monument. He was 
appointed by Gov. Bulkley a member of the second Commission created in 
1889, an office which he held for four years, resigning in 1893. In 1896 
he was appointed by Mayor Strong a member of a Commission for printing 
the early Dutch Records of New York City. 

Ada J. (3) graduated at Fort Edward Sem., N. Y., in 1873, at Clav- 
erack Coll., 1876, at Syracuse University, with degree of A.B., in 1880, 
received the degree of A.M. from the same coll. in 1883, for Greek and 
Philosophy, and Ph.D. from Boston Univ. in 1886, for studies in lan- 
guages and literature. Was at one time Lady Principal and Prof, of 
Greek and Latin in Xenia Female Coll., O., and later instructor in Greek 
and Natural Science at Bridgeport, Ct., High School. In the summer of 
1887, sne had charge of the Dept. of Physiology in the Martha's Vineyard 
Summer School. Miss Todd is a frequent contributor to The Living 
Church and other journals. 

Jennie S. (4) m. Aug. 17, 1881, Edgar T. Andrews, of Bethel, Ct.; has 



234 THE BURR FAMILY. 

cliil. : i. John, b. May 24, 1882, 2. Laura, b. May 17, 1889, 3. Alfred, 
4. Wilder. 

Hattie E. (5) m. July 2, 1885, Rev. Arthur Candee, of Easton, Ct., 
now pastor of the Baptist Church at Golden, Col. Her chil. are: 1. 
Harry, b. Mar. 30, 1886 ; 2. Mabel, b. Dec. 17, 1889, 3. Ruth, 4. /W/. 

1104. George," b. Apr. 19, 1S29 ; 1105. William Henry/ b. Mar. 
n, 1831 ; 1106. Sarah M.," b. May 21, 1833, m. Dec, 1859, Nathaniel 
Sellick, of Danbury, Ct., and d. in April, 1862, in Chicago, 111.; 1107. 
Lyman T., 8 b. July 25, 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837. 

Bradley Burr d. Oct. 8, 1868. His wife Sallie d. Aug. 9, i860. Both 
were Episcopalians in youth, Mr. Burr having been choir master of the 
Redding Epis. Ch., but at the time of the great Methodist revival he joined 
that church, and continued an earnest and consistent member, having 
s rved as class leader for many years. 

JOHN BURR, 7 [736] of Delphi, Ind., 

m. Susan Lyon, of Albany, N. Y. Their chil. are : 

II03. Martha," who m. Dr. M. N. Manlove, d. April 7, 1883, at 
Logansport, Ind. Chil.: I. May, 2. Burr, 3. Edward, and 4. Jessie. 

1109. Willie," d. in inf. ; IIIO. John," d. in inf.; nil. John H." ; 
1 1 12. Mary, m. to Rev. Samuel Edson, an Epis. cler., and had chil.: 
I. Mira, 2. John, 3. Theodore, 4. William, 5. Samuel, 6. Susan, 7. 
Herbert, 8. Mary, and 9. Oliver. Mrs. Edson d. Feb. 13, 1898. 

1113. Belle," m. Samuel Graham, of Delphi, and d. Dec. 6, 1873, 
leaving a son, I. L. Burr, who m. Dec. 15, 1896, Miss Julie Crawford, of 
Detroit, Mich. No chil. He res. at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Mr. John Burr d. July 24, 1885. He was for many years a merchant 
in Delphi, and was much respected. 

JOSEPH BURR, 7 [740] of Newburgh, N. Y., 

m. Letty Tallman, of New York City. Chil. : 

1114. Joseph T.," who m. Adelia Tuttle ; 1115. Theodore A." ; 
IIl6. Charlotte J., who m. Joseph Buckman, of New York ; III7. 
Lettie," who m. George Millspaugh, of Goshen, N. Y.; IIl8. Samuel 
S." ; and 1119. Elizabeth." 

TIMOTHY BURR, 1 [744] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Dec. 22, 1807, Sarah, dau. of Barak Taylor, of Danbury, Ct. Their 
chil. were : 

1120. George/ b. Aug. 30, 1S0S; II2I. John," b. Feb. 23, 1810 ; 
1122. Elihu," 1). Apr. 12, 1S11 ; 1123. Abigail," b. Nov. 24, 1812, d. in 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 235 

1872 ; 1124. Barak T., 8 b. Apr. 7, 1815 ; 1125. Sarah A., 8 b. Nov. 3, 
1S17, m. to Henry Hanford, of Wilton, and had : I. Morris, 2. William, 
3. Georgiatina, and 4- Amelia. 

1126. Amelia, 8 b. June iS, 1824, m. to Seth Bradley, of Greenfield 
Hill. Had chil. : I. Mary, and 2. Jane. 

1127. Ann M., 8 b. Jan. 13, 1828, m. Thomas B. Bartram, of Black 
Rock, Ct., and has chil. : I. Alice, 2. T/wmas B., 3. Edwin. 

1128. Timothy E., 8 b. March 12, 1834. 

Mr. Burr was a merchant in Greenfield for many years, and accumu- 
lated a large estate. 

LEWIS BURR, 7 [745] of Fairfield, Ct., 
m. Marietta Bradley, of Greenfield. They had one child, who d. in inf. 

MORRIS BURR, 7 [746] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Eliza Knapp, and had chil. : 

1129. Morris 8 ; 1130. Amanda, 8 m. to Holly Q. Powers, of N. Y. 
Morris Burr d. Aug. 20, 1858. 

ROWLAND BURR, 7 [749] of Sullivan Co., N. Y., 

m. Stella Bradley, in 1814. Their chil. were : 

II31. Andrew, 8 b. Apr. 16, 1815 ; 1132. Eliza, 8 b. May 21, 1816, 
m. Nov. 27, 1S34, to Bradley Sherwood, of Liberty, N. Y., and had : I. 
Oliver, b. June 12, 1836, m. Mary Jones, i860 ; 2. Stella B., b. Aug. 21, 
1837, m. G. B. Reynolds; 3. Nathan B., b. Dec. 20, 1839, m. Eliza J. 
Galatt, 1865 ; 4. Roosevelt F., b. Jan. 29, 1841, m. Lizzie Parliamen, i860 ; 
5. Polly B., b. Apr. 6, 1843, m. Henry Randall, 1862 ; 6. Lottie S., b. May 
27, 1S44, m. Edmund L. Dodge, 1865 ; 7. Emma J., b. Jan. 9, 1850, m. 
John K. Misner, 1866 ; 8. Bradley B., b. Apr. 15, 1855, m - Miriam Cronk, 
1S74. 

1132a. Lewis, 8 b. Dec. 12, 1823; 1133. Dorothy C., 8 b. Apr. 26, 
1825, m. Cyrenus Garret, of Westfield, Pa., has I. William H., b. 1845, 
d. 1876 : 2. Wilhelmina, and 3. Walter. 

H33a. John, 8 b. Apr. 10, 1827, d. Aug. 21, 1830 ; 1134. Seth B./ 
b. June 21, 1829; 1135. William, 8 b. March 23, 1833, d. March 27, 
1833 ; 1136. Amelia J., 8 b. Aug. 15, 1834, m. James Schoonmaker, 1856. 
Chil.: I. Florence, 2. Ann, and 3. Hattie. 

1137- Julia, 8 b. Oct. 23, 1839, m. John Starr, of Bethel, N. Y. They 
have chil: I. Eli, 2. Eliza, 3. Clarissa, 4. Mary, 5. Lewis, 6. James, and 
7. Julia. 



236 THE BURR FAMILY. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [750] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Lorinda Nicholls. Chil.: 

1138. Simon"; 1139. AbelL ; 1140. Glover B ; 1141. Lewis. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [754] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Priscilla Bradley, of Greenfield, Ct. Their chil. were : 

1 142. John/ now res. in Mo.; 1143. William L., 8 now res. in West- 
port, Ct. 

Mr. Burr was the inventor of the casement iron-clad system for sheath- 
ing vessels with iron, and it was from stolen plans of his that the rebel 
ram, Merrimac, was built. He also painted the "Seven Mile Mirror," of 
the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, so popular with the public of New 
York and Boston thirty years ago. He died in the prime of life, leaving 
a large estate. 

JONATHAN BURR, 7 [757] of Trumansburgh, N. Y., 

m. . Chil.: 

1144. Nathan k ; 1145. Lewis'; 1146. Jonathan/ and others. 

MOSES BURR, 7 [758] of Westport, Ct., 

m. 1st, Harriet Banks, and had a son, 

1 147. Henry/ who m. Amelia Andrews and res. in Knoxville, Tenn. ; 
and a dau., 1148. Elizabeth," who m. Munson Sturgis and res. in Colo- 
rado. He m. 2d, in 1848, Elmira Smith, of Mulber, N. Y., by whom he 
has a son, 1149. Lewis/ b. in 1S59. 

EBENEZER BURR, 7 [759] of Trumansburgh, N. Y., 

m. Jane Cooper and has chil. living in Trumansburgh, N. Y., from whom 
we have no return. 

WALTER BURR, 7 [760] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Eunice Bradley, of Greenfield, has a son, 

1 150. Benjamin," and others. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 7 [769] of Pawling, N. Y, 

m. Chloe C. Pierce, Nov. 16, 1834. They had one dau., 

1151. Florence/ b. Aug. 19, 1848, m. Sept. 30, 1868, De Witt Baker, 
no chil., res. in Kane Co., 111. 

William Burr d. Aug. 22, 1855. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 237 

AARON BURR, 7 [770] of Pawling, N. Y., 

m. June 6, 1849, Altana Spaulding, of Fulton Co., N. Y. Chil.: 

1151a. Samuel D., 8 b. Feb. 28, 1851 ; 1151b. Benjamin F., 8 b. 

Apr. 4, 1853 ; 1151c. Annie A., 8 b. Jan. 31, 1855 ; II5ld. William 

H., 8 b. Dec. 19, 1858, d. May 1, 1876; 1151c Charles R., 8 b. Dec, 

1861 ; H5if. Arthur A., 8 b. Feb. 7, 1874. 

Mr. Aaron Burr d. Nov. 24, 1873; he was a far. and mem. Bapt. Ch. 

WALTER BURR, 7 [774] of Pawling, N. Y., 

m. Martha Quick, March 10, 1861. One child: 
H5ig. Mary, 8 b. July 13, 1868. 
Mr. Burr d. Oct. 28, 1870; he was a far. and mem. Bapt. Ch. 

ADDISON BURR, 7 [775] of Lancaster, Wis., 

m. Martha L., dau. of Hon. Joel Barber, of Conn. They have chil.: 

1152. Theodore A. 8 ; 1153. Mary A/ ; 1154. Emily C. 8 ; 1155. 
Helen B. 8 ; 1156. Sarah F. 8 

WILLIAM E. BURR, 7 [784] of St. Louis, Mo., 






b. Aug. 26, 182S, in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, m. Apr. 24, 1S55, 
Miss Harriette Holley Brand, dau. of William M. Brand, of Lexington, 
Ky. Chil.: 

1157. Harriette Holley, 8 b. July 10, 1856, m. Shannon C. Douglass; 
1158. William E., R b. Oct. 11, 1857, cashier of the St. Louis National 
Bank ; 1159. Edward, 8 b. May 19, 1859, officer Corps of Engineers, U. 
S. Army ; Il6o. Henry B., 8 b. Dec. 27, i860, merchant, Dallas, Texas ; 
Il6l. George C., 8 b. Jan. 12, 1862, treas. Carterville Coal Co., St. Louis, 
Mo.; 1162. Benjamin S., 8 b. Dec. 13, 1862, farmer, Macoupin County, 
111.; 1163. Ama F., 8 b. March 31, 1864; 1164. Lemuel G., 8 b. Nov. 
19, 1865, supt. Collier White Lead Co., St. Louis, Mo.; 1165. Eliza Mac- 
alester, 8 b. March 25, 1869, m. Egbert H. Chapman. 

In his youth Mr. Burr found employment in the Bank of Kentucky at 
Lexington, and remained in its service until 1857, when having been 
elected to a cashiership in the Bank of St. Louis, he removed to Missouri. 
He was elected president of the bank in 1863, and in 1864 he carried it 
into the national banking system, as the St. Louis National Bank. He 
continued its president until Feb. 1, 1890, when he retired from active 
business, the oldest banker in continuous years of service in the city of 
St. Louis. 



238 THE BURR FAMILY. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 7 [798] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Mary Ann, dau. of Sebastian Sommers, of New York. Their chil. are: 
1166. Mary E. 8 ; 1167. Henry E. 8 ; 1168. Frederick W. 8 ; 1169. 
Emma/ d. in inf.; 1170. Helen " ; 1171. Carrie " ; 1172. Sebastian" ; 
1173. Burnetta " ; 1174. Granville J.,"; Mary E. [1166] m. Thomas 
Manley, of New York, the well-known etcher. 

GEORGE BUCHANAN BURR,' [808] of Babylon, L. I., 

m. Mary Delia Duryea. Chil.: 

1175. Carrie Delia, 8 b. Sept. 16, 1874 ; 1176. George Edward," b. 
Feb. 16, 1876, d. Aug. 9, 1876 ; 1177. Edward Augustus," b. July 28, 
1877, d. July 15, 1881 ; 1178. Mary Elizabeth/ b. Oct. 1, 18S0; 1179. 
Gertrude Juliet," b. Dec. 15, 1882, d. July 22, 1885 ; 1180. Mildred 
Elinor," b. Oct. 30, 1890. 

REY. CHARLES H. BURR, 7 [8ll] of Williamstown, Mass., 

m. Aug. 19, 1870, Laura C, dau. of Timothy Hoyle, of Champlain, N. Y. 
They have three chil.: 

1181. Marjorie, 8 b. Jan. 30, 1878; 1182. Dorothy," b. Dec. 22, 
1884; 1183. Winifred," b. Jan. 7, 1890. 

Mr. Burr is librarian and instructor in Biblical Literature in Williams 
College. 

DR. BUCHANAN BURR, 7 [813] of Pocasset, Mass., 

m. Mar. 7, 1881, Helen Marion, dau. of Tyler Porter Shaw, of New York. 
Has issue : 

1184. Charles Buchanan,' b. Jan. 2, 1882 ; 1185. Spencer/ b. 
July 25, 1884, d. Sept. 18, 1884 ; Il86. Clarence W.," b. May 13, 1886, 
d. May 26, 1886 ; 1187. Helen Gladys," b. April 28, 1888. 

EBENEZER BURR, 7 [820] of Bridgeport, Ct., 

m. Oct. 15, 1879, at Burlington, Vt., Mary Hammond Nichols, dau. of 
Dr. Benjamin S. Nichols and Lucy Penfield Nichols, of Burlington, Vt. 
Their chil. are : 

1187a. Lucy Penfield," b. at Burlington, Vt., July 15, 1880, d. Aug. 
6, 1893; 1187b. Harvey Eben," b. at Bridgeport, Ct., Oct. ;. 1885; 
1187c. Julia Mary, b. at Bridgeport, Ct, July 12, 1888. 

Ebenezer Burr [820] received an academic education, and was gradu- 
ated from the Law Department of Yale College in 1874, receiving the 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 239 

usual degree of LL.B., and for some years was successfully engaged in 
the practice of his profession at Bridgeport, Ct., where he has resided 
since 1880. He represented his native town of Fairfield in the Legislature 
of 1879, and has held many other positions of trust and honor. He is at 
present the senior member of the well-known banking firm of Burr & 
Knapp of Bridgeport. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOSHUA THADDEUS BURR, 8 [820a] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Miss Post and d. 1895, leaving two chil. : 
n87d. Thaddeus 9 and 1187c Lida. 9 

JOHN GERSHOM BURR, 6 [820b] of New York, N. Y. 

m. , d. 1863, leaving chil. : 

n87f. Catherine L. " ; n87g. Eleanora 9 ; 1187b. Lucinda 9 ; 
1187L Delia 9 ; 1187J. William T. 9 ; 1187k. Joel F. 9 ; 1187I. 
Chauncey. 9 

ANDREW E. BURR, 8 [822] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Ida, dau. of Abraham Vandervoot, of Bushwick, L. I. They had 
one child : 

1188. Caroline M., 9 who was m. Nov., 1886, to Harry Kearsarge 
Knapp, of New York. Their chil. are : I. Andrew Eliot, b. Nov. 1, 1S87, 
d. Feb. 19, 1891 ; 2. Gideon Lee, b. Oct. 22, 18S8, d. July 22, 1S89 ; 3. 
Harry Kearsarge, b. Sept. 10, 1890. 

Mr. Andrew Burr d. March 1, 1899. 

FREDERICK S. BURR, 8 [823J of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Dec. 31, 1863, Susanna Pinner, of Va. Chil. : 

1189. Andrew Eliot, 9 b. Oct. 4, 1S64 ; 1190. Frederick Stanley, 9 
b. Sept. 15, 1866 ; hoi. Henry Hudson Pinner, 9 b. Oct. 12, 1868. 

At the first call of the President for troops to maintain the integrity of 
the Union, Mr. Burr enlisted in the 5th N. Y. Vols., "Duryea's Zouaves," 
and was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment. Well versed 
in the routine of the Quartermaster Dept. of the U. S. army from former 
service in the West, he was peculiarly adapted for this position, and the 
admirable equipment with which that regiment entered the service was 
due in a large measure to his experience and exertions. 

After remaining with the regiment nine months the position of Regi- 



240 THE BURR FAMILY. 

mental Quartermaster was offered him, but the scarcity of competent 
army accountants at prominent posts prompted him to accept his discharge 
from the regiment, and take the position of chief clerk at Fortress Mon- 
ro,'. This service he continued under two commands, and until ordered 
with General McClellan on his peninsular campaign. 

While at Fort Monroe, Gen. Wool informed him that he had received 
information, through a special agent, that the command of Gen. Mansfield 
at Newport News, some eight miles distant, was in danger of attack by 
marine forces, and desired a reliable man as bearer of important des- 
patches. The weather was foggy and signals could not be observed, the 
necessity was urgent, and it was important that the despatches, which 
were momentous, should be placed in the hands of a discreet and reliable 
person. He volunteered for the duty himself and successfully performed 
the service, placing the despatches in the hands of Gen. Mansfield in 
person. On his return to Fort Monroe, at the junction of the Newport 
News and Williamsburgh roads, he was attacked by bushwhackers and 
severely wounded, a ball passing through his leg, from the effects of which 
he never fully recovered. During the peninsular campaign he had charge 
of land transportation at Harrison's Landing and White House, and was 
actively engaged at Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, and Harrison's Land- 
ing. At one time, while delivering a train-load of forage at Despatch 
Station, the train was attacked and the engineer killed. He drove the 
engine through the attacking forces, and was again severely wounded, but 
reached headquarters with the train, and by an early report saved the out- 
posts from attack by the rebels. 

After closing the accounts of the peninsular campaign, he was ordered 
to Suffolk, Virginia, where a large body of U. S. Vols, were concentrated. 
His duties were chiefly instructing volunteer quartermasters in their 
accounts, as it was almost impossible for the Dept. at Washington to get 
their accounts in condition to be audited. After this service was through, 
he received a position as special agent under the Treasury Dept., serving 
in this department until the close of the war. 

At the close of the war he was appointed U. S. Register for the State 
of Virginia, and remained in that office until its duties were finished. 

JOHN T. BURR, 8 [825] of Brooklyn, N. V., 

* 

m. March 14, 1866, Kate A. Skidmore, of Brooklyn, N. V. Their chil. 
are : 

1192. Agnes M." ; 1193. Jonathan Sturges,' d. August, 1870; 
1194. Jonathan Sturges'; 1195. Ida Orleans ; 1196. Kate S., 9 
d. Jan. 8, 1S75 ; 1197. Gertrude Pierrepont 9 ; 1198. Robert Mitchell.' 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 241 

HENRY A. BURR, 8 [826] of Wilmington, N. C, 

m. Jan. 22, 1S68, Mary Anna Hart, b. in Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 29, 
1844 ; a des. of Stephen Hart, who came to Cambridge, Mass., from Eng- 
land in 1632. Mrs. Burr d. Jan. 17, 1890, in Wilmington. Chil.: 

II99. Austin Hart, 9 b. Mar. 13, 1869, in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 1200. 
John Thomas, 9 b. Oct. 21, 1870, in Memphis, Tenn., d. in Wilmington, 
Apr. 21, 1890 ; 1201. Mary Elizabeth, 9 b. June 22, 1872, m. Apr. 21 , 
1897, William Robertson Gordon, has one son, Henry Arthur Burr, b. 
Feb. 16, 1901 ; 1202. Henry Arthur, 9 b. July 3, 1874, in Wilmington, 
N. C. ; 1203. Frederick Stanley, 9 b. Nov. 8, 1875; 1204. Mason 
Gordon, 9 b. Nov. 16, 1879. 

Mr. Burr is a partner in the firm of Burr & Bailey, Wilmington Iron and 
Copper Works. 

ELIOT BURR, 8 [832] of New York City, 

m. Elizabeth Burr. Chil.: 

1204a. Eliot Lawrence 9 ; 1204b. Thomas Stockton.' 

JOSEPH A. BURR, 8 [835] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Oct. 22, 1874, Ella A. Dawson, of New Haven, Ct. They have two 
daus. : 

1204c. Hattie Nash, 9 b. Oct. 20, 1S75 ; i204d. Jessye Dawson, 9 
b. Jan. 22, 187S. 

Of these daughters. Hattie N., m. Dec. 2, 1899, Edward Pell Folger, 
and has a dau., Dorothy, b. Oct. 9, 1900. Jessye D., m. Apr. 17, 1901, 
Howard Carisle Loudon. 

Mr. Joseph A. Burr received his primary education at Williamsburgh 
Institute. Fitted for college at Wilton Academy, Wilton, Conn. Entered 
Yale College, June, 1866, on reaching the age of sixteen. At the end of 
his Freshman year his health failed and he remained at home for one year, 
then resumed his studies, and graduated at Yale in June, 187 1, with the 
degree of A.B. In college he took several prizes for literary work, and was 
selected to deliver the Class Poem, annually given as part of the Commence- 
ment exercises. He was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society for excel- 
lence in scholarship. Was a member of Brothers in Unity (Literary 
Society), the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and the Wolf's Head Senior 
Society. 

After graduation Mr. Burr entered the law office of Theodore F. 
Jackson. While pursuing his studies in Mr. Jackson's office, he also 
attended lectures at Columbia Law School. Graduated from there 
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242 THE BURR FAMILY. 

May, [873, with degree of LL.B. Was admitted to the bar in May, 1874. 
and in July, 1874, formed a partnership with Mr. Theodore F. Jackson, 
under the firm name of Jackson <\: Burr, which continued until Jany. 1, 
1890, when Mr. Jackson retired from practice. The business was con- 
tinued under the firm name of Burr & Coombs, and later of Burr, Coombs 
& Wilson up to the present time. 

In January, 1896, Mr. Burr was appointed Corporation Counsel of the 
City of Brooklyn, and continued in office until Jany. i, 1898, when Brook- 
lyn lost its separate identity by being consolidated with other municipal- 
ities in the greater New York. 

In October, 1897, he was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the State of New York, on the Republican ticket, and ran over 3,000 
ahead of his ticket, but was defeated with all other Republican candi- 
dates that year. 

Mr. Burr has been President of the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Yale 
Alumni Association of Long Island, Vice-President of the New England 
Society of the City of Brooklyn, a member of the Brooklyn Institute, the 
Long Island Historical Society, the Crescent Athletic Club, the University 
Club of Brooklyn, and the Graduates Club of New Haven. He was for 
twelve years Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the Classon Avenue Pres- 
byterian Church, and is now a member of the First Presbyterian Church 
of Brooklyn, and President of the Board of Trustees of the Presbytery of 
Brooklyn. 

JOHN W. BURR, h [838] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Oct. 13, 1886, Jennie Humphrey, of Napanoch, Ulster Co., N. Y. They 
have no chil. 

NELSON G. BURR/ [839] of Bixghamton, N. Y., 

m. Emily B , b. Apr. 4, 1858, in Bath, Eng. ; they have no chil. 

NATHANIEL B. BURR,' 1 840] of Indianapolis, Ind., 

m. Eliza A . Chil.: 

1205. Allie C. D ; 1206. Albert W. ; 1207. Fannie A. ; 1208. 
Jennie L.' 

DR. WILLIAM J. BURR, S [849] of Newark Valley, N. Y., 

m. August 13, 1845, Jane Charlotte Lincoln, b. Feb. 20, 1S25. Chil.: 

1209. William H.,° b. Sept. 2, 1846 ; 1210. Sarah,' b. Aug. 23, 
1848, m. Emil A. Becker, of Buffalo, N. Y.; I2II. George L., 9 b. Jan. 
30, 1857 ; 1212. Mary E.," 1). Apr. 14, 1859. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 243 

Dr. Burr made an honorable record as surgeon in the army of the Union, 
1861-5. 

HENRY B. BURR, 8 [851] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Apr. 4, 1848, Harriet Newell Green, b. Feb. 11, 1822. Chil. : 

1213. Mary A., 9 b. Feb. 10, 1849, m. Mar. 29, 1S75, Charles A. 
Leavens, Bay City, Mich., d. 1885 ; 1214. George A.,' 1 b. Sept. 13, 1850 ; 
1215. Frank H., 9 b. Apr. 10, 1852 ; 1216. William O., 9 b. May 31, 
1853 ; 1217. Edward H., 9 b. Apr. 26, 1855 ; 1218. Charles S., 9 b. 
June 17, 1857 ; 1210. Walter C., 9 b. Sept. 9, 1859. 

Mrs. Harriet N. Burr d. Mar. 13, 1874, and he m. 2d, May 20, 1875, 
Fanny Barry of Hartford, Ct., b. Jan. 16, 1839 ; res. in Brooklyn ; was gen- 
eral bookkeeper in the U. S. Treas., N. Y. City, for some years. 

DAVID JUDSON BURR/ [857] of Richmond, Va. 

m. Julia Ellen Dennison, April 10, 1844. Their chil. were : 

1220. Henry Dennison, 9 b. April 30, 1845, at Richmond, Va., d. ; 



1221. Kate Waldo, 9 b. Aug. 14, 1847, d. Nov. 10, 1849 ; 1222. Ellen 

Shedden, 9 b. March 20, 185 1, m. ; 1223. David Julian, 9 b. Jan. 13, 

1853 ; 1224. Charles Howard, 9 b. Oct. 30, 1854, d. June 18, 1858 ; 
1225. Kenneth Stuart, 9 b. Jan. 1, 1862. 

None of above chil. m. except Ellen Shedden [1222] who m. William 
Fenno Lawrence, eldest son of Thomas Everett Lawrence of the well-known 
New York family of which Abram Lawrence is the head. She has one 
son, I. David Burr, b. 1883 ; resides at Petersburg, Va. Mrs. Lawrence 
is a frequent contributor to the press. 

David J. [1223] d. in June, 1897. Kenneth S. [1225] is at present in 
the Philippines. 

Mr. Burr graduated from Yale Coll. in 1842, and returning to Rich- 
mond began the study of law with Peachy R. Grattan, Esq., and was 
admitted to the bar, but his tastes inclining toward commercial life, he left 
his law books to become a member of the mercantile firm of Patterson and 
Burr. During the war he was a member of the Virginia House of Dele- 
gates, and also of the Common Council of Richmond, and chairman of the 
Committee on Finance. In 1863 the Virginia Home Insurance Company 
was organized, and he was elected secretary of the company. 

In 1865 was chairman of Com. Council of Richmond, and in his official 
capacity surrendered the city to U. S. forces. 

In 1867 he was chosen president of the Richmond Chamber of Com- 
merce, and was continued in that office until 1872, when he declined 
further service in that capacity. 



244 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Mr. Burr was also president of the Virginia Steamship and Packet 
Company, and held many public offices of importance. He died Aug. 3, 
1876. Mrs. Burr d. Apr. 1, 1866. 

WILLIAM E. BURR/ [859c] of New York, 

m. June 12, 1873, Susie E. Haines of New York. Chil. : 

1225a. Susie E., 9 b. May 19, 1875 ; 1225b. William H.," b. Apr. 
14, 1883. 

RICHARD OGDEN BURR/ [859c] of New York City, 
m. Apr. 23, 1889, Miss Ann L. O'Connell, of New York City, and 
has chil.: 

1225c. Charles Carrington," b. Jan. 30, 1890 ; 12256.. Richard 
Ogden, Jr.," b. Match 13, 1891 ; and 1225c Margaret," b. May 26, 
1898. 

EDWARD W. BURR, 8 [859g] of New York, 

m. Apr. 8, 1896, Aurelia, dau. of Robert Henning, and has one dau., I225f. 
Catherine, 9 b. March 28, 1898. 

HENRY BURR/ [860] of New York City, 

m. Lizzie Alison Squire, of New York, and had five chil., one only of 
whom is living, I225g. H. Stuart." 

Mr. Burr in 1883 became connected with the Society for the Prevention 
of Crime and in 1887 was made its Superintendent, serving creditably 
until his resignation in 1901. 

WOODRUFF L. BURR/ [861] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Jan. 8, 1861, Marietta, dau. of Jonathan Sturges, of Fairfield. Chil.: 

1226. Sarah Brewster," b. Nov. 17, 1861, d. Jan. 15, 1862 ; 1227. 
Franklin Lewis," b. Jan. 7, 1865, d. Apr. 24, 1865 ; 1228. Bronson 
Sturges, -Mar. 27, 1867 ; 1228a. Marietta," b. Apr. 1, 1869. d. June 
26, 1S69; 1228b. Eliza Hull, b. June 4, 1870; 1228c. Woodruff," b. 
June 14, 1871, d. Oct. 24, 187 1 ; I228d. Alice Virginia, 9 b. May 6, 
1874, m. Walter Henry Mott, June 20, 1899; I228e. Eddie," b. Aug. 28, 
1877, d. Oct. 1. 1877; I228f. Lewis Woodruff," b. Jan. 21, 1879. 

HENRY S. BURR/ [870] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. June 8, 1898, Alice May Schulte. Chil. : 

I228g. Henry S./ b. Apr. 3, 1899; 1228b. Howard Bancroft," b. 
July 26, 1900. 





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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 245 

Mr. Burr resides in the old Ephraim Burr homestead so long occupied 
by his grandfather, Ephraim, and later by his Aunt Frances. 

WILLIAM O. BURR, 8 [877] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Oct. 31, 1894, Aretta Burr Sherwood, of F. Chil. : 

1228L Catherine, 9 b. Apr. 5, 1896 ; 1228J. Aretta Sherwood, 9 b. 
Sept. 10, 1897 ; 1228k. Eben Roosevelt, 9 b. Apr. 8, 1901. 

FREDERICK A. BURR, 8 [878] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sept. 12, 1895, to Alice Isabel Bright, of Fairfield, Ct. Chil. : 

1228I. Frederick Sherwood, 9 b. Oct. 8, 1896 ; 1228m. William 
Taylor, 9 b. Mar. 26, 1898; 1228m Theodore Bentley, 9 b. Nov. 15, 
1899. 

ERAS E. BURR, 8 [884] of Southbury, Ct., 

m. Ellen T. Abbott, Oct. 25, 187 1. Chil. : 

1229. Bernis O., 9 b. Nov. 14, 1876. 

GEORGE W. BURR, 8 [886] of New York City, 

m. Marion Foote Scovill, of Watertown, Ct., b. 1834 (?). They had one 
son : 

1230. William H., 9 b. July 14, 1851. 

Mr. Burr grad. at Yale Coll. 1846 ; d. in New York, 1858. 

DAVID A. BURR, 8 [8o2d] of New York, 

m. Oct. 8, 1868, Julia Mary Mothershead, of Indianapolis, Ind., and has 
chil. : 

1230a. Leland Mothershead 9 ; 1230b. Desiree Augustine 9 ; 
1230c. David Eugene, 9 b. Mar. 23, 1880, now a Junior at Cornell 
University. Desiree A., [1230b] m. Oct. 25, 1900, John Smith Tichenor, 
of Montclair, N. J. 

Mr. David A. Burr was for many years a lawyer in New York where 
he had a large practice. He d. in Montclair, N. J., May 21, 189 1. 

CHARLES E. BURR, 8 [918] of Columbus, O., 

m. Elizabeth Q. Palmer, Nov. 25, 1873. Chil. : 

1231. Emily Graves, 9 b. Dec. 4, 1874; 1232. Charles E., 9 b. Mar. 
6, 1877; 1233. Eugene," b. Apr. 18, 1879 ; 1234. Flora A., 9 b. Dec. 3, 

1885. 



246 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CHARLES M. BURR/ [920] of Worthington, O., 

m. July 28, 1868, Elizabeth Nash Burr [016], of Worthington, O. Chil. : 
1235. Ruth G., J 1). July 9, 1S71, d. Mar. 15, 1872 ; 1236. Harriet 
G., 9 b. Feb. 19, 1873 ; 1237. Alice,'' b. Mar. 18, 1875, d. May 6, 1875 ; 
1238. Katherine E., J b. Mar. 3, 1876, d. Jan. 16, 1891 ; 1239. Mary,' 
b. Aug. 29, 1880. 

LEVI C. BURR,' [923] of Jackson, Mich., 

m. Nancy Criswell, Dec. 3, 1857. Chil. : 

1240. George J., 9 b. Apr. 17, 1S59, d. May 28, 1861; 1241. Eli B., s 
b. Mar. 3, 1862 ; 1242. James W., 9 b. Sept. 26, 1863, d. Mar. 12, 1873; 
1243. Mary A.,' b. Mar. 30, 1865 ; 1244. Henrietta M.,' 1 b. Sept. 12, 
1873- 

RUSHTON D. BURR/ [928] of Auburndale, Mass., 

m. June 21, 1853, Sophia Gage Parker, of Haverhill, Mass. No chil. 
He res. in Auburndale, Mass. 

HENRY BURR, b [929] of Haverhill, Mass., 
m. June 21, 1854, Mary Ellen Webb, of Haverhill. No chil. 

LEWIS W. BURR, 8 [930] of Bakersfield, Cal., 

in i860, enlisted in the 48th Regt., N. Y. Vol., served under McClellan 
and Meade in Virginia, was then transferred with his regiment to Sher- 
man's command, and followed that great leader in his march through 
Georgia. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, and 
engaged in manufacturing in Bakersfield, Cal. 

CAPT. HENRY P. BURR/ [935] of Westport, Ct., 

m. Sarah E. Taylor, Nov. 15, 1S43, and has chil. : 

1245. Algernon T., b. 1851 ; 1246. Henry E.," b. 1856; 1247. 
Louis D.," b. 1857 ; 1248. Frank A.,' b. 1861. 

In 1862 Capt. Burr recruited a company which was incorporated with 
the 17th Conn. Vol. Inf. and mustered into the U. S. service Aug. 28, 
1862. He went out with his regt. as Capt. of Company E. At the battle 
of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, he was taken prisoner and sent to Libby 
Prison, but was exchanged and returned to duty June 10, 1863. At the 
battle of Gettysburg the 17th was the fust called into action, and suffered 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 247 

terribly from the enemy's fire. Lieut.-Col. Fowler commanding the regi- 
ment was killed early in the action, and from that time the command 
devolved upon Capt. Burr, as being the senior officer present, and all 
through the terrible struggle which followed, the record of the regiment 
shows that it did its duty nobly. 

From Gettysburg Capt. Burr was transferred with his command to 
active duty in the South, and was in Florida when the war closed. For 
eight years he was Postmaster at Westport, Ct., where he d. Mar. 3, 1900. 

HENRY C. BURR, 8 [948] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Oct. 31, 1850, Sarah Abigail Hurlburt of East Haven, Ct. Chil.: 

1249. Alice H. M., 9 b. Sept. 22, 1851, m. Dec. 15, 1880, Frederick 
Daniel Lord of Ware, Mass. No chil. 1250. Arthur Hurlburt, 9 b. 
Aug. 7, 1853 ; 1251. Ida Jane, 9 b. Apr. 28, 1855. 

Mr. Burr served with credit in the late war, and was wounded at the 
battle of Antietam from the effects of which he lost a limb. He d. Oct. 
27, 1880. 

MILES BURR, 8 [954] of Newtown, Ct., 

m. Buckingham. One dau. : 

1252. Jennie, 9 a teacher in New York for many years, now living in 
Sheffield, Mass. Mr. Burr d. July, 1846. 

JOHN BURR,- [955] of Plymouth, Ct., 

m. Harriet Griggs of Plymouth. Chil. : 

1253. Clarence I., 9 b. Aug. 2, 1848 ; 1255. Catherine, 9 b. Sept. 20, 
185 1, m. Elliott J. Fenn, a lawyer, brother of Judge Fenn of the Superior 
Court of Conn., and 2d, William G. Norton, of Terryville, a veteran of the 
Civil War; 1256. Harriette, 9 b. Oct. 10, 1854, m. Frank S. Yale, of Ply- 
mouth, has 2 daus., I. Eleanor and 2. Olive ; 1257. Henry, 9 b. Feb. 8, 1857. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [959] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Oct. 13, 1857, Caroline Salmon. Chil. : 

1257a. Fannie Cornelia, 9 b. Oct. 22, 1858, an artist of repute; 1258. 
Elnora Salmon, 9 b. Sept. 22, 1861 ; 1259. Jennie, 9 b. Oct. 24, 1S72. 

Mr. Burr is Pres. of the Agricultural Society of Monroe, Huntington, 
and Trumbull. 



248 THE BURR FAMILY. 

HENRY D. BURR," I960] ok Monroe, Ct., 

m. Henrietta Lewis, of Monroe, Ct., Apr. 22, 1870. Child. : 

1260. Lewis Henry," b. Feb. 2, 187 1, d. 1875. 

Mr. Burr was a soldier in the late war, and was severely wounded at 
the battle of Antietam. 

JEROME BURR, 8 [966] of Birchardville, Pa., 

m. Lydia Keator, and had chil. : 

1260a. Emma'; 1260b. MaryC; 1260c. Judson P." 

Emma [1260a], m. Martin Hewitt, of Birchardville, Pa., and has chil.: 
I. Kate, who m. Norvell Owen, Feb. 21, 1900, and has a dau. 1. Hazel ; 
and 2. Nellie, who resides at home with her parents, and is engaged in 
teaching ; several chil. d. in inf. 

Mary C. Burr (1260b), m. Alexander Hewitt, and has several chil. 
They res. at Fairdale, Pa. 

Judson P. Burr (1260c), m. , and res. at Birchardsville, Pa. ; 

has several chil. 

PHILO MERWIN BURR, e [969] of Meshoppix, Pa., 

was m. to Ann Bannatyne, Nov., 1866, who d. childless about 1876, and 
he m. 2d. Sept. 11, 1881, Sara Chamberlain, by whom he had : 

i26od. Gilbert Merwin, 9 b. Feb. 14, 1883; 1260c Clark Griffin,' 
d. in inf. ; i26of, John'; i26og. Alice Mary 9 ; 1260I1. Spencer, 

Mr. Burr was a member of Co. A., 5 2d Regt., P. V., was wounded at 
the battle of Fair Oaks ; was commissioned 2d and 1st Lieut, for gallantry 
in action, and later Captain. 

WILLIAM HENRY BURR,' [970] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Mary Bannatyne and has chil. : 

l26oi. Ella Wilson," m. Jonathan C. Jenkins and has three chil. : 
I. Vary Theodosia ; 2, Nancy; 3. Isabel. 

1260J. Archie C ; 1260k. Ninian M.' ; 1260I. Jane A. ' ; 1260m. 
Mabel E.,' m. William 1). Clark, a Scotchman, and res. in Edinburgh, 
Scotland ; i26on. Zida R., ' unm. ; 12600. Samuel W.," unm. 

DAVID WILMOT BURP,' [973c] of Richmond, N. Y., 
m. Carrie B. Sheridan, May 1, 1 X90. No. chil. 

CHARLES CLARK BURR/ [9731"] of Birchardville, Pa., 
m. Mar. 1, 1887, Emma Valentine. Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 249 

i26op. Florence D., 9 and i26oq. Lawrence C., 9 twins, b. May 
16, 1888. Lawrence d. in inf. l26or. Edward C., 9 b. Aug. 22, 1894; 
1260s. Charles C. Jr., 9 b. Nov. 27, 1897. 

PHILO J. BURR, 8 [974] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. June 24, 1874, Helen M. Wayland. Child : 

1261. Clarence, 9 b. Feb. 20, 1876. 

MILES B. BURR, 8 [975] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Dec. 14, 1870, Mary E. Curtis. Chil. : 

1262. John M.,' b. May 6, 1872 ; 1263. Ruamy, 9 b. Mar. 26, 1S74, 
m. June 2, 1897, J. Howard Beck. 

Mr. Burr is a director in the Union Agricultural Society of Monroe. 

ALBERT PLATO BURR, 8 [975c] of Elmdale, Mich., 

m. Sept. 4, 1870, Anna Remington, b. at Hudson, N. Y., July 12, 1848. 
Chil. : 

1263a. James Arthur, 9 b. Mar. 24, 1871 ; 1263b. A. Janett, 9 b. 
Sept. 11, 1872; 1263c. May Bell, 9 b. May 4, 1875; 1263d. Alma Lucia, 9 
b. May 2, 187S ; 1163c Charles Albert, 9 b. Sept. 7, 1876 ; I263f. 
Silas Kirk, 1 and I263g. John Winton, 9 d. in inf. ; 1263b. Letha 
Anna, 9 b. May 31, 1S84 ; 1263L June Alberta, 9 b. June n, 1887; 
1263J. Bessie Laura, 9 b. Aug. 2, 1889. 

James Arthur Burr [1263a], of Big Rapids, Mich., m. Jan. 30, 1901, 
Cora C. Jacks, b. Oct. 16, 1872. A. Janett Burr [1263b] m. Fred Joslin, 
D.D.S., of Big Rapids, Mich. May Bell [1263c], m. Lewis Pratt, and 
res. at Ashley, Mich. One child : I. Margaret Anna, b. Sept. 26, 1899. 
Alma Lucia [1263d] m. Dec. 13, 1876, Edwin J. Marsh, an attorney of 
Big Rapids, Mich. ; has one child, I. Frank Burr, b. Mar. 4, 1880. 

DR. DANIEL S. BURR, 8 [990] of Binghamton, N. Y., 

m. May 27, 1863, Jessie L. Griffin of Binghamton. Chil. : 

1264. George Lansing, 9 b. Oct. 24, 1874; 1265. Fitch Gilbert, 9 

b. Mar. 1, 1876, d. Sept. 1, 1880 ; 1266. Marie Louise, 9 b. Dec. 7, 1877 ; 

1267. Jessie Griffin, 9 b. Oct. 16, 1879, d. July 29, 1880 ; 1268. Alice 

McCord,' b. Apr. 21, 1885 ; 12&9, Carrie Wilhelmina,' b. July 12, 

1887. 

Dr. Burr grad. at Geneva Medical Coll. in Jan., 1868, and has since 

resided at Binghamton in the practice of his profession. 



250 THE BURR FAMILY. 

GEORGE M. BURR/ [991J of Manistee, Mich., 

m. June 10, 1874, Mabel D. Shelton, of Binghamton, N. Y. No chil. 
Mr. Burr is cashier of the Manistee National Bank of that place. 

JAMES E. BURR/ [1007] of Carbondale, Pa., 

m. Matilda Parsons Bryan, Sept. 6, 1882, of a family prominent in the 
early political history and jurisprudence of Pennsylvania. Their chil. are : 

1270. Sarah Bryan,' b. June 24, 1883 ; 1271. Edward Bryan, 9 b. 
Jan. 9, 1S87 ; 1272. Lily Paxton, 9 b. Sept. 20, 1888; 1273. Kathryn 
Meigs, 8 b. Dec. 27, 1889. 

Mr. Burr grad. from Princeton Coll. in 1875, was soon after admitted 
to the bar, and has since continued in the practice of his profession at 
Carbondale, Pa. 

FRANK E. BURR,' [1009] of Carbondale, Pa., 

m. Mar. 15, 1S83, Grace McMillan. Chil. : 

1274. Marion Grace,'' b. Feb. 7, 1S89 ; 1275. Bessie Jeanette, 

1). June 4, 1S90. 

Mr. Burr is a leading jeweller in Carbondale. 

ERASTUS W. BURR," [ion] of Saginaw, Mich., 

m. Samantha Powlus, of Saginaw, Mich. Chil. : 

1276. William I., b. Feb. 20, 1875 ; 1277. Cyrus B., 9 b. Oct. 4, 
1876, d. June 9, 1886 ; 1278. Florence,'' b. Oct. 28, 1879 ; 1279. Eras- 
tus, 9 b. April 4, 1884; 1280. George W., 9 b. Aug. 27, 18S7 ; 1281. 
Susan R.,' b. Jan. 9, 1891. 

CYRUS A. BURR, f [1012] of Milwaukee, Mich., 

m. Frances Vanalstine, of West Bay City. Child : 
1282. Edith, 9 b. Mar. 13, 1881. 

ANCRUM B. BURR/ [1041] of New York, N. Y., 

studied medicine in early life. The breaking out of the Civil War 
prevented graduation. Served during the war as First-Lieutenant of 
Artillery, 36th Regiment N. C. Troops. After the war moved north, 
serving under Gen. John Newton, Engineer Corps U. S. A., on the im- 
provement of rivers and harbors, m. Jane Frances, dau. of the late 
Gov. E. B. Dudley of N. C, who was also b. in Wilmington, N. C. Has 
two chil. : 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 25 I 

1283. James G. Burr, 9 b. in Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 28, 1862 ; 
1284. J. Ancrum B. Burr, 9 b. in Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 5, 1868, m. 
Rachel Walsh, of New York. Has one child, a dau., 1284a. Beatrice, 1 
b. Oct. 11, 1889. 

SELLICK J. BURR,* [1048J of Seville, Medina Co., O., 

m. Feb. 16, 1S50, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Daniel Newton of the M. E. Ch., 
and one of the earliest settlers of Ottawa, 111. Their chil. are : 

1285. William N., 9 b. Sept. 16, 1851 ; 1286. Edward N., 9 b. Aug. 
7, 1854. 

REV. BRADLEY BURR, 8 [1056] of Liberty, N. Y., 

a Methodist clergyman of ability and good repute; m. Elizabeth Bulkley, 
of Liberty, N. Y., and has chil.: 

1287. Mary, 9 who m. Sherwood Dickerman, of Carthage ; and 1288. 
Hannah," who m. Frank Edmonds, of Liberty, N. Y. 

ALFRED M. BURR, 8 [1058] of Hancock, Del. Co., N. Y., 

m. Eleanor Schoonmaker, b. in Liberty, N. Y., in 1826. Chil.: 

1289. Sherwood, 9 b. 1851 in Liberty, N. Y.; 1200. Anthony S.,' 
b. 1852 ; 1291. Herman M., 9 b. 1854 ; 1292. Bradley L., 9 b. 1859 in 
Hancock, N. Y. 

WILLIAM BURR, 8 [1060] of Liberty, N. Y., 

m. Huldah Gregory, of Liberty, N. Y. Chil.: 

1293. OsmonS.'; 1294. Thirsa 9 ; 1295. William B. 9 

JOHN BURR, 8 [1061] of Muscatine, Iowa, 
m. Martha Morton and resides in Muscatine, Iowa. 

ISAAC BURR, 8 [1064] of Berkshire, N. Y., 

m. Delphine Rightmeyer, of Berkshire, N. Y. Chil.: 

1296. Sherwood 9 ; 1297. Grace. 9 

Mrs. Burr d. Aug. 2, 1888, and in 1890 Mr. Burr m. Sarah M. Spauld- 
ing, of De Kalb Junction, N. Y. 

WILLIAM BURR, 8 [1066] of Easton, Ct., 

m. Adiline Beers, b. in Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1834. She d. 
May 7, 1871. Their chil. are : 

1298. Hattie A.,° b. Nov. 26, 1858; 1299. Alice A., 1 ' b. Aug. 4, t86t. 



252 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOHN D. BURR, 8 [1088] of Ridgefield, Ct., 

m. Louisa Birdsall, of R., has one son : 

1300. Gilbert B. 9 

Mrs. Louisa Burr d. Apr. 18, 1898. 

GEORGE BURR, 8 [1104] of Maspeth, L. I., 

m. 1st, Margaret Kelsey, of Milford, Ct. Chil. : 

1301. Carrie'; 1302. Minnie. 9 

He m. 2d, Lizzie Sutton, of New York, and had chil.: 
1303. Frederick ' ; 1304, Georgiana. 

And 3d, Mary Peebles, of Maspeth, L. I. 

WILLIAM HENRY BURR, 8 [1105] of Redding, Ct., 

m. Dec. 25, 1S59, Caroline Poole, of Trumbull, Ct. She d. Jan. 4, 1869, 
leaving one son, 

1305. John Bradley,' b. Apr. 2, 1863, d. Jan. 23, 1877. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Jan. 3, 1871, Cleora Barnes, dau. of Byard Barnes 
and Cleora Lindsley of New Haven. They had chil.: 

1306, Jennie," b. Apr. 20, 1874, d. Jan. n, 1877; 1307. Byard 
Barnes, 5 b. Apr. 13, 1876, d. Jan. 4, 1877. 

These three children all d. of diphtheria within a few days of its first 
development among them. 

1308. Marcus Henry/' b. Dec. 8, 1877. 

JOHN H. BURR, 8 [nil] of Delphi, Ind., 

m. July 24. 1876, Nannie Speece. Chil: 

1309, Florence,' b. Aug. 15, 1880, d. June 2, 1892; 1310. John 
Wickliffe," b. Nov. 30, 1889, d. May 28, 1892— both within a week of 
each other of scarlet fever. 

Mr. Burr is a merchant in Delphi. 

GEORGE BURR/ [1120] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Miranda Wakeman. One dau.: 

1311. Elizabeth,' who m. Charles P. Bradley, of Greenfield Hill, Ct., 
and has a dau., Florence. 

JOHN BURR/ [1121] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Nichols, Oct., 183 1. Chil.: 

1312. Horace B., b. Feb. 12, TS32; 1313. George L., L ' b. Jan. 31, 
1834 ; 1314. Marcus, b. Apr. 18, 1835 ; 1315. Sarah M., 9 b. Dec. n, 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 253 

1837, m. Horace B. Banks, Feb. 25, 1855; I 3 I 6. Jane, 9 b. Dec. 25, 1839, 
m. Stephen Wakeman, Nov. 27, 1859 ; 1317. Eveline, 9 b. May 1, 1842, 
m. James R. Howe, Jan. 27, 1863. Has one child, James R., Jr., b. Mar. 
1, 1881. 

1318. Mary E., 9 b. Sept. 15, 1843. 

ELIHU BURR, 8 [II22] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Sarah Ann Burton. Chil. : 

1319. Emma, 9 who m. Augustus Carr, of New York ; and 1320. 
Anna C, 9 

BARAK T. BURR, 8 [1124] of Fairfield, Ct., 

m. Jane Skidmore, of Newtown, Ct., no chil. He was a fanner, and d. 
from injuries received in falling from a load of hay. 

TIMOTHY E. BURR, 8 [1128] of Fairfield, Ct., 
m. Charlotte Thompson; had one child. 

ANDREW BURR, 8 [1131] of Bethel, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 

m. Deborah J. Fayerweather, Sept. 17, 1839. Chil.: 

1321. Rowland, 9 b. June 21, 1840; 1322. Stephen, 9 b. Oct. 4, 1841; 
1323. Walter, 9 b. July 27, 1S43; 1324. David S., 9 b. Mar. 30, 1847, d. 
Jan. 7, 1851 ; 1325. Maurice S., 9 b. Mar. 8, 1852 ; 1326. Alma C., 9 b. 
Jan. 29, 1854; 1327. Alice A., 9 b. Jan. 29, 1854. 

LEWIS BURR, 8 [1132a] of Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 

m. Ann G. Coleman in 1846. Chil.: 

1328. Ann M., 9 b. 1847, d. 1849 ; 1329. Ella A., 9 b. 1852, m. 
George Knapp, in 1873, has one child, Leivis B., b. 1875 '■> *33®' John, 9 
b. 1856 ; 1331. Willie, 9 b. 1858. 

SETH B. BURR, 8 [1134] of Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 

m. Abigail Youngs. Chil.: 

1332. Timothy S., 9 b. Mar., i860; 1333. Truman Y., 9 b. Dec, 
1862 ; 1334. Amelia," b. Aug., 187 1 ; 1335. Mary B.," b. Oct., 1873 ; 
1336. Hattie K.," b. Oct., 1875. 

LEWIS BURR, 8 [1141] of Fairfield, Ct., 
m. Ann M. Banks, of Fairfield, Ct. Chil.: 



254 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1337. Ada Belle/ b. Jan. 13, 1866 ; 1338. Benjamin,' b. Feb. 8, 
1868; 1339. Martin,' b. May 21, 1871; 1340. Georgianna," b. Sept. 10, 
1873; 1341. Henry E.,° b. May 29, 1876. 

SAMUEL D. BURR/ [1145] of Pawling, N. Y., 
m. June 10, 1874, Hattie Townsend, of Pawling. No. chil. 

EDWARD BURR," [1159] of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., 

m. Miss Katharine Green, dau. of Henry D. Green, of Portland, Oregon, 
June 24, 18S6. Chil.: 

1342. Henry F. A., 9 b. July 19, 1887, d. Nov. 8, 1888 ; 1343. Will- 
iam E., 9 b. Dec. 7, 1889 ; 1344. John Green, 9 b. Mar. 16, 1S91. 

Mr. Burr was admitted to the United States Military Academy as a 
cadet in June, 1878. He was graduated June 12, 1882, with the highest 
honors of his class, and was immediately promoted to the Corps of En- 
gineers as Second Lieutenant. 

HENRY B. BURR, 8 [1160] of St. Louis, Mo, 

m. Miss Minnie Belle Kinsey, of Dallas, Tex, May 26, 1891. Chil.: 
1344a. Kinsey,' b. Dec 17, 1894; 1344b. Minnie Graham,' b. 

March 5, 1X98. 

GEORGE C. BURR, M [1161] of St. Louis, Mo, 

m. Miss Josephine Morris, dau. of Charles M. Morris, of Kirkwood, Mo., 
Apr. 29, 1885. Chil.: 

1345- James Lawrence, 9 b. Oct. 25, 1886 ; 1346. Harriette Hol- 
ley; b. Aug. 26, 1889 ; 1347. Lucy Morris,'' b. Dec. 4. 1890. 

NINTH GENERATION. 

AUSTIN HART BURR,' [1199] of Ashland, Va, 

m. Oct. 21, 1896, Susan Moore Macmurdo, dau. of John Ravenscroft 
Macmurdo, a descendant of Charles J. Macmurdo, who came to Virginia 
from Dumfrees, Scotland. Mrs. Burr was born in Ashland, Ya, October 
25, 1870. No issue. Mr. Burr is the proprietor of the Southern Vinegar 
Co, of Richmond, Va. 

Mr. Burr has displayed great ability and industry as a genealogist and 
has traced the genealogy of his ancestress, Elisabeth Eliot, wife of Gershom 
Burr, for forty-one generations back to Arnold, Bishop of Metz, 600 a.d. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 255 

HENRY ARTHUR BURR, Jr., 9 [1202] of Wilmington, N. C, 

m. Irene Sebrell. Chil. : 

1348. Andrew Elliott, 10 b. Dec. 29, 1895, d. Dec. 2, 1899; and 
1348a. Frederick Stanley, 10 b. Jan. 23, 1898. 

PROF. GEORGE LINCOLN BURR, 9 [1209] of Ithaca, N. Y. 

Prof. Burr's father, a physician, in 1861 entered the army of the Union 
as a surgeon, and his mother with her four children then removed to her 
girlhood's home at Newark Valley, N. Y. Here his boyhood was spent. 
In 1 87 1 he entered Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y., living with his 
father's parents while he there fitted himself for college. Completing his 
course there in 1873, he taught school for a single winter, then apprenticed 
himself to the printer's trade in Cortland, N. Y. In 1877 he entered 
Cornell University, whence he was graduated in 1881. From 1878 he was 
librarian to President White, and from 1881 to 1884 his secretary as well. 
The years 1 884-1 888 were spent mostly abroad in travel, study, and re- 
search. Returning to Cornell in the fall of 1888, he entered on the career 
of a university teacher of history, passing rapidly through the several 
grades and filling since 1892 the chair of Ancient and Mediaeval History 
at that institution. He is the author of many papers and studies, mainly 
in the history of superstition and persecution. In 1S96-97 he served as 
historical expert to the Venezuelan Boundary Commission of President 
Cleveland, and was sent over sea for exploration of foreign archives. He 
is still (1901) Professor of Ancient and Mediaeval History and Librarian 
of the White Historical Library at Cornell. 

GEORGE A. BURR, 9 [1214] of Albany, N. Y., 

m. Kate Myers Sager, Nov. 13, 1S70. They have one child : 

1349. Harriet J., 10 b. May 16, 1872. 

He is an insurance agent of the firm of G. A. Burr & Co., Albany. 

FRANK H. BURR, 9 [1215] of Jamestown, N. Y., 

m. Beatrice Kellogg, who d. Apr., 1S91. Chil. : 

1350. Bessie,"' b. 1S82 ; 1351. Mary, 10 b. 1887 ; 1352. Frank 
Henry, 10 b. Apr., 1891. 

EDWARD H. BURR, 9 [1217] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Minnie Hunter. Chil. : 

1353. Kenneth H.," b. 1887 ; 1354. Edward H., 10 b. 1890. 



256 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CHARLES S. BURR, 9 [1218] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Carrie F. Plummer, of Brooklyn, Dec. 23, 1885. Chil. : 

1355. Edna A., 10 b. May 6, 1887 ; 1356. Charles Plummer, 1 " b. 
July 29, 1889. 

WALTER C. BURR, 9 [1219] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Nov. 15, 1888, Florence G. Plummer, sister to Mrs. Charles S. Burr. 
Chil. : 

1357- Clinton S.,'° b. Oct. 23, 1889 ; 1358. Jerome P., 10 b. Jan. 29, 
1891. 

H. STUART BURR, 9 [l225g] of New York City, 

m. Alzira Hewett Young, and has one child : 
1358a. Yvonne Allison. 10 

BRONSON S. BURR, 9 [1228] of Fall River, Mass., 

m. Mch. 2, 1889, to Lucy Fisher. Chil. : 

1358b. Lewis Clinton,"' b. Oct. 21, 1889; 1358c. Marietta, 10 b. 
July 7, 1S91 ; I358d. Aimee Stanley,"' b. Dec. 9, 1895. 

PROF. WILLIAM H. BURR, 9 [1230] of New York, N. Y., 

entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy in Sept., 1868, and 
grad. in 1872, receiving the degree of C. E., usually conferred by the 
institution on its graduates. 

He practised his profession of civil engineer in New Jersey, until 
Sept., 1875, when he returned to the Institute at Troy, as an instructor in 
mechanics, and in December, 1876, was appointed Professor of Rational 
and Technical Mechanics, which office he held until September, 1884, when 
he resigned, to become Engineer of Construction and General Manager of 
the Phoenix Bridge Company, a position which he held until May 1, 1891, 
when he became Vice-President of Sooy Smith &: Co., Consulting and 
Contracting Engineers, of No. 2 Nassau Street, New York City. In 1892- 
93 was Professor of Engineering at Harvard University. From 1893 to 
present time has been Prof, of Civil Engineering at Columbia University, 
[n 1894 was appointed by President Cleveland member of a Board of 
Engineers to investigate the possibility of a proposed bridge across the 
Hudson River at New York, and in 1896 member of a Board to locate a 
deep water harbor on the coast of Southern California. In 1S99 he was 
appointed by President McKinley a member of the Isthmian Canal Com- 
mission to locate and design a ship canal across the Central American 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 257 

Isthmus. Mr. Burr is the author of two books, " The Stresses in Bridge 
and Roof Trusses, Suspension Bridges, and Cantilevers," and " The Elas- 
ticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering," besides many 
engineering papers in " The Transactions of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers" and other engineering publications. He m. Sept. 6, 1876, 
Caroline Kent Seelye of Ballston Spa, N. Y. Their chil. are : 

1359. Marion Elizabeth, 10 b. June 29, 1881 ; 1360. William Fair- 
field, 10 b. Feb. 7, 1S84; 1361. George Lindsley, 10 b. Aug. 29, 1889. 

Mrs. Caroline K. Burr d. in 1894, and in 1900 Prof. Burr was m. to 
Gertrude Gold Shipman of New York. 

LELAND M. BURR, 9 [1230a] of New York, 

m. Sept. 20, 189S, to Ruth Cooley Merritt, of Montclair, N. J. Their 
chil. are : 

1361a. Helen Merritt, 10 b. June 21, 1899; 1361b. Ruth Wini- 
fred, 10 b. July 13, 1901. 

ALGERON T. BURR, 9 [1245] of New York City, 

m. Clarissa Josephine Downes, May 29, 1883. Chil.: 

1361c. Louis, 10 b. at Nyack, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1884: I36id. Orrando 
Perry, 10 b. at Nyack, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1885; 1361c Julian Penfield, 10 
b. at Greenwich, Ct., Oct. n, 1890 ; 1631T. Catherine, 1 " b. at Greenwich, 
Ct., July 14, 1898. 

ARCHIE C. BURR, 9 [1260J] of Jackson, Tenn., 

m. Minnie Hugg and has a son. 
I36id. Willis Hugg. 10 

JOHN M. BURR, 9 [1262] of Monroe, Ct., 

m. Oct. 21, 1897, Nellie M. Brinsmade. One child : 
1361c Merwin Stanley, 10 b. Sept. 10, 189S. 

REV. WILLIAM N. BURR, 9 [1285] of San Jacinto, Cal., 

m. Jan., 1886, at Lawrence, Kan., Abbie Louise Field. They have one 
child, I36lf. Holland Field, 10 b. June 2, 1892. Mr. Burr is pastor of 
the Congregational Church at San Jacinto, Cal. 

EDWARD N. BURR, 9 [1286] of Denver, Col., 

m. May 1, 1879, at Lawrence, Kan., Ella May McKee, dau. of William 
McKee. Chil. : 

'7 



258 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1362. Charles Newton, 1 " b. Oct. 22, 1883, d. Jan. 5, i8S6, of scarlet 
fever; 1363. Arthur Leslie, 10 b. Aug. 26, 1885. 

Mr. Burr is head of the real estate firm of E. N. Burr & Co., of Denver, 
Col. 

GILBERT B. BURR, 9 [1300] of Ridgefield, Ct., 
111. June 15, 1892, to Miss Florence W. Willson. 

FREDERICK BURR,'' [1303] of Maspeth, L. I., 

m. June, 1895, Cornelia A. Vaughan, of Maspeth, L. I. Chil. : 

1363a. Alice May, 1 " b. Nov. 25, 1896, d. Apr. n, 1901 ; 1363b. 
Mabel Addell," b. Nov. 18, 1899. 

MARCUS BURR," [1308] of Redding, Ct., 

m. June 12, 1898, Ella Marie Gould, of Weston, Ct. Their chil. are : 

1363c. Cleora Barnes, 10 b. May 18, 1S99 ; 1363d. Arthur Gould, 1 
b. July 21, 1901. 

HORACE B. BURR," [1312] of Fairfield, Ct., 

in. Cordelia Hill, Oct. 28, 1S58. They had one son : 
1364. Ebenezer." 
He m. 2d, Emeline Bennett. Chil. : 
1366. Eugene 1 "; 1367. William."' 

GEORGE L. BURR, 9 [13x3] of New York City, 

m. Dec. 24, 1855, Charlotte, dau. of Edwin and Mary Bennett, b. in West- 
port, Ct., July 22, 1837. Their chil. are : 

1368. Mary Alida, 10 b. Nov. 15, 1857, d. Mar., 1859 ; 1369. Edith," 
b. July 29, 1860 ; 1370. George Edwin,' b. Sept. 28, 1865; 1371. 
Olive, 1 " b. Feb. 12, 1870, 111. June 10, 1891, Frederick F. Hoeg, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. ; 1372. Charlotte,"' b. Nov. 17, 1873. 

Mr. Burr is engaged in the clothing business at 140 Fulton St., New- 
York. 

REV. MARCUS BURR, 9 [1314] of Lebanon, Ct., 

in. Eliza F., dau. of Deacon Morris and Fanny (Wilson) Gould, of Fair- 
field, Ct., An-. X, 1X55. Chil. were : 

1373. Marcus Ogden, " b. May 10, 1856, at Fairfield ; 1374. Fran- 
cis Taylor,"b. July 15, 1863; 1375. John Morris," 1 b. at Freeport, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 259 

N. Y., Nov. 16, 1865 ; 1376. Fanny Elizabeth, 10 b. Aug. 15, 1S68, m. 
to Jesse Lee Banks, of Brooklyn, Nov. 30, 1892 ; 1377* Daughter, d. in 
inf., b. Sept. 14, 1870. 

Mrs. Burr d. Sept. 16, 1870, and Mr. Burr m. 2d, June 6, 1872, Cor- 
nelia Watkins Payne, dau. of John and Debby Ann (Watkins) Payne, of 
Goshen, N. Y. One child : 

1378. Lindsley Howe, 10 b. at Oceanside, N. Y., July 23, 1879. 

Mr. Burr received his early education from the Easton Academy under 
Profs. Timothy Porter and James B. Miles. He likewise taught at Green- 
field Hill, at Black Rock, Ct., and at a later day was 1st Asst. under John 
J. Anderson in Ward School No. 31, Monroe St., New York, subsequently 
1st Asst. in Public School No. 16, Brooklyn, N. Y. Taught night-school 
in New York and Brooklyn, and in the former place attended the City 
Normal School. While in New York united by profession with the Re- 
formed Church in Market St., then ministered to by Rev. Theo. S. Cuyler. 
Afterwards became connected with the First Reformed Church, in Brook- 
lyn, E. D., of which at that time Rev. Elbert S. Porter, D.D., was pastor, 
with whom he studied preparatory to entering the Theological Seminary of 
the Reformed Church at New Brunswick, N. J., in the fall of 1859. He 
was graduated from the Seminary in the spring of 1862. After leaving the 
Theological Seminary he taught the Academy at Greenfield Hill, Ct., for 
a while. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry in the Presbyterian 
Church at Freeport, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1864, to which church 
he had been called in the summer of that year. While at Freeport he es- 
tablished a private school, "Freeport Academy," which he successfully 
conducted for a number of years. In 1873 he resigned the pastorate at 
Freeport, and took charge of Rockville Centre Institute a few miles away, 
at the same time ministering to the Presbyterian Church at Christian Hook, 
now Oceanville, which had been organized and whose house of worship 
had been erected under his ministry at Freeport. Leaving the Institute, 
he took charge of the public school near his church at Oceanville, which 
he conducted till the summer of 1883, when he removed to Greenfield, Ct., 
but having charge of the Oceanville Church for a while. Shortly after his 
removal from Oceanville, the Congregational Church at Easton, Ct., wish- 
ing his services, he ministered there until or about 1886, when he came to 
the Congregational Church, South Glastonbury, commencing there June 
1, 1886. In 1894 he resigned and accepted a call to his present charge, 
Goshen, in the town of Lebanon, Ct. 

ROWLAND HURR, 9 [1321] of Bethel, N. Y., 
m. Angeline Brown. Chil.: 



260 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1397c. Walter C., 1 b. Feb. 22, 1867 ; 1380. Stella B., 1 " b. Dec. 25, 
1872 ; 1381. Mary J., 10 b. Aug. 27, 1868 ; 1382. Berrick A., 10 b. May 

16, 1873. 

WALTER BURR,' [1323] of Jeffersonville, N. Y., 

m. Gertrude Cooper. Child : 
1383. Ralph, 1 " b. 1S75. 

MAURICE S. BURR, 9 [1325] of Bethel, N. Y., 
m. Mary H. Coots. No chil. 

TENTH GENERATION. 
MARCUS O. BURR, Jr.,'" [1373] OF Brooklyn, N. Y., 
m. Sept. 17, 1S91, Ella M. Ufford. No chil. 

FRANCIS TAYLOR BURR,"' [1374] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Feb. 28, 1889, Emma Cornelia Allen, of Black Rock, Ct., and has one 
child. 

1384. Marcus Rodney, 11 b. March 16, 1897. 

JOHN MORRIS BURR, 10 [1375] of Norwalk, Ct., 

m. Nov. 22, 1893, Miss Henrietta Gibbs, of Norwalk. Ct. Chil.: 

1385. Morris Edwin." 1386. Eliza Frances, 11 twins, b. Sept. n, 
1894; 1387. Horace Gibbs," b. Nov. 25, 1896; 1388. Dorothy 
Ogden," 1389. Edith Bar-tram," twins, b. Apr. 22, 1899 ; 1390. John 
Gould," b. June 10, 1900. 



THE GOLD-GOULD FAMILY OF FAIRFIELD, 

CONNECTICUT. 



SIDE by side with the Burrs in Fairfield, associated with them in 
Church and State, intermarrying, identified in business interests 
and public enterprises, was another family equally prominent — the 
Gold, or as now generally written the Gould family. The founder of this 
family, Major Nathan Gold, was of St. Edmundsbury, in the south of 
England, a gentleman of fortune and position, one of the nineteen persons 
" principally interested in our Colony or Plantation of Connecticut in New 
England " who in 1674 petitioned King Charles to grant the famous 
charter of Connecticut under which she enjoyed certain rights and privi- 
leges not granted her sister colonies. Among other eminent gentlemen 
associated with him were John Winthrop, Capt. John Mason, the Indian 
fighter, Samuel Wyllys, long Secretary of the Colony, Richard Troup, and 
Henry Wolcott. Nathan Gold was in Fairfield as early as 1649, for in the 
first volume of the land records of that town he appears as a purchaser of 
land in that year. In 1653 he bought fifteen different parcels of land, 
some of which remain in the possession of his descendants until this day, 
He is first mentioned in the Colonial Records of Connecticut in 1656. 
when at a General Court of Election held at Hartford, May 15, 1656, 
" Ensign Gold " was elected " Assistant " i. e. Senator, for the town of 
Fairfield. At an adjourned General Court, Apr. 9, 1657, Nathan Gold 
was nominated "for to bee a magistrate in this jurisdiction for the year 
ensuing." The same Court commissioned him " Leftenant " at Fairfield. 
On Feb. 22, 1665, England declared war against the Netherlands, and 
the Colonies were warned that they were liable to attack from De Ruyter, 
the great Dutch Admiral, and ordered to put themselves in a posture of 
defence. Each was to provide a committee to patrol its coast and watch 
for the enemy. The patrol to " watch from Stratford to Rye in Connecti- 
cut " was Mr. Gould,* Mr. Sherman, Mr. Campfield, Ensign Judson, Mr. 
Law, and Lt. Olmstead "or any three of them." 

* The only place in which the name is spelled " Gould." 

261 



262 THE BURR FAMILY. 

June 26, 1672, he was made chief military officer of the County of 
Fairfield. Aug. 7, 1673, he was appointed Major for Fairfield ; 1687 he 
was appointed by Sir Edmond Andros, Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas for Fairfield County. He was Senator from 1657 to 1694, and died 
in the public service March 4, 1694. He married Martha, widow of Ed- 
ward Harvey, and had children : 

I. Sarah, b. abt. 1660; 2. Nathan, Jr., b. Dec. 8, 1663 ; 3. Deborah ; 
4. Abigail ; 5. Martha. 

Nathan, Jr. (2) was even more prominent than his father. He was 
chosen Town Clerk of Fairfield in 1684 and continued in that office until 
1706 — twenty-two years. He was commissioned Ensign for Fairfield in 
Apr., 1690, and Captain in Oct., 1695. He was appointed to keep the 
" Prerogative Court " (Probate) for Fairfield, Oct., 1698, and was Judge 
of the County Court from May, 1700, to May, 1706. In May, 1703, he 
was made Judge of the Court of Assistants. In May, 1708, he was elected 
Deputy Governor of Connecticut, and continued in that office until his 
death, Oct. 3, 1723, at the age of sixty years. 

His tombstone is still standing in the old Fairfield cemetery and bears 
this inscription : 

Here lies ye body of 

The Honrable Nathan Gold Esq. 

Lieutenant Governor of 

His Majesty's Colony of 

Connecticut, deceased October 

the 3d. 1723. 

Aetatis suae 60 years. 

The General Court of Oct., 1723, granted to his family the whole salary 
which would have been paid him had his life been spared and ordered the 
Treasurer to " pay Mr. John Gold, his eldest son, for himself and the 
children of that worthy gentleman," the sum of fifty pounds. 

It is probable that the dust of his father, Major Nathan Gold, rests 
near him although no monument marks the spot. Lieut. Governor Gold 
married Hannah, daughter of Lieut. Colonel John Talcott, of Hartford, 
Conn., and had children : I. Abigail, b. Feb. 14, 1687, m. the Rev. Thomas 
Ilawley, of Ridgelield, Ct. ; 2. John, b. Apr. 16, [688 ; 3. Nathan,\>. 
Apr. 6, 1690 ; 4. Samuel, b. Dec. 27, 1692 ; 5. Rev. Hezekiah ; 6. Sarah; 
7. Onnestmus ; 8. David; 9. Martha; 10. Joseph. 

We are concerned only with Samuel, the third son. He m. Esther 
Bradley, of an excellent Fairfield family, Dec. 7, 17 16. Their chil. were : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 263 

I. David, b. July 11, 17 17 ; 2. Esther, b. Oct. 13, 1719 ; 3. Abigail, b. 
Apr. 27, 1724 : 4. ^4&"/, b. Sept. 14, 1727, m. Ellen Burr [94] ; 5. Abra- 
ham, b. Oct. 12, 1730, d. in inf. ; 6. Abraham, 2d, b. May 10, 1732, who 
m. Elizabeth Burr [174]. 

We will first trace the des. of Ellen [94]. She m. as we have seen 
Capt. Abel Gold, bro. of Col. Abraham Gold. Their chil. were : 

d. Talcott, b. Jan. 17, 1759, and who rem. to Vermont ; 2. Ellen Burr, 
b. July 23, 1 76 1, m. 1st Capt. Samuel Squire (his 3d wife), 2d, Lieut. Israel 
Chapman, and 3d, Capt. Aaron Turney, and d. Oct. 7, 1845 ; 3. Samuel, 
b. July 23, 1763, rem. to Canada; 4. Isaac, b. Feb. 15, 1766, rem. to 
Delaware Co., N. Y. ; 5. Esther, b. Apr. 24, 176S, m. William Squires, 
rem. to Delaware Co., N. Y. ; 6. Nathan, b. Sept. 25, 1771, rem. to 
Canada; 7. Grizzel, b. Dec. 12, 1772, m. Seth Sturges, and d. Feb. 22, 
1832 ; 8. Seth Burr, b. Apr. 5, 1775, rem. to Canada; 9. Hannah, b. 
June 1, 1777. 

Ellen Burr the mother d. June 18, 1777, when her youngest child, 
Hannah, was but 18 days old. Capt. Gold m. 2d. Jan. 18, 1778, Amelia 
Burr. No chil. He d. Nov. n, 1789. 

Hannah Gold m. Oct. 21, 1798, John Morehouse, of Fairfield, b. July 
2S, 1776 ; who was twice commissioned Capt. Their chil. were : 

I. Sarah Wheeler, b. Sept. 2, 1799, m. ; 2. Ellen Burr, b. 

1802, d. Oct. 30, 1S19 ; 3. Caroline, b. Nov. 13, 1806, m. Ephraim Gold- 
ing, Oct., 1843 ; 4. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1809, m. Deacon Joseph M. More- 
house, and d. Nov. 19, 1879 ; 5. Uriah Leivis, b. March 4, 181 2, d. May 
13, 1844 ; 6. John Gould, b. Nov. 9, 1S14 ; 7. Susan, b. 1817, d. Oct. 13, 
1819. 

John Gould Morehouse m. June 9, 1857, Mary Catharine Wilson (dau. 
of Catharine and John Squire Wilson) who was b. Jan. 16, 1824. 

John Gould Morehouse d. Oct. 4, 1881. Chil.: 

I. Catharine Wilson, b. Dec. 3, 1859 ; 2. John Lewis, b. June 21, 
1863. 

The descendants of Elizabeth Burr [174] and Col. Abraham Gold 
have in almost all cases proved themselves worthy of the parent stock. 
Mr. and Mrs. Gold were married as we have seen on New Year's Day, 
'754- Even then the muttering thunders of the Revolution were begin- 
ning to be heard in Boston and New York, in Virginia and along the 
eastern bases of the Alleghanies. Colonel Gold early espoused the cause 
of the Colonies, and, when troubles thickened and soldiers were mustered 
for defence, was commissioned by Governor Trumbull Colonel of the 
Fifth Regiment which had been raised in the lower tier of towns of Fair- 
field County. 






264 THE BURR FAMILY. 

The troops soon saw active service. On the morning of Friday, Apr. 
2 5> 1777, the British under Governor Tryon, of New York, landed two 
thousand men at Compo (now Saugatuck), four miles east of Norwalk, and, 
after burning the village, began their march toward Danbury, some twenty- 
four miles in the interior, where stores for the Continental Army had been 
stored. News of the inroad was quickly borne to Fairfield, but ten miles 
distant, and General Gold Sellick Silliman, commanding the district, 
ordered the alarm drums to be beat, and swift messengers sent to the 
neighboring towns to call in the companies. Colonel Gold, mounting his 
horse, formed the men in line on the village green as they came pouring in 
by twos and threes, in squads and companies. By nightfall five hundred 
men had been collected, and the regiment slept on its arms with orders to 
march at daybreak. They reached Redding, seven miles from Danbury, 
late next day, and were there joined by Major-General Wooster, of Strat- 
ford, and Brigadier-General Arnold, of New Haven, who, with a few vol- 
unteers, had ridden over from New Haven. General Wooster took 
command. His force numbered six hundred men, hastily gathered, raw 
recruits, against the enemy's two thousand disciplined men. To add to 
their discomfort a heavy rain came on wetting them to the skin, and ren- 
dering their firearms useless. Reaching Bethel (three miles from Dan- 
bury), at eleven o'clock p.m., they bivouacked for the night, the men being 
utterly exhausted, and made their camp by the light of the blazing houses 
and churches of Danbury which the British had fired. Next morning 
(Sunday) they learned that the British had taken the Norwalk pike 
through Ridgefield, and were making all haste for their ships. The Nor- 
walk road from Danbury to Ridgefield trends westward to escape moun- 
tains forming a section of a circle. Wooster detached four hundred men 
under Silliman, Arnold, and Gold, and sent them across country to occupy 
Ridgefield in advance of the enemy, while he with two hundred men pur- 
sued and attacked him in the rear. This was done. Silliman's force 
reached the village about eleven o'clock a.m. and threw up a barricade 
across the road and on rising ground, the right of the position being cov- 
ered by a house and barn, and the left by a ledge of rocks. Sharp firing to 
the north told them that Wooster had come up with the enemy and 
engaged them, but not that he had fallen mortally wounded by a musket- 
ball. Soon the British appeared marching down the street in solid column> 
three field-pieces in advance and three in the rear, with detachments of 
about two hundred men on either flank. At noon they began an artillery 
fire, and soon came to close quarters with the intrepid patriots, who 
stoutly maintained the combat, though under fearful odds. In this hand- 
to-hand combat around the barricade, Colonel Gold was pierced by 



SWORD OF COLONEL ABRAHAM GOULD 



The inscription on the hilt is: "The sword used by Colonel Abraham Gould, of Fairfield, Conn., 
who was killed on his horse by the British, at Ridgetield, Conn., April 27th, 1777. The sword was 
found stained with the enemy's blood." Now in possession of Abraham Gould Jennings, Esq., of 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 265 

a musket-ball and fell dead from his horse, his keen edged sword being 
stained with British blood. The British soon overpowered the Continen- 
tals, and continued their hasty retreat to their ships. Colonel Gold's body 
was placed upon his horse and thus transported to his home in Fairfield. 

Elizabeth Burr, when she buckled on her husband's sword that Friday 
morning, sent him to battle with the fears and responsibilities of a mother 
as well as wife pressing upon her. She had borne him nine children, viz.: 

I. Abigail, b. Oct., 1755, d. Nov. 2, 1795 ; 2. Hezekiah, b. Dec. 9, 
1756, drowned in N. Y. Harbor Oct. 30, 1785 ; 3. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 
1759, d. June 19, 1S12 ; 4. John Burr, b. Apr. 7, 1761, d. at sea, Jan. 2, 
17S1 ; 5- Deborah, b. July 25, 1763, d. July 28, 1785 ; 6. Abraham, b. 
Jan. 28, 1766, d. Dec. 23, 1823 ; 7. Anne, b. Dec. 5, 1768, m. Mr. Silliman 
and d. of consumption Oct. 31, 1821 ; 8. Jason, b. Jan. 15, 177 1, d. June 
17, 1810 ; 9. Daniel, b. Jan. 16, 1776, drowned at sea, off the coast of 
France, Dec. 28, 1796. 

Four of these were still children, the two youngest mere babes. 

She is said to have received the bloody corpse of her husband with 
Spartan calmness and fortitude ; she laid away the sword and raiment 
as precious relics for his children and posterity,* and took up the burdens 
of life with courage, patience, and resignation. Henceforth she devoted 
herself to the rearing and education of her children. These all grew 
to maturity and became useful and worthy citizens. Mrs. Elizabeth Burr 
died at the old homestead in Fairfield, Sept. 5, 1S15, full of years and 
honor. 

Of the children of Colonel Gold and Elizabeth Burr, Abigail (1) m. 
Isaac Jennings of Fairfield, Nov. 15, 1770, a descendant through Isaac, 3 
Isaac, 2 of Joshua Jennings, 1 who came to Hartford, Ct, from England, 
about 1645-7, removed to Fairfield, Ct., prior to 1656, and d. there Anno 
1674, "leaving Family and good Estate." The children of Abigail Gold 
and Isaac Jennings were : 

I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1772, m. Mr. Mason ; 2. Abigail, b. June 12, 
1776, m. Mr, Bartram ; 3. Phebe, b. Sept. 10, 1779, m - Mr. Sherwood ; 
4. Abraham Gold, b. Sept. 27, 1781 ; 5. Anna, b. July 22, 1785, m. Noah 
Burr [234] ; 6. Isaac, b. Nov. 7, 1788, m. Anna Beach ; 7. Seth, b. Jan. 
12, 1791 ; 8. Polly, b. Nov. 27, 1793. 

Isaac Jennings d. June 6, 1819 ; his wife Abigail d. Nov. 2, 1795, both 
at Fairfield, Ct., where all their children were born. Of these children, 
Abraham Gold Jennings (4) m. Anna Burr [316], Sept. 7, 1807, thus after 

* The sword, stained with the enemy's blood when picked up, is in the possession of 
her great-grandson, Abraham Gould Jennings, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y. The sash and 
coat were deposited in the Trumbull Gallery, at New Haven, Conn. 



266 THE BURR FAMILY. 

a lapse of fifty-one years uniting again the families of Burr and Gold. 
The} had ten children, viz.: 

I. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1809 ; 2. John Gould, b. May 17, iSm ; 3. 
Eliza Gould, b. Nov. 10, 181 2 ; 4. Augustus, b. Nov. 2, 1814; 5. a dau. 
d. in infancy ; 6. David Burr, b. May 21, 1819 ; J. Abraham Gould, b. 
Aug. 28, 1 82 1 ; 8. Isaac, b. Apr. 3, 1823 ; 9. Oliver Burr, b. June 3, 1825 ; 
10. Lewis B., b. Oct. 28, 1826. 

Captain Abraham Gold Jennings was a brave and efficient sea captain, 
and commanded some of the finest clippers of the Atlantic fleet and 
China tea trade. Anna Burr is described as being " a model wife and 
mother ; faithful and true in all respects to husband and children ; untir- 
ing and indefatigable in her efforts to secure the happiness, and advance 
the welfare of her whole family." Captain Jennings d. at Fairfield, Feb. 
29, 1852 ; Anna Burr, his wife, d. Jan. 8, 1S55 . Both were buried in the 
family plot in Fairfield cemetery. Of their children : Mary A. (i) m. 
William H. Burr [674], of Westport ; John Gould (2), b. May 17. 1S11, d. 
Sept. 1, 1S90, m. in May, 1833, Mary, dau. of Sanford Wheeler, of Green- 
field, Conn. Chil. : 

I. Moses LP. ; 2. Josiah, d. 187 1 ; 3. John Sandford; 4- David 
Burr ; 5. Peter, d. Sept. 14, 1841 ; 6. Saml. Wheeler j /. Annie Burr, 
m. May 6, 1873, to George (Willard) Stone, of Delaware Co., N. Y. 
He served as an able officer to the close of the late war. Their chil. 
are : 

1. Marea Wheeler ; 2. Georgia, d. June 26, 1S76 ; 3. Leona Mabel Jen- 
nings ; 4. Louise Gould. 

8. Abraham Gould, b. Jan. 4, 1S46, d. in camp at Hermitage Planta- 
tion, La., Aug. 1, 1864; 9. Isaac, b. Nov. 27, 1847. 

Mr. Jennings early removed to California, where his family now reside. 

Eliza Gould Jennings (3) was m. to John S. Pierson, a young merchant 
of New York, Sept. 10, 1833, and thereafter resided in Brooklyn. She 
died at her father's house in Fairfield, Aug. 5, 1839, leaving one son, John 
A. Pierson, a successful merchant in New York. Her husband, John S. 
Pierson, d. in 1S75, in Brooklyn, and was buried beside his wife in 
Fairfield. 

Augustus Jennings (4) m. Nov. 21, 1837, Sophronia, daughter of Capt. 
William Robinson, of Southport, Ct., by whom he had three chil.: 

I. Augustus, b. 1S41, d. Jul}' 13, 1866 ; 2. Emily, b. 1^43, m. Nov. 17, 
1875, to Nehemiah Perry, M.D., of Ridgefield, Ct.; 3. Arthur O., b. in 
[847. 

Mr. Augustus Jennings d. June 5, 1886. David Purr, sixth child of 
Captain A. G. Jennings, d. Jan. 21, 1839, of typhoid fever, while a student 



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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 267 

at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct. Abraham Gould, seventh child 
of Capt. A. G. Jennings, engaged at an early age in mercantile life, in 
New York City. Soon after the war, he established the manufacture of 
silk laces, being the first to introduce that industry into this country. In 
developing this delicate and interesting handicraft he has been highly suc- 
cessful. His factories in Brooklyn cover 30,000 square feet of ground, 
employ 500 artisans, and are filled with costly and elaborate machinery, 
much of it the invention of Mr. Jennings or of his sons. In his business 
Mr. Jennings has had the active assistance of his sons Warren P. and 
Oliver. He m. Cecilia M. Douglass, of Brooklyn, July 11, 1S51, who d. 
Jan. 6, 1890. They had seven chil.: 

I. Louise Corning, b. Nov. 28, 1852, m. Chas. L. Silver, of Brooklyn, 
Apr. 15, 1875. They had one child, Helen, b. Dec. 19, 1876, now residing 
with her grandfather Jennings. 2. Warren Pierson, b. Dec. 6, 1853, d. 
Jan. 31, 1887 ; 3. Dot/glass, b. Apr. 27, 1856, d. Feb. 17, 1864; 4. Oliver 
Taylor, b. Apr. T4, 1858, d. June 12, 18S8 ; 5« Cecilia Douglass ; 6. Marie 
Wickham j J. Albert Gould, who m. Miss Susie Beatrix Crimmins, dau. of 
John D. Crimmins, of New York City, at his summer home, Firwood-on- 
the-Sound, Noroton, Ct., Oct. 24, 1894. A son, 1. Albert Gould Jennings, 
Jr., was b. in Brooklyn, Nov. 15, 1S97. They res. in New York City. 

Isaac (8) m. Oct. 9, 1855, Mary E., dau. of Charles Bulkley, of South- 
port, Ct., who bore him two chil.: 

I. Mary E., b. Apr. 14, 1859, d. Feb. 17, 187 1 ; 2. Charles Bulkhy, b. 
Oct. 21, 1865, who resides on the site of the old Jennings homestead in 
Fairfield. Captain Jennings began a seafaring life at the age of fifteen, 
and at twenty-five was master of a vessel. At twenty-eight he took his 
ship around the world. Captain Jennings followed the sea until 1S63, 
meeting with many notable adventures, and on several occasions rescued 
shipwrecked crews from certain death. He d. at Fairfield. 

Oliver Burr Jennings (9) m. Dec. 13, 1S54, Esther J., dau. of David 
Judson Goodsell, of Tiffin, O. Their children are : I. Annie Burr, 2. 
Walter, 3. Helen Goodsell, 4. Emma Brewster, 5. Oliver Gould. 

Mr. Jennings rem. to San Francisco, Cal., in 1849, and engaging in 
business there laid the foundations of a fine fortune. In 1865 he returned 
to the East, and in 1866 purchased in Fairfield a fine residence, on the 
Main Street, which he has since greatly enlarged and beautified. In 1887 
a movement to restore the winter quarters of the right wing of the Conti- 
nental Army in 1778-9, in the town of Redding, Ct., was set on foot, and 
in 1889 Mr. Jennings, having become interested in the matter, was ap- 
pointed by Governor Bulkley a member of the Commission for improving 
and restoring the grounds. He was also a director in the Standard Oil 



268 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Co. Mr. Jennings d. Feb. 12, 1893, leaving a large estate. Of his chil., 
Walter (2) m. Miss Jean Pollock Brown, of New York City, and has chil.: 
1. Oliver Burr, b. May 1, 1895, 2. Jeanette, b. May 12, 1898, 3. Constance, 
b. May 10, 1900. Helen Goodsell (3) was m. to Walter Belknap James, 
M.I)., of New York, Feb. 20, 1895, and has children : 1. Walter Belknap, 
y>\, b. Oct. 28, 1895, d. July 16, 1S97 ; 2. Oliver Burr, b. Nov. 27, 1896 ; 

3. Helen, b. Aug. 16, 1898 ; 4. Eunice, b. Nov. 24, 1900. Emma B. (4) 
was 111. to Hugh D. Auchincloss, of New York City, and has two chil. 
Oliver G. (5) was m. Dec. 16, 1896, to Mary Dows Brewster, of New York. 
They have one child, 1. Benjamin Brewster, b. June 9, 1898. 

Lewis burr, tenth child of Capt. A. G. Jennings, graduated at Yale 
College, Class of 1847, and d. suddenly in Charleston, S. C, of cholera, 
March 17, 1853. 

Hezekiah Gold, second child of Col. Abraham Gold and Elizabeth 
Burr, was drowned in 1785 in New York Harbor, by the tipping of a plank 
on which he was passing from a ship to the dock. 

Abraham Gould (6) m. in 1788 Anna Osborne, b. Oct. 22, 1768, in 
Fairfield, Ct., and moved soon after to Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y., on 
the western slope of the Catskill Mountains. Their chil. were : 

1. Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1790, d. July n, 1867; 2. John Burr, b. Oct. 
16, 1792, d. Mar. 17, 1S66 ; 3. Anna, b. Aug. 20, 1794, d. Mar. 9, 1828; 

4. Abigail, b. June 20, 1796 ; 5. Polly, b. Apr. 27, 179S, d. Apr. 3, iSxr ; 
6. Katherine, b. Mar. 20, 1800, d. Jan. 25, 1837 ; 7. "Jason, b. Nov. 2^, 
1802, d. Jan. 3, 1864; 8. Abraham, b. Nov. 3, 1803, d. May 9, 1812 ; 9. 
Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1801, d. Jan. 3, 1849; 10. Sally, b. Sept. 13, 1S10, d. 
Nov. 25, 1824. 

Of these children, John Burr (2) inherited the old family homestead 
at Roxbury; m. Mary, dau. of John More of Roxbury, N. Y., and 
had chil.: 

1. Sarah Burr, b. Jan. 17, 1828; 2. Anna, b. May 7, 1829, m. Rev. 
A. M. Hough, May 2, 1855, no chil.; 3. Nancy, b. Feb. 1, 1831, d. Nov. 5, 
1843 ; 4. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1832, d. Mar. 3, 1855 ; 5. Elisabeth, b. May 1, 
1S34 ; 6. J ay, b. May 27, 1836, d. Dec. 2, 1892. 

Mrs. Mary Gould d. Jan. 12, 1841, and Mr. Gould m. 2d, Mary Ann 
(01 bin, May 1 1, 1842, by whom he had one son : 

7. Abraham, b. Mar. 3, 1843, d. June 22, 1899. 

Of these children, Sarah Burr (1) m. July 13, 1854, George W. North- 
rop, of Camden, N. J., son of William Northrop and Hannah Sutherland, 
and had chil.: 

I. Howard Gould, b. Apr. 6, 1855 : 2. Ida, b. Aug. 29, 1856, unm.; 
3. Frank N., b. July 10, 1858 ; 4. Reid, b. Aug. 30, i860; 5. Mary Gould, b. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 269 

May 22, 1862 ; 6. Alice, b. Oct. 21, 1864 ; 7. Sandford, b. Dec. 23, 1865 ; 
8. Jeannie, b. May 13, 1868, d. Aug, 14, 187 1 ; Q. William, b. June 15, 
1869 ; 10. Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1870, d. March 12, 1880. 

Of these chil., Howard Gould (i) m. Mary de S. Richey, June 5, 1888, 
and had chil.: 

I. Howard Richey, b. Aug. 10, 1889 ; 2. Helen Margaret, b. Mar. 14, 
1 89 1 ; 3. Francis Gould, b. March 26, 1892 ; 4. Marian de S., b. Jan. 1, 
1895; 5. Sarah Burr, b. Dec. 25, 1896, d. Dec. 16, 1899; 6. Emily Cecilia, 
b. 1897, d. 1897; 7. William Bacot, b. Dec. 23, 1898. 

Frank N. (3) m. Anna S. Leisenring. Oct. 14, 1885, no chil. 

Reid (4) m. Mary Sells, Jan. 29, 1887. Chil.: I. Murray, b. June 29, 
1889 ; 2. Anna Beaumont, b. July 24, 1891. 

Mary Gould (5) m. to Walter Nunns Walker, Apr. 26, 1899, one child : 
I. Sandford Northrop, b. Apr. 17, 1900. 

Alice (6) m. May 19, 1897, to Charles Henry Snow, Dean of the School 
of Applied Science of the New York University, and has two chil.: I. 
Helen Gould, b. Aug. 17, 1898 ; 2. Henry Gordon, b. July 29, 1900. 

Sandford (7) 111. June r, 1892, Abby Coffin Ringel; has one dau.: I. 
Nancy Northrop. 

Elisabeth Gould (5) m. Sept. 19, i860, Dr. Gilbert Palen, of Palenville, 
N. Y. Chil.: I. Anna, b. Jan. 17, 1864; 2. Kufus, b. Mar. 6, 1866, d. 
Oct. 26, 18S9; 3. Gilbert 'Joseph, b. May 12, 1870; 4. Walter Gould, b. 
June 26, 1875, d. Nov. 6, 1877. 

Gilbert Palen (3) m. May Adamson, and is a physician in German- 
town, Pa. 

Jay Gould (6) m. Jan. 22, 1S63, Helen Day, daughter of Daniel S. 
Miller and Ann Kip Bailey, b. Sept. 20, 1838, in New York, d. Jan. 13, 
1889, in New York. Their chil. were : 

1. George yay, b. Feb. 6, 1864, in New York; 2. Edwin, b. Feb. 25, 
1866 ; 3. Helen Miller, b. June 20, 1S68 ; 4. Howard, b. June S, 187 1 ; 5. 
Anna, b. June 5, 1875; 6. Frank jfay, b. Dec. 4, 1877. 

Mr. Jay Gould closed his life of tireless energy and marvellous success 
on Dec. 2, 1892. Few men have been so completely the architect of their 
own fortune. He was born to neither affluence nor poverty. His father 
was of the great middle class that forms so large a proportion of our 
American proletariat, a prosperous farmer, a man of weight and standing 
in the beautiful mountain town of Roxbury, on the western slope of the 
Catskills. From the pretty farmhouse on the hill-slope, where the lad 
first opened his eyes, one may look across the valley on another farm- 
house opposite, where a few years later John Burroughs, the eminent nat- 
uralist and author was born. At twelve the boy had learned all the public 



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schools could teach, and asked his father to send him to the academy in 
the neighboring town of Hobart. 

" You are too young to profit by it," replied his father. " When you 
are older you shall go." The boy thought it over a few days and then 
asked his father to allow him to leave home and support himself while 
getting an education. Mr. Gould, after due consideration, agreed. " It 
is evident," said he, "you were never cut out for a farmer." A fact the 
lad had discovered years before. 

The next scene shows the boy with a spare suit of clothes in his hand 
and fifty cents in his pocket bravely trudging over the mountain passes 
between Roxbury and Hobart. Arrived at the latter place, he sought out 
the principal of the academy and made arrangements with him to enter as 
a pupil; at the same time, through the latter's influence, he gained the 
position of book-keeper in the village blacksmith shop. 

In school he applied himself with tireless energy to his books, taking 
little part in the sports and pastimes of his school-fellows. He was as 
reserved with his schoolmates as he was later with men of business. Com- 
pleting the academic course, he engaged as clerk in the hardware store of 
A. H. Burhans in Roxbury. Here, by rising at four and retiring late, he 
managed to continue his studies, principally in the higher mathematics. 
At this time also he became interested in practical surveying and did his 
first work with instruments loaned by E. J. Burhans. Soon after, so 
efficient did the lad prove himself, that his father exchanged the farm, 
which was some two miles from town, for the hardware business and 
placed the boy in charge, himself taking up his residence in the house 
now occupied by the village library. At fifteen the lad was a partner in 
the business, which rapidly increased under his skilful management. But 
the field was far too limited for our young Napoleon of finance. In the 
spring of 1852, relinquishing the management of the business to his father, 
he engaged at twenty dollars a month to lead a surveying party which 
was to make a map of Ulster County, New York. 

When the work was nearly done his employer failed, owing him all his 
wages, and the boy decided to publish the map himself and take the 
profits, lint he had no capital, and, being among strangers, no credit. A 
dime was all the money he had, and that coin he retained until his death 
as a souvenir of the lowest ebb of his fortunes. But one day he calcu- 
lated a noon mark for an old farmer and for it received fifty cents and his 
dinner. That gave him an idea. The fame of his noon marks preceded 
him, and by means of them he paid the expense of the remaining surveys 
and came out with six dollars reserve capital. His map of Ulster County was 
pronounced accurate in every detail, and brought him a respectable sum. 




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He now sold out his map and hardware business and set out in quest 
of fresh fields. We soon find him at Albany petitioning the legislature — 
with John Delafield — for State aid to complete a topographical survey of 
the whole State, but before anything could be done Mr. Delafield died and 
the project of State aid was abandoned. Young Gould, however, decided 
to promote the enterprise alone, and during the summer completed his 
map of Albany County, which also returned a handsome profit. He was 
also employed the same summer by the Cohoes Manufacturing Company to 
survey and map their village of Cohoes, for which he received $500 ; he 
also surveyed and laid out the Albany and Niskayuna plank road. 

Early in April, 1854, he sent parties of surveyors into Delaware County, 
N. Y., into two counties in Ohio, and into Oakland County, Michigan, to 
map those counties. 

He had the general oversight of these parties and did the drafting 
from their surveys. Besides this he was able to devote sixty days during 
the summer to a survey of a projected railroad from Newburgh to Syracuse. 
But these labors proved too severe even for his iron constitution : he had 
but just affixed his signature to the plan and detailed report of the pro- 
posed railroad when he was stricken with typhoid fever, and a long sickness 
ensued succeeded by a slow recovery. As it happened he had made ex- 
tensive notes of reminiscences of the early settlers of Delaware County 
whom he had met in his surveying tours and employed his time during the 
weary days of convalescence in embodying them in a " History of Dela- 
ware County," a well written book of 450 pages, more valuable to-day than 
when first published. 

Regaining his health in 1S56, he engaged in the tanning business in the 
vast forests of Pennsylvania made accessible that year by the opening of the 
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad from Scranton to New York. 

The young surveyor, even now but twenty years old, thinking there 
might be something in this, went out to the Lehigh River, made surveys 
and purchases, returned to New York State, and laid his plan before Colonel 
Pratt, a prominent tanner of Prattsville, Greene County, N. Y. The lat- 
ter was quite ready to form a partnership with him, he furnishing the 
capital and young Gould the management of the business. In one hun- 
dred days from the time the first tree was felled, the tannery was in full 
operation. The railroad, ten miles distant, was reached by a fine plank 
road of which Mr. Gould was President. Although the terrible financial 
panic of 1857 came before the new firm was barely on its feet the foresight 
and financial ability of its junior member saved it from disaster. The 
company prospered from the first. At one time it employed 250 men and 
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272 THE BURR FAMILY. 

But young Gould, now come to his majority, was not satisfied with the 
narrow sphere of local business. He had become interested in railroads, 
the building and operating of which he saw was to become the greatest 
business of the next half-century. About this time the great Schuyler 
frauds caused railroad securities to decline to a nominal figure and gave 
him the opportunity he had long sought — he sold his interest in the tan- 
nery, and by borrowing every dollar he could, succeeded in gaining a 
controlling interest in the Rutland & Washington and Troy & Rutland 
Railroads. 

The daring speculation proved profitable beyond his hopes ; in less 
than two years he had succeeded in extrciating the roads from their em- 
barrassments, had put them on a paying basis, and had consolidated them 
with the Saratoga, Whitehall & Rensselaer Railroad under the latter name, 
thus forming a through line. Next came his battle for the control of the 
Erie. That road had never paid, and ruin and bankruptcy now stared it in 
the face. Young Gould had a plan for saving it, an d making it the chief 
thoroughfare of the State. He laid it before the directors, but Drew and 
Vanderbilt, the controlling spirits, opposed him — perhaps because they 
were unwilling to be led by so young a man. Notwithstanding their oppo- 
sition he was induced to accept the presidency of the road, but fresh diffi- 
culties arose ; he could not induce the directors to accept his plans, and he 
retired from the office — but twenty-five years later some of these directors 
were honest enough to say that his plans, if carried out, would have 
rehabilitated the road. 

After this for two decades the continent became Mr. Gould's theatre 
of action. He thought, planned, worked, used his capital, induced others 
to invest theirs, until he saw three great railroad systems spanning the 
continent, while his great Missouri-Pacific system extending north and 
south opened up millions of acres to thrifty settlers, and afforded cheap, 
speedy transportation to thousands of cities and towns. 

In his domestic life Mr. Gould was exceptionally happy. His wife was 
a noble woman, a loving wife and devoted mother, and congenial in 
thoughts and pursuit. Mr. Gould was a man of quiet and refined tastes, 
prizing books and the privacy of domestic life. In Wall Street he could 
give and take heavy blows. In private life he was benevolent, kind, and 
charitable as hundreds of instances attest. Death claimed him while in 
the midst of his activities. He had been in delicate health for a long time 
when a severe cold developed into consumption. He fought the dread 
disease with all the power of his marvellous will but in vain. The last 
winter of his life was spent in the Southwest hoping to secure from its 
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Rocky Mountains, he returned unimproved and made preparations for 
another winter in El Paso ; but some two weeks before his intended de- 
parture, from overwork or a slight cold he was seized with a succession of 
hemorrhages from the effects of which he died on December 2, 1892. 

By the will of Mr. Gould, the residue of his estate, after the bequests 
to others than his children were paid, was to be divided into six equal 
parts, to be held in trust by four executors and trustees, viz., George Jay 
Gould, Edwin Gould, Helen M. Gould, and Howard Gould, for the benefit 
of the six children of the testator. The heirs were to have no power to 
sell their inheritances, but could will them to their children, the entail not 
extending beyond them. 

The estate was valued at $72,000,000, $2,000,000 in real estate and the 
remainder in personal property. To George J. Gould, he devised about 
$15,000,000 ; $5,000,000 being a specific bequest for his services in 
managing his father's business. 

To Edwin Gould was given $10,000,000 and the house where he lived, 
valued at $60,000. 

To Helen M. Gould, $10,000,000, the family residence on Fifth Avenue, 
and the use for six years, or until the youngest son, Frank, should come 
of age, of Lyndhurst, with $6000 a month for household expenses. 

Howard Gould, $10,000,000. 

Anna Gould, $10,000,000. 

Frank J. Gould, $10,000,000. 

Mr. Gould has been fortunate in his children. His sons George Jay, 
Edwin, and Howard have all inherited the genius of their father, and are 
the leading financial spirits of the metropolis. 

George J., (i) at the early age of eighteen was elected a director in 
several great corporations, among them the Missouri-Pacific, the Texas 
Pacific, the Manhattan Railway, and the Western Union. He is now the 
controlling spirit in these great corporations and identified with many 
others. 

He is fond of country life and has a beautiful home at Lakewood, N. J., 
and a summer home in Delaware County, New York, known as Furlough 
Lake. 

He m. Sept. 14, 1886, Miss Edith Kingdon and has six chil. : 

I. Kingdon, b. Aug. 15, 1887 ; 2. J" ay, b. Sept. 1, 1888; 3. Marjorie 
Givynne, b. Sept. n, 1890 ; 4. Helen Vivien, b. May 2, 1892 ; 5- George 
y . Jr., b. March 28, 1896 ; 6. Edith Kathcrine, b. Aug. 3, 1901. 

Edwin Gould (2) is President of the Southwestern Railway Company, 
and director in many railways and banking institutions. 

He m. Oct. 26, 1892, Sarah Carolina Shrady. Their chil. are : 

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274 THE BURR FAMILY. 

I. Edwin, b. Sept. 27, 1S93 ; 2. Frank Miller, b. Feb. 6, 1899. 

Helen Miller (3) is perhaps the most beloved and influential woman 
in America. It is not so much, perhaps, the amount of her benefactions 
(although they are great) as the manner of giving which has endeared her 
to the American people. Gifts that are spontaneous and from the heart 
have a double value and efficacy. The Spanish war brought Miss Gould 
into that prominence which she particularly dislikes and is ever seeking to 
escape. Her patriotic gift to the government of one hundred thousand 
dollars was given anonymously but the name of the donor was soon her- 
alded abroad. This was followed soon after by her gift of twenty-five 
thousand dollars to the Woman's National War Relief Association. But 
she did not confine her efforts to giving — she went herself into the fever- 
stricken camps and gave personal service to the brave soldiers suffering 
there. 

When the transports began sailing homeward from Cuba and Porto 
Rico laden with suffering heroes Miss Gould turned her fresh-air home, 
Woody Crest, over to the Irvington Auxiliary of the W. N. W. R. A. to 
be used as a hospital, and where the sufferers were cared for as they could 
not have been in the camp or field hospital. Nor were her sympathies 
confined to the army alone. The navy has also benefited by her gener- 
osity. To her is largely due the erection of the New Naval Y. M. C. A. 
Building near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which can accommodate three or 
four hundred men. 

This building contains reading-rooms and library, bowling alleys, 
shooting-range, swimming-tank, and a large restaurant, as well as a large 
assembly-room where stereopticon lectures, etc., can be given, the inten- 
tion being to provide a homelike, attractive place for these men after their 
long voyages. 

Miss Gould early realized the responsibility entailed by the possession 
of great wealth and made an effort to fit herself to perform her duties by 
taking a course of University Extension lectures given at the New York 
University under the auspices of the Woman's Legal Educational Society. 

It is due to this legal training and to her native good judgment and com- 
mon-sense that she is able to bestow her charities with such good effect, and 
to herself manage her large estate. It is very difficult to deceive her, 
and although she is the mark of every begging letter writer in the country, 
and is approached in aid of every imaginable project, it is rarely that her 
money is bestowed on an unworthy object. As a rule she prefers to 
choose the objects of her beneficence. Helping young men and women 
to educate themselves is a favorite one. To this end she has endowed 
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won by aspirants proving themselves worthy. Two of these are open to 
the boys and girls of Roxbury, her father's native town. Her other bene- 
factions in Roxbury are numerous. The beautiful Memorial Church of 
stone costing one hundred and fifty thousand dollars was built by all the 
children of Mr. Jay Gould in memory of their father, thus doing what he 
had intended to do, had not his career been cut short. 

Her cottage is the first house west of the church and has extensive 
grounds in the rear with the new born Delaware flowing through them. 
These with a mountain spur rising from the valley beyond still covered 
with its primeval growth of pine and hemlock she has had converted 
into a beautiful park which is free to all citizens of the pretty mountain 
village. 

Her pet charity is perhaps Woody Crest, a beautiful old colonial seat 
about a mile east of Lyndhurst and overlooking the broad acres of her 
estate, established as a home for children of the New York City poor, some 
being deformed and crippled picked up in the slums. These little folk 
are cared for by trained nurses and governesses, and have hundreds of 
acres of meadow, pasture, and woodland to roam over. 

In winter she keeps about sixteen children, either all boys or all girls 
for about eight months, giving them a regular school and manual training, 
while during the summer the parties are changed oftener to give more 
children a chance to breathe the fresh air of the country. The Woody Crest 
wagonette may be seen every pleasant day, driving about the country 
filled with happy children many of whom are seeing the green fields for 
the first time. 

A large share of Miss Gould's income is devoted to charity. 
The family mansion on Fifth Avenue was given her in her father's 
will. Lyndhurst, her father's country seat at Irvington, she purchased and 
is sole owner. It is a stone structure of Elizabethan architecture placed 
on a green bluff overlooking the wide expanse of the Tappan Zee and 
the Hudson, and surrounded by an extensive and well kept park. The 
entrance is marked by two tall pillars of granite and a porter's lodge also 
of stone. A drive winds through the grounds under noble forest trees 
through which one catches glimpses of the stone towers and gables of the 
mansion. 

' The central tower of the house rises high bearing turrets at each of 
its four corners. The house is built of gray stone which is shot with 
bluish tints. It covers a large area and its many parts are grouped to- 
gether so as to give an appearance which is at once beautiful and imposing. 
There are multitudes of graceful angles, mullioned windows, turrets and 
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276 THE BURR FAMILY. 

and there are verandas with great windows opening upon them and now 
and then a stone balcony high up. The great double doors of the main 
entrance are of stone even to the sashes of the diamond-paned windows 
at their top. 

" Inside the house there is a great hall in the centre. On the right 
from the main entrance is the dining-room and on the left, a large draw- 
ing-room. Everywhere are works of art, statuary, and paintings. The 
house has a multitude of rooms in it and is built on a generous plan 
throughout. It is an ideal country home. Every window commands a 
beautiful view but those on the west front have the finest. The Hudson 
can be seen for miles to the south and north. The Palisades are seen in 
a magnificent sweep across the river, and the town of Nyack looks like a 
toy city on the farther shore of the river. To the north are the mountains 
of the Highlands." 

In this beautiful home Miss Gould spends most of her time. She en- 
tertains with discrimination but to those whom she receives she is grace 
and sweetness personified. She is a very busy woman. For several hours 
daily she sits at her desk attending to the business of her estate and the 
details of her numberless charities, being aided in the work by a force of 
two or three secretaries. 

Miss Gould is very loyal to the memory of her father, whom she reveres 
as one of the best of men. In devoting so much of her time and money 
to charity she insists that she is but carrying out a line of action indicated 
by him. His library with his desk and books remains as he left it, and 
one of her most cherished treasures is the odometer with which he began 
surveying on the threshold of his career. 

Howard (4) m. Katharine Clemmons, Oct. 12, 1898 ; no children. 

Anna (5) m. March 4, 1S94, Count Boniface de Castellane, of an old 
and titled French family, and has children : 

I. Boniface, b. Jan. 19, 1895 ; 2. George Gustave, b. Dec. 27, 1897. 

Frank Jay (6) m. Dec. 2, 1901, Miss Helen Margaret Kelly. 

Jason Gould (7) rem. at an early age to Canada and opened up an 
unsettled district in the county of Renfrew, Ontario. He operated a 
stage line there for some time, and afterward removed to Smith's Falls, 
Ont., where he engaged in the lumber business, and where his descendants 
reside. He m. Sept. 3, 1834, Nancy Simpson, who was b. Mar. 26, 1808. 
Their chil. were : 

I. William Simpson, b. June 13, 1836, d. Oct. 31, 1862 ; 2. John 

JJ'illson, b. June 22, 1838, d. Dec. 18, i860 ; 3. James Henry, b. Sept. 

5, 1840 (still alive) ; 4. Jason, Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1843, d. Nov. 18, 1882 ; 

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died on Oct. 23, 1864, and his wife, Nancy Simpson, died on Dec. 23, 
1S61. 

Of these children, James Henry (3) married Catherine Hayes, Oct. 31, 
1S67, and had the following issue : 

I. James Simpson, b. Aug. 3, 1868; 2. William Hayes, b. July 26, 

1S70 ; 3. Alice Kate, b. Nov. 23, 187 1 ; 4. Margaret Beats, b. , d. 

Jan. 16, 1883 ; 5. Anna Florence, b. Apr. 19, 1875 ; 6. John Jay, b. Nov. 
21, 1876. None of above married. 

Jason Gould, Jr. (4), m. Adelis Johnston, Oct. 25, 187 1, and had the 
following issue : 

I. Jason, Jr., 2. Clara, 3. May, 4. Harry, all still living. May (3) 
married Charles Leslie Easton, M.D., June, 1900, and has one child : I. 
Charles Leslie, Jr. 

Anna Maria Gould (5) married Duncan Alexander Fergusson July 22, 
1875. Has the following issue : I. Laura, 2. James, 3. Henry, b. Dec. 
23, 1877, d. Apr. 4, 1894 ; 4. John B., 5. Ross, 6. Simpson. 

Mr. James H. Gould is proprietor of the Rideau Foundry, manf. of agri- 
cultural implements, and President of the Citizens' Electric Co., of Smith's 
Falls. His son, James S. Gould, is Secretary and Treasurer of the latter. 

Jason Gold (8) remained on the family estate at Fairfield. He is said 
to have changed the family name from Gold to Gould. He m. Catharine 
Carson, dau. of Walter Carson, a useful and respected teacher of the Fair- 
field Academy for many years. His chil. were : 

I. Catharine, 2. Elizabeth, 3. William, 4. John, and 5- Catharine, 2d, 
all of whom d. young except John, who succeeded to the family estate. 

He m. Mary Wakeman, dau. of Walter Thorp, a well-known resident 
of Fairfield, and had chil.: 

I. William Jason, 2. Elizabeth Burr, 3. Mary Catharine, 4. John 
Walter, 5. James Beers, 6. Julia Beers — the latter twins. 

Mr. Gould held many positions of trust and confidence. He repre- 
sented the town of Fairfield in the Lower House for several terms, was 
Senator from the 10th District in 1847, and Railroad Commissioner from 
1854 to 1861. In 1864 he was appointed United States Marshal for Con- 
necticut by President Lincoln, and held the office until his death in 187 1. 
" He was kindly and courteous in manners," says a contemporary, " and 
beloved by all. In early life by industry and enterprise he acquired a rea- 
sonable competence, so that, apart from his public duties, he led a life of 
comparative ease at his fine residence in Fairfield. He was a member of 
the Congregational Church in his native town, and a man of most estim- 
able private character." 

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HARTFORD BRANCH. 



FIRST GENERATION. 
BENJAMIN BURR.' 

BENJAMIN BURR, the founder of the Hartford branch of the 
family, first appeared as one of the original settlers of Hartford, 
in 1635. His name in the land division of Hartford, in 1639, as 
an original proprietor and settler is the first evidence we have of his 
presence in America; but, as we are told that the first settlers of Hartford 
were collected from Watertown, Newton, and other places near Boston, it 
js certain that he was in Massachusetts some time before his appearance 
in Hartford, and he may have been one of the eight hundred who came 
to America with Winthrop's fleet in June, 1630. He seems to have been 
an active, energetic, thorough business man, and mingled but little in 
public affairs; hence but brief mention is made of him in the records of 
the colony. 

He was the first of his name in Connecticut, and was admitted a free- 
man in 1658. His allotment in the land division of Hartford in 1639 was 
six acres. He also drew eighteen acres in the land division of East Hart- 
ford in t666. His house-lot in Hartford, in 1640, was bounded northeast 
on Stephen Hart, northwest on John Warner, southwest by the road to the 
cow-pasture, and southeast on Samuel Hale's lot. That he was a soldier 
in the Pequot War is proved by the following extract from a book by Hon. 
J. W. Stuart, called " Hartford in the Olden Time," published in 1855, being 
an affidavit of Thomas Burr, son of Benjamin, dated Hartford, 1721 : 

" I Thomas Burr of Hartford aged 75 years certify as above written 
that I heard my father say as aforesaid, and also remember said Munson 
when he lived in Hartford and often heard my father and other Pequot 
soldiers say that said Munson was a soldier in said war with them." 

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another house-lot in the northwest part of the village, besides houses and 
lands at Greenfield, in Windsor. He also gave his name to one of the 
city streets. He died at Hartford, March 31, 1681, and was buried prob- 
ably in some one of the hillside cemeteries long since obliterated, in which 
rests the dust of so many of Hartford's early settlers. A monument to 
his memory, in common with the other original settlers of Hartford, was 
erected in the cemetery of the Central Congregational Church, by the 
Ancient Burying-Ground Association of that city; but the contemplative 
mind refuses to accept the ordinary mortuary emblems as a fit memorial 
of such men as he, and turns rather to the city which he founded, as the 
most enduring monument of his genius and energy — a city the pride of 
every true son of Connecticut ; replete with venerable associations, the 
mother of cities and communities, and the social, financial, and political 
capital of the State. 

As before remarked, but few vestiges of Benjamin Burr remain to the 
present time. His will is found, and in an old plan of the city of Hart- 
ford a Burr Street appears, probably named in his honor ; it ran north- 
west from Main, at the corner of Village and Magon, to Albany, and is 
now a portion of Main Street. 

His will is dated Jan. 2, 1677, four years before his death, and reads 
as follows : 

" In the name of God, Amen. I, Benjamin Burre, of Hartford, in 
New England, being feeble in body but of good sense and understanding, 
do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner follow- 
ing : Imprimis. I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of God, 
and my body after my decease to comely Christian burial. Also, my will 
is that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate, and 
as for the rest of my worldly goods, I dispose of them as follows: 

"Item. I give unto my beloved wife, Anna Burre, my whole estate 
during the term of her natural life, excepting only what I doe by this my 
following will appoynt to be payed before her death. 

" Item. I give unto my son, Samuel Burre, and his heirs forever, after 
my wife's decease, all my land at Greenfield, with all the buildings thereon, 
and doe also give him whatsoever he hath already received from me. 

" Item. I give unto my son, Thomas Burre, and his heirs forever, all 
my housing and lands whatsoever, in the township of Hartford, after my 
wife's decease; and my team, that is, two oxen and a horse, also all the 
utensils to the team belonging, as cart, plow, and such like, to be his after 
my decease, and my will is that he doe with the team and utensils doe all 
the work for my wife while she liveth that is to be done with a team. 



280 THE BURR FAMILY. 

" Item. I give unto my daughter, Hannah Burre, after my decease, a 
bed and furniture, with so much other household stuff as will amount to 
ten pounds at the inventoried price. Also I give to my said daughter 
one-third part of all my other household goods, to be delivered after her 
mother's decease. 

" Item. I give unto my daughter, Mary Crowe, twenty shillings, and it 
is to what she hath already received from me to be paid after my decease. 

' Item. I give unto my grandchild, Mary Crowe, ten pounds after my 
wife's decease, upon condition that she live with and serve her grand- 
mother until her marriage or the age of eighteen years. 

'' Item. I give ten pounds to be at the disposal of my beloved wife at 
her will to such of her children as by their duteous behavior shall in her 
judgment best deserve the same ; also if there be any overplus of my 
estate when the afore-mentioned legacies are paid, I bequeath it to the 
disposal of my said wife. 

" Item. I doe moreover give ten pounds more to my daughter Hannah, 
to be paid to her by my son Thomas, after his mother's decease, besides 
what is before mentioned. 

" Item. My will is that my son Thomas shall take care of his mother 
while they live together in this world, to supply her wants in all respects, 
so far as the estate left to that end will do it. 

" Item. I make my wife, Anna Burre, and my son, Thomas Burre, 
joint and only executors of this my last will and testament. 

"BENJAMIN BURR. 
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To Benjamin Burr and his wife Anna were born four chil.: 

2. Samuel," b. in Eng.; 3. Thomas," b. Jan. 26, 1645, in Hart.; 
4. Mary," m. Jan. 15, 1656, Christopher Crowe, of Windsor ; had by him 
a dau., I. Mary Crowe. She married, second, Josiah Clarke, of Windsor, 
and had one child, 2. Josiah, b. Jan. 13, 1682. Mary the dau., after 
death of her f., Christopher, resided with her grandparents, Benjamin and 
Anna Burr. She m. in 1685, John Clark, of Windsor. Their chil. were: 
1. Hannah, b. in Simsbury, Aug. 6, 1686; 2. John; 3. Martha; 4. 
Solomon ; 5. Elizabeth ; and 6. Sarah. John Clark the f. d. Sept., 1 7 15, 
re. 60 yrs. Mary his w. again m. Wm. Randall, of Enfield, Ct. 

5. Hannah,'' m. Sept., 1681, Andrew Hillyer, of Simsbury, Ct., and 
d. Sept., 1684. Chil.: 1. Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1681-2, who m. 1st, 
Thomas Humphrey, and 2d, Apr. 15, 1 7 1 5, James Cornish. She d. 175 1. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 28 1 

Benjamin Burr d. at Hartford, March 31, 1681. His w. Anna d. 
Aug. 31, 1683. He may have had a bro. Thomas. The Hartford town 
records give : "Mary Burr, dau. of Thomas Burr, b. Sept. 17, 1645." 

SECOND GENERATION. 

SAMUEL BURR, 2 [2] of Hartford, Ct., 

made freeman at Hartford in May, 1658. He m. Mary Bazey, dau. of 
John Bazey, one of the first settlers and a prominent man in the colony. 
Chil.: 

6. Samuel, 3 b. 1667 ; 7. John, 3 b. 1670 ; 8. Mary, 3 b. 1673, m. 
June, 1693, Daniel, s. of Thomas Clark ; 9. Elizabeth, 3 b. 1675, m. 
Apr. 6, 1698, Thomas Clark ; 10. Jonathan, 3 b. 1679. 

Samuel Burr d. Sept. 29, 1682. He seems to have been a man of great 
energy and business ability, and left quite a large estate. Invy. ^"541 
\os. \\d., which was distributed to his chil. as follows: Samuel, ^170, 
John, ;£ioi, Jonathan, ,£100, Mary, ^*8o, Elizabeth, £$0. They were all 
minors at the time of his death, and by a provision of his will, were to 
possess the property as they came of age. Invy. offered in court, Oct. 5, 
1682. Distribution, 1684. Stephen Hopkins and Thos. Catlin, adms. 

THOMAS BURR, 2 [3] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Gerard Speck of Hart. Chil.: 

11. Thomas, Jr. 3 ; 12. Samuel 3 ; 13. Joseph, 3 bapt. 1687 ; 14. 
Jonathan, 3 bapt. 1692 ; 15. Ann, 3 bapt. 1694 ; 16. Isaac, 3 bapt. 1697 ; 
17. Daniel, 3 bapt. 1700; 18. Sarah 3 ; 19. Benjamin 3 ; 20. Hannah 3 ; 
21. Abigail, 3 bapt. 1702 ; 22. Caleb, 3 bapt. Feb. 20, 1703-4, prob. d. 
young. Thomas the f. owned covenant of 1st ch. Hart. Mch. 15, 1695-6. 
His wife Sarah Apr. 16, 1693, bapt. same day. Thomas Burr d. 1733. His 
will dated Apr. 29, 1722, with a codicil May 20, 1731, proved Feb. 5, 
1733-4, names above chil. 

He gave his sons Thomas and Daniel his lands east of the Conn. River ; 
his undivided lands at New Bantam equally to Thomas, Samuel, and 
Jonathan. 

Of the daus. Ann [15] (bapt. Nov. 4, 1694) m. Jan. 18, 172 1-2, Oba- 
diah Spencer (bapt. Aug. 4, 1695), s. of Obadiah and Ruth Spencer. 
Their chil. were : I. Ruth, bapt. Nov. n, 1722 ; 2. Ann, bapt. July 26, 
J 7 2 4; 3' Obadiah, bapt., d. in inf.; 4. Mary, bapt. July 9, 1727; 5. 
Elijah, bapt. Apr. 20, 1729 ; 6. Obadiah, bapt. Oct. 22, 1732 ; 7. Harriet, 
bapt. Feb. 3, 1733-4; 8. Abigail, bapt. May 8, .1737. Ann, the mother, 
d. Aug. 29, 1765. 



282 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Sarah [18] owned covenant ist Ch. Hart. Mch. 8, 1695-6, d. Oct. 16, 
1750, ae. 69 yrs. Willed her lands in Hart, to Dr. Isaac Burr, son of her 
bro., Rev. Isaac, ^50 to Daniel, son of her bro. Daniel. Samuel Burr, 
her bro., exec, of her will, dated 1750. 

Hannah [20] d. Dec. 23, 1763. ("The aged Hannah Burr d., "etc. — 
ist Ch. Rec. Hart.). 

Abigail [2l] bapt. Oct. 25, 1702, m. Capt. Timothy Phelps (perhaps 
a 2d wife). " Abigail, w. of Capt. Timothy Phelps, d. Sept. 4, 1760" (ist 
Ch. Rec. Hart.). 

THIRD GENERATION. 

SAMUEL BURR, Jr., 3 [6] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Mercy (prob. Bazey). Chil.: 

23. Baysey, 4 bapt. Dec. 6, 1685, d. young; 24. Samuel, 1 bapt. Feb. 

19, 1687-8, d. young; 25. Mary, 4 bapt. Nov. 2, 1690, d. young; 26. Mary,' 
b. Sept. 25, 1695 ; 27. Martha, 4 b. Jan. 14, 1693 ; 28. Baysey, 4 b. Feb. 
27. 1695 ; 2 9- Samuel,' b. May 4, 1697. 

Samuel Burr owned covenant in the ist ch. Hart. Dec. 6, 1685, and 
was admitted to full communion Jan. 12, 1695-6. His w. Mercy was adm. 
to full communion and bapt. Sept. 2, 168S. Samuel the f. d. March 4, 
1698. His w. Mercy and chil. were then living. Samuel Church Avas ap- 
pointed guardian for Samuel, the wid. Mercy for Baysey. 

JOHN BURR, 3 [7] of Farmington, Ct., 

m. Sarah , settled in Farmington about 171 2. His chil. were : 

30. John, 1 bapt. Dec. 3, 1693, d. in inf.; 31. John, 4 bapt. Dec. 8, 
l6 95 ; 3 2 - Stephen, 1 bapt. Aug. 27, 1699 ; 23- Noahdiah, 4 bapt. Dec. 
21, 1701 ; 34. A dau., d. in inf.; 35. Eunice, 1 bapt. Jan. 5, 1706-7, m. 
Samuel Case, July 5, 1728, s. of Samuel and Mary Case, who was b. Jan. 
24. 1696, d. Sept. 23, 1768. His wid. Eunice d. Aug. 31, 1775. 36. 
Miriam, 1 bapt. Oct. 31, 1708, m. Nathaniel, s. of Samuel and Mary (West- 
over) Case, b. Apr. 26, 1703, d. June 8, 1753. Mrs. Miriam d. Sept. 24, 
1752. 37. Ebenezer, 1 bapt. July 20, 17 12 ; 38. Thankful, 4 bapt. July 

20, 1 7 12, prob. m. Ephraim Brown of Farmington ; 39. Lucy, 4 bapt. Mar. 

21, 1 7 14 ; 40. Gideon, 1 b. Nov. 16, 1715 ; 41. Nathaniel 4 ; 42. Sarah, 1 
m. Joseph Gillett, Apr. 14, 17 15. 

John Burr the f. owned covenant ist ch. Hart. Dec. 3, 1693. Sarah 
Burr (prob. his w.) owned covenant Feb. 23, 1695-6. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 283 

JONATHAN BURR, 3 [10] of Middletown, Ct., 

settled early at Middletown, m. Abigail Hubbard, b. 1686, dau. of Nathan- 
iel, and gr. dau. of George Hubbard, of Middletown. Chil. : 

43. Mary, 4 b. March 18, 170S ; 44. Ebenezer, 4 b. Jan. 24, 17 11 ; 45. 
Jonathan, 4 b. March 21, 17 13 ; 46. Nathaniel, 4 b. March 23, 17 17 ; 47. 
Elizabeth, 4 b. Apr. 23, 17 19; 48. Abigail, 4 b. March 12, 1724; 49. 
Thankful, 4 b. March 12, 1724; 50. Hannah, 4 b. Apr. 23, 1723. (Mid- 
dletown Rec.) 

Jonathan Burr the f. d. Jan. 1, 1735. He signed the covenant of the 
1st eh. Hart. Feb. 23, 1695-6, before his rem. to Middletown. 

THOMAS BURR, 3 [il] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Wadsworth, of a prominent 
Hartford family. Their chil. were : 

51. Sarah, 4 bapt. Feb. 15, 1707-8; 52. Thomas, 4 bapt. Aug. 24, 
1712, d. in inf.; 53. Ann, 4 bapt. Aug. 24, 1712 ; 54. Moses, 4 bapt. Jan. 30, 
17 14-5 ; 55. Thomas, 4 bapt. Oct. 4, 17 19 ; 56. Rebecca, 4 bapt. Apr. i, 
1722, m. Dec. 15, 1743, Elijah Cadwell, bapt. Oct. 15, 1721, s. of Win. and 
Rebecca (Goodwin) Cadwell, and had chil.: I. Elijah, bapt. Jan. 6, 1744-5; 
2. Rebecca, bapt. June 22, 1746; 3. Violet, bapt. May 1, 1748, m. Wm. Pease 
of Blandford ; 4. Mary, bapt. Dec. 31, 1749, d. in inf. Elijah Cadwell 
the f. d. June 14, 1751, at Hartford. 

" The aged Mr. Thomas Burr died Nov. 7, 1761. Sarah w. of Thomas 
Burr d. Sept. 5, 1750" (1st Ch. Rec. Hart.). 

SAMUEL BURR, 3 [12] of Hartford, Ct., 

"The aged Samuel Burr died Nov. 7, 1763" (1st Ch. Rec. Hart.). 
He was probably a bachelor, as his will mentions neither w. nor chil. 
Will dated June, 1758, proved 1764, mentions Samuel Burr, s. of Thomas, 
Jr., Daniel Burr, s. of his bro. Daniel of Windsor, Ct., Moses Burr, s. of 
his bro. Thomas, his sis. Abigail, w. of Timothy Phelps, Elijah Spencer, s. 
of his sister Ann, his sister Ann, w. of Obadiah Spencer, his sister Violet, 
w. of his bro. Daniel, and gave to Thomas Burr, Jr., one half his stock. 

JOSEPH BURR, 3 [13] of Hempstead, L. I., 

removed from Hartford to L. I. in 17 14, and settled at Huntington. From 
there rem. to Hempstead Harbor about 17 19. He m. 1st, Damorom Sears, 
and 2d, Mary Wood, in the year 1737. She was b. Feb. 20, 1704, and d. 
May 11, 1792. Chil.: 



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284 THE BURR FAMILY. 

57. Isaac,' b. 1736 ; 58. Samuel,* b. July 19, 1740 ; 59. Joseph ' ; 
60. Thomas 4 ; 61. Stephen 4 ; 62. Daniel,' b. 1756. 

Joseph Burr d. at Hempstead, Dec. 6, 177O. He was a tanner by 
trade, and had a tannery at " Mosquito Cove " (now Glencove). He 
bought of Richard Albertson a farm of 80 acres March 29, 1740, for 
^360. 

REV. ISAAC BURR/ [16] of Windsor, Ct., 

grad. at Yale Coll. in 1717. Oct. 25, 1725, he was ordained the second 
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Worcester, Mass. In November, 
1744, he received a call from Windsor, Ct., to which place he rem. and 
continued as head of the church there until his death in 1752. He was a 
learned and eloquent preacher, and faithful pastor. He m. Mary, dau. of 
Judge John Eliot and Mary (VVolcott) bapt. May 12, 1700. Judge Eliot 
was a grandson of Rev. John Eliot, the famous apostle to the Indians. Chil. : 

63. John Eliot, 4 b. about 1722 ; 64. Isaac, Jr., 4 b. about 1724 ; 65. 
Samuel ' ; 66. Jonathan ' ; 67. Mary, 1 unm., d. before 1752 ; 68. Pru- 
dence ' ; 69. Lois, 4 m. Tallmadge Bishop. 

Rev. Isaac Burr d. at Windsor, Ct., 1752. He was adm. to full com- 
munion 1st ch. Hart. Mch. 7, 1724-5. Estate ^2,000. John E., Jona- 
than, and Prudence became insane, and Henry Allen, Esq., of Wind, and 
Pliny Hillyer, Esq., were appointed their conservators. (Hinman.) 

DANIEL BURR, 3 [17] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Violet . They had one son : 

70. Daniel,' (perhaps others) who was named joint legatee in his 
Aunt Sarah's will, in 1750. Daniel, Sr., owned covenant 1st ch. Hart. 
Feb. 3, 1722-3. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 3 [19] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Mary, dau. of Richard and Abigail Goodman, bapt. May 10, 1703. 
Chil.: 

71. Elisha, 4 bapt. Aug. 14, 1720; 72. Richard, 4 bapt. Mch. 8, 1723-4; 
73. Mary,' bapt. July 31, 1726 ; 74. Benjamin, 4 bapt. June 16, 1728, d. 
in inf.; 75. Benjamin, 4 bapt. Nov. 9, 1729; 76. Timothy, 4 bapt. Aug. 
T 5, ' 73 1 ; 77- Hannah, 4 b. Jan. 20, 1733 ; 78. Abigail, 4 b. Apr. 4, 1736 ; 
79. Sarah, 4 bapt. Apr. 9, 173S ; 80. Samuel, 1 bapt. Dec. 25, 1739. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 285 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

JOHN BURR, 4 [31] of Farmington, Ct., 

m. Mary, dau. of Caleb Root, of Farmington, Nov. 15, 1722. Chil.: 

81. Salmon, 5 b. Sept. 25, 1723 ; 81a. John, 5 b. May 28, 1726 ; 8lb. 
Mary, 5 b. June 4, 1729 ; 8ic. Ruth, 5 b. Oct. 26, 1732 ; 8id. Amos, 5 b. 
June 25, 1734. 

NOAHDIAH BURR, 4 [33] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Hannah Gilbert, Nov. 5, 1731. Chil.: 

8ie. Noahdiah, 5 b. Apr. 29, 1732 ; 82. Titus, 5 b. Oct. 16, 1737 ; 
perhaps others. 

EBENEZER BURR, 4 [37] ofjNorfolk, Ct., 

was one of the earliest settlers of Norfolk, Ct., a farmer, and mem. Pres. 
Ch. He m. 1st, Hepsibah Brown, Jan. 10, 1740, b. 17 12, d. July 13, 1772 ; 

and 2d, Reliance , b. 17 19. Chil.: 

83. Ebenezer 5 ; 84. Oliver, 5 b. 1 744 ; 85. Daniel, 5 b. Feb. 24, 1 747 ; 

86. Aaron 5 ; 87. Lucy, 5 m. Canfield, and rem. to Tyringham, 

Mass. Ebenezer the f. d. March 12, 1794 ; his w. Reliance, Nov. 4, 1778. 

GIDEON BURR, 4 [40] of Canaan, N. Y., 

settled first at Goshen, then rem. to Farmington ; from there to Windsor, 
and in 1751 to Canaan, N. Y. He m. Hannah Edwards, sister of Jona- 
than Edwards. Chil.: 

88. Gideon 5 ; 89. Ozias, 5 b. June 26, 1759 ; 90. Moses 5 ; 91. Par- 
rehna, 5 who m. Nathaniel Atwell ; 92. Elizabeth, 5 who m. Benj. Hall, 
of Canaan, and had 5 chil.; 93. Abi, 5 who m. Daniel Allen, settled in 
Onondaga Co., N. Y., and reared a family of four chil. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 4 [41] of Windsor, Ct., 

m. Hannah, dau. of Isaac and Hannah (Eggleston) Loomis, July 8, 1740. 
Chil. : 

94. Hannah, 5 bapt. Nov. 8, 1741, prob. m. Luther Barber, of Norfolk, 
Ct., Oct. 15, T761 ; 95. Nathaniel, Jr., 5 bapt. June 19, 1743 ; 96. Isaiah, 5 
bapt. Sept. 8, 1745 ; 97. Anna, 5 bapt. Mch. 8, 1747, m. Edward Brown, 
of Norfolk, May 9, 1761 ; 98. Eunice, 5 bapt. July 16, 1749 ; 99. Salem, 6 
bapt. June 14, 1752 ; 100, Miriam, 5 bapt. July 21, 1754, m. Alpheus 
Brown, of Windsor, Oct. 9, 1771 ; 101. Freelove, 5 bapt. July n, 1756, m. 



286 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Elihu Case, of Simsbury, s. of Deacon Reuben Case, May 7, 1778, and 
rem. to Johnstown, N. Y. 

Nathaniel the f. d. May 5, 1772, 33. abt. 66 yrs. 

EBENEZER BURR, 4 [44] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. ; his chil. so far as found were : 

102. Ebenezer ; 103. Experience," b. 1743, m. Dr. Joseph Lewis, 
who was b. June 18, 1733. Their chil. were : I. Naomi, b. Dec. 24, 1773, 
d. Feb. 5, 1774; 2. Lyman, b. Apr. 21, 1775, m. Feb. 18, 1798, Mary 
Stiles, who was b. Aug. 14, 1776 ; their chil. were : 1. Joel, b. Dec. 17, 
1798, d. Dec. 27, 1816 ; 2. Experience, b. Oct. 6, 1S00, m. John D. Hilton, 
and d. Jan. 2, 1873, ve. 72 yrs.; 3. Hollister, b. Feb. 3, 1803, d. Apr. 13, 
1803 ; 4. Noah S., b. Feb. 1, 1805, d. Feb. 8, 1825 ; 5. Lyman H., b. May 
6, 1813, d. May 14, 1825 ; 6. Edward M., b. Sept. 6, 181S, m. Dec. 7, 1S43, 
Lois J. Tilden, who was b. Mar. 6, 1824. Edward M. is a merchant, and 
passenger and express agent for Conn. & Pass. R.R., at Norwich, Vt.; his 
chil. are : 1. Lyman Z., b. Nov. 20, 1844, m. Clara Tracy Worth, Apr. 19, 
1869 ; 2. George £., b. Aug. 10, 1846, m. Anna H. Dudley, Mar. 8, 1875 ; 
3. Ransom T., b. Aug. 7, 1848, m. Mattie A. Howard, Dec. 25, 1S73 ; 4. 
Frank S., b. Oct. 27, 1852, d. Mar. 1, 1854 ; 5. Louise Af., b. Feb. 16, 1857. 
Lyman Lewis (2) the father of these children, d. May 14, 1849. j He was 
a physician of marked ability and solid acquirements, a graduate of Dart- 
mouth College, and a successful practitioner. 3. Joel, b. Feb. 16, 1777, 
(1. Mar. 10. 1820; 4. Naomi, b. Nov. 10, 1778, m. Dr. David Fisk, and 
rem. to Ken., where she d. Aug. 25, 1S01; 5. Joseph, b. June 24, 1782, was 
a physician, and settled at Middlesex, Vt., where he d. Aug. 22, 1826, leav- 
ing two sons, Henry and Albert, now living in Middlesex ; 6. Etios, b. Jan. 
19, 1784, grad. at Dartmouth College, 1804, was appointed surgeon's mate 
in the United States Army, Dec. 12, 180S, and resigned on account of ill- 
health, Aug., 1810 ; m. Keturah Dennison, June 28, 1812 ; their chil. were: 
1. William E., b. June 28, 1813, d. in inf.; 2. William E., b. May 25, 1815, 
m. Ruby \V. Haren, March 26, 1846, and has chil.: 1. Lucy A., b. Feb. 19, 
1847, m. Joseph F. Foote, Nov. 3, 1870 ; 2. William H., b. Jan. 25, 1849 ; 
3. Maria /.., 1). Sept. 15, 1851, m. William W. Morrill, Sept. 14, 1876 ; 4. 
Katie D., b. July 18, 1857, d. Aug. 17, 1858; 5. Charles E., b. Aug. 26, 
1859 ; 6. Mary D., b. Aug. 14, 1862, d. Aug. 23, 1865. 3. Charles D., b. 
June 3, 1817, grad. at Norwich University, 1838, m. Caroline M. Cannon, 
1 17, is a phys. in Ken. 4. Ann /?., b. Apr. 10, 1820. 5. Lucy M., b. Aug. 
24, 1824, m. Sept. 20, 1848, Benj. F. Holmes, and d. Sept. 10, 1874. Enos 
the f. d. Sept. 14, 1824. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 287 

7. Lucy, b. March 9, 1792, d. 1797 ; 8. Alpha, b. Jan. 3, 1796, m. 
Nov. 23, 1815, Abel Partridge, and had by him : 1. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 7, 

1816, m. Baxter B. Newton, a merchant of Norwich, and had several chil. 
all of whom d. young ; she d. March 4, 1850 ; 2. Lewis S., b. March 10, 
1 81 8, m. June 16, 1846, Harriet Baxter of Norwich, who bore him three 
chil. : 1. Lewis B., who m. Adell Weeks, and res. at Yankton, Dakota ; 
they have one child, a daughter ; 2. Lizzie A., m. Wales A. Ward, 
and res. at Athol, Mass. ; has two sons ; 3. Hattie L., m. James Brigham 
of Norwich, and has three sons. Harriet, mother of the above chil., d. 
Aug. 25, 1854, ast. 30 yrs., and Lewis m. 2d, Elizabeth J. Woodruff, May 
27, 1856. She is the mother of eight chil., five sons and three daus., all of 
whom are living except one dau. who d. in inf. Mr. Partridge is at present 
a resident of Norwich, Vt. ; he has held various civil positions through 
life ; was a member of the State Legislature in 1852 and 1853 ; was Ad- 
jutant-General of the State in 1853 and 1854 ; United States Marshal of 
the State, under President Buchanan; has been nominated for State Senator 
and for Congressman ; and was one of the delegates at large in the Na- 
tional Convention at Chicago that nominated Gen. McClellan for the 
Presidency. 

103a. Hannah, 6 b. Mar. 5, 1760, m. Aug. 16, 1779, Samuel Hutchin- 
son, who was b. Sept. 6, 1757. Their chil. were: I. Sally, b. July 14, 
1780; 2. Lra, b. June 6, 17S2, d. Jan. 29, 1806 ; 3. Levi, b. Mar. 21, 
1784, drowned July 15, 1797 ; 4. Samuel, b. Apr. 11, 1786 ; 5. j'emima, 
b. Apr. 15, 1788 ; 6. Perly, b. Mar., 1790; 7. Eunice, b. Dec. 18, 1791 ; 
8. Timothy, b. Sept. S, 1793 ; 9, Betsy, b. Feb. 11, 1795 ; 10. Levi, b. 
Oct. 28, 1797 ; II. Elisha, b. Jan. 14, 1800, d. Jan. 22, 1800 ; 12. 
Emma, b. Feb. 15, 1S01, d. Mar. 13, 1843 ; 13. Hannah, b. June 21, 1804, 
d. Oct. 29, 1824 ; 14, Huston, b. June 30, 1807, d. Mar. 28, 1843. 

Hannah the mother d. Nov. 11, 1S20. Sally (i), b. July 14, 17S0, m. 
Alpheus Hatch Nov. 20, 1806, and had chil. : 1. Eliza, b. June 22, 1809, 
m. Erastus Messenger, May 14, 1831, d. Nov. 6, 185 1 ; 2. Charles H, b. 
May 4, 181 1, d. in inf. ; 3. Harriet, b. Feb. 2, 1818, d. July 13, 1832 ; 
4. Sarah H., b. Apr. 1, 1815, m. Erastus Messenger ; 5. Ruby, b. Oct. 1. 

1817, m. George Loveland, Oct. 9, 1837 

JONATHAN BURR, 4 [45] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth Belding, of Wethersfield, Oct. 29, 1740. Their chil. were : 
104. Jonathan,' b. Aug. 3, 1741, (Middletown Rec. — Fam. Rec, 

1740) and two daus. not recorded, one of whom m. Williams and the 

other Hutchinson, and settled in the vicinity of Dartmouth, Mass. 



288 THE BURR FAMILY. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 4 [46] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. 1 st, , and had by her : 

106. Sarah, 5 b. Nov. 27, 1740 ; 107. Samuel, 5 b. Aug. 27, 1741. 

He m. 2d, Aug. 19, 1743, Sarah Porter, who was b. Oct. 28, 1724. 
Their chil. were : 

108. Benjamin, 5 b. July 26, 1746 ; 109. Joseph,' b. Aug. 26, 1748 ; 
no. Nathaniel, 5 b. Apr. 17, 1752 ; in. Jonathan, 5 b. Apr. n, 1756 ; 
112. Martha, 5 b. Jan. 26, 1759, m. Stephen Tibbals, of Haddam ; 113. 
Stephen, 5 b. May 7, 1761 ; 114. Phebe, 5 b. Nov. 16, 1765 ; 115. 
David, 5 b. July 2, 1769. 

Nathaniel Burr settled at an early day in Haddam, Ct., about six miles 
from his native town of Middletown. His house stood on the site of the 
present Methodist church, near the residence of his grandson, Mr. Syl- 
vester Burr. He was a farmer — a man of athletic frame and capable of 
enduring great hardship. He d. in Haddam, Sept. 12, 1802, ret. 86, and 
was buried in the old burying-ground in the northwestern part of the 
town, where his tombstone may still be seen. His w. Sarah d. May 21, 
1799, xi - 76, and was buried near her husband. 

MOSES BURR, 4 [54] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Barnard) King, bapt. Jan. 9, 
1725. Chil. : 

Il6. Elizabeth, 5 bapt. May 5, 1745, m. Charles Kellogg; 117. 
Moses, 5 bapt. July 7, 1745, prob. d. young; Il8. Timothy, 5 bapt. Nov. 
12, 1749; 119. Sarah, 5 bapt. Sept. 17,1752,™. Nathan Wadsworth, b. 
Aug. 3, 1753, d. May 28, 1831, s. of Samuel and Millicent (Cook) Wads- 
worth. 

120. Hezekiah,' bapt. Sept. 15, 1754; 121. Rachel,' b. July 15. 
1756, m. Aug. 10, 1775, John Treat, b. Aug. 12, 1745, s. of Henry and 
Abigail Treat. Their chil. were : 1. Rachel, b. Dec. 13, 1776, d. in inf. ; 2. 
Selah, b. July 15, 1778, m. Anna Williams, Apr. 21, 1803 ; 3. John, b. Mch. 
1 1, 1780, d. in inf. ; 4. John, b. June 4, 1782, d. young ; 5. Rachel, b. Nov. 
23, 1784, d. young; 6. Sinai, b. Dec. 14, 1786. d. June 2S, 1832. Mrs. 
Rachel Treat d. July 28, 17S7. (Goodwin's Notes.) 

122. Joseph, 5 bapt. Dec. 12, 1756 ; 123. Ruth, 5 bapt. Sept. 30, 1759, 
m. ■ Lord of Killingworth, Ct. ; 124. Moses." 

Moses thef. d. Jan. 13, 1792. Mrs. Elizabeth d. June 1, 1779. Moses 
Burr and his wife owned covenant together in 1st. ch. Hart., Feb. 24, 

1744-5- 



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THOMAS BURR, 4 [55] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Barnard) King, (bapt. Jan. 9, 
1725). Chil. : 

125. Samuel, 5 bapt. Jan. 20, 1744-5 ; 126. William, 6 b. 1747 ; 127. 
Anna/ 1 bapt. May 14, 1749, m. John, s. of John and Margaret (Chenevard) 
Lawrence, b. Aug. 20, 1749 ; 128. George, 5 bapt. Dec. 15, 175 1 ; 128a. 
Mary, 5 bapt. Jan. 20, 1754, m. abt. 1771, James Pratt of Rochester, N. 
Y., bapt. Oct. 14, 1753, s. of Zachariah and Abigail (Cook) Pratt, who d. 
Jan. 3, 1820. His wid. Mary d. at Hart., Mch. 23, 1822 ; 129. Thomas,' 
bapt. Aug. 15, 1756, d. young; 130. Jerusha, 6 bapt. Feb. 18, 1759, m. 

Barber ; 131. Eunice, 5 bapt. Mch. 8, 1761, d. in inf. ; 132. 

James, 5 b. Feb. 18, 1766. 

Thomas Burr d. Oct. 27, 1777. Sarah, his w. d. 1799, set. 73. Thomas 
Burr owned covenant 1st. ch. Hartford, Jan. 20, 1744-5. 

ISAAC BURR, 4 [57] of Comac, L. I., 

settled at Comac, a small village in the southeastern part of Huntington 
township, L. I., where he owned and occupied a large farm of 166 acres. 
He m. Dec. 1, 1763, Mary, dau. of Sylvanus Baldwin, one of the largest 
landholders of Huntington. He was overseer of highways, 1771, 1773, 
1775, T788, 1789, and was often chosen executor of estates. 

133. Morris, 5 b. 1764 ; 134. Jacob, 5 b. Apr. 18, 1771; 135. Joseph 6 ; 
136. Isaac 5 ; 137. Mary 5 ; 138. Elizabeth, 5 b. 1776, m. Apr. 5, 1792, 
Samuel Dow, d. Jan. 3, 1858. 

Mr. Isaac Burr d. at Comac, March 1, 1830 ; his wid. in April, 1833. 

SAMUEL BURR, 4 [58] of Oyster Bay, L. I., 

m. Mary Cheshire, b. Apr. 5, 1734. Their chil. were : 

139. Elizabeth, 6 b. Mar. 22, 1762 ; 140. Samuel, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1766; 
141. Joseph, 6 b. Apr. 6, 1770, d. Nov. 19, 1776 ; 142. Mary. 5 

Samuel Burr d. 1816. His w. Mary d. Aug. 29, 1814. 

" Samuel Burr was First Sergeant in Capt. Richard Manee's Company, 
Rev. War, raised in Queen's- Co., commanded by Col. Josiah Smith, sta- 
tioned part of the time on the shores at Low and Great Neck, and part of 
the time at New York Ferry. His wages were ^"405-. gd. — I suppose per 
month. On May 17, 1784, he was appointed Constable and Collector for 
Oyster Bay, Queens Co., L. I. The following is a list of members of 
Burr family, who voted (to send Deputies to the Provincial Congress), at 
Jamaica, Queens Co., L. I., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1775, an ^ continued to 
19 



29O THE BURR FAMILY. 

Saturday following 5 o'clock p.m. Samuel'Burr, voted for Deputies 

Daniel Burr, voted against Deputies " 

— Tunis Burr. 

JOSEPH BURR, 4 [59] of Hempstead, L. I., 

m. Hannah Mabbett ; his chil. as named in will were : 

143. Mary ; 144. James 6 ; 145. Isaac 6 ; 146. Jonathan'; 147. 

Susannah,' m. Kissam, of L. I. ; 148. Sears, 6 later Joseph (see 

[144]), b. Aug. 11, 1742. 

His will was proved Sept. 13, 1773, and was recorded in New York 
City. He gave his w. Hannah, ,£100 ; his dau. Mary, ^200; son James, 
^300 ; son Isaac, ,£300 ; son Jonathan, ^"300 ; dau. Susannah, ^200 ; 
son Sears, ^300; the executors of the will were Hannah Burr, Danl. 
Kissam, Saml. Latham, Saml. Burr.* 

THOMAS BURR, 1 [60] of , N. Y., 

early rem. from L. I. to Western New York, where it is said many of his 
descendants still reside. He was a soldier of the Revolution. 

STEPHEN BURR, 4 [61] of Hempstead, L. I., 

m. Betsey Searing, member of an old and prominent L. I. family, of 
Hempstead, Queens Co., L. I., by whom he had : 

149. Stephen, Jr., 6 b. Jan. 14, 1806; 150. Rowland, 5 m. and lived 
in N. Y. City; 151. William, 6 unm.; 152. Jacob, 6 m. and had one son, 
Alfred, who lived in Philadelphia; 153. James, 6 unm.; 154. Eliza, 6 m. 
her cousin, Walter Burr, of Queens Co.; 155. Martha, 6 ; 156. Mary, 6 
m. Silas Hendrickson, of Queens Co. Stephen Burr was a shoemaker by 
trade, and for many years was appointed by the town of Hempstead as 
"Toll Gate Keeper," stationed on the "Jericho and Smithtown Turn- 
pike." Mr. Burr was a staunch Democrat, and in religious belief a 
Presbyterian. 

DANIEL BURR, 1 [62] of Queens Co., L. I., 

m. Amey Cheshire, Feb. 8, 1758. Their chil were : 

157. Daniel, Jr. 6 ; 158. Elizabeth, 6 m. Jan. 24, 1782, to Barruck 
Underhill ; perhaps others. 

* " For sale, the farm of Joseph Burr, merchant deceased, near Herricks, one hundred 
and thirty-seven acres, well improved, new buildings, young orchard. Also a potash 
house convenient for carrying on the potash business." — New York Mercury, Oct. 20, 
1/73- 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 29 1 

ISAAC BURR, Jr., 4 [64] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. . Chil.: 

159. Daniel, 6 unm.; 160. Isaac, 5 b. 1760; perhaps others. 
Isaac Burr was a reputable physician of Hartford. 

DEACON TIMOTHY BURR, 4 [76] of Monson, Mass., 

m. Mary , and had chil.: 

161. Timothy, Jr., 5 b. 1757; 162. Filena, 6 b. Mch. 8, 1774; 163. 
Elisha, 5 b. Mch. 10, 1777; perhaps others. Deacon Burr early settled in 
Brimfield, Mass. (now Monson), and d. Aug. 3, 1785. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

SALMON BURR, 5 [81] of Bloomfield, Conn., 

m. Deborah and settled at Bloomfield. Chil.: 

164. Salmon, Jr., 6 bapt. Mch 21, 1756, d. in inf. ; 165. Elizabeth, 6 
bapt. Mch. 26, 1758; 166. Salmon, 6 bapt. Mch. 30, 1769; 167. Theo- 
dore, 6 bapt. Oct. 9, 1763. Salmon the f. d. Sept 19, 1773. 

JOHN BURR, 5 [8ia] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. Tabitha Loomis, of Windsor, Ct., Dec. 17, 1747; purchased land in Tor- 
ringford, east of Burrville, in 1752, and settled on it probably that spring; 
the place being known many years as the Burr hostlery or tavern, and 
afterwards the Daniel Coe Hudson place. Here John Burr spent his life 
in clearing the forests and preparing the way for his children and the 
future generations. He was a man of importance, taking an active part in 
the interest of the town and community in those early times when every- 
body worked hard and had but little (Orcutt's, Hist. Torringford, Ct.). 
Chil.: 

168. John, 6 b. July 19, 1750 ; 169. Reuben, 6 b. Jan. 13, 1752 ; 170. 
Tabitha, 6 b. June 23, 1754, d. April 2, 1785 ; 171. Jehiel," b. Apr. n, 
1757 ; 172. Russell, 6 b. Oct. 19, 1761 ; 173. Chloe, 6 b. Sept. 27, 1764, 
m. Ira Fuller of Vt., no chil.; 174. Tabitha, 6 m. Foote. 

AMOS BURR, 5 [8lb] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Ann Rowley, of Windsor, Ct.; one son: 175. Amos, Jr.," b. Apr. 
17, 1764- 



292 THE BURR FAMILY. 

NOAHDIAH BURR, Jr., 5 [8ie] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Abigail Pease, May 17, 1757. Chil. : 

176. Abigail,' 1 d. Mch. 7, 1777, in 18th yr.; 177. Noahdiah," bapt. 
May 18, 1760 ; 178. Hannah, " bapt. July 5, 1761; 179. Joseph," bapt. 
Oct. 9, 1763; 180. Thede," bapt. Apr. 28, 1765; 180a. Rachel, 6 and 
181. Roda," twins, bapt. Mch. 16, 1766 ; 182. Abi," bapt. Mch. 27, 1768; 
182a. Kesia, bapt. May 7, 1769; 183. Abraham," bapt. July 15, 1770 ; 
183a. Lois, 6 bapt. July 14, 1771; 184. Asenath, 6 bapt. Nov. 8, 1772, d. in 
inf.; 185. Noah," bapt. July 17, 1774, d. in inf.; 186. Noah," bapt. June 
2,1776; 187. Martin, 6 bapt. Aug. 2, 1778; 188. Abigail," bapt. Oct. 
10, 1790. 

Mr. Burr d. June 28, 1793. " He had four chil. lying northeast of the 
foot of his grave, viz.: Abigail, Asenath, Roda, and Noah." 

EBENEZER BURR, 5 [83] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Ruth . Chil.: 

189. Sarah, 6 who m. John Beach ; 190. Anna,' who m. Isaac Bal- 
com and rem. west; 191. Lucy A.,' who m. Wm. Lawrence; 192. Ansel, 

who m. Stanley; 193. Pamela,' d. unm.; 194. Pasley," m. 

Hinman. 

OLIVER BURR, 5 [84] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Sarah Canfield, of Norfolk. His chil were: 

195. Asa," b. Dec. 10, 1776; 196. Hepsibah ' (m. Hezekiah Butler, 
of New Marlboro, Mass. Chil.: I. Oliver Burr, 2. Sarah C, 3. Elizur, 
a missionary to the Cherokee Indians ; 4. Hezekiah G., 5- Mary, 6. 

SamuelS.)] 197. Beulah," 111. 1st, Judd, and 2d, Beers, and 

had a large family. She rem. to Central New York. 

DANIEL BURR/' [85] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Betty Brown, Oct. 7, 1773. He was a far. and mem. Cong. Ch., d. 
Feb. 15, 1808, his wid. d. Feb. 20, 1832. Chil.: 198. Lucy," b. July 5, 
1774 (m. Benj. Warren and rem. to Ohio. Chil.: I. Alanson, 2. Luther, 
3. Polly, 4. Harriet, 5. Betsey. She d. Apr. 12, 1852) ; 199. Rachel," 
b. Aug. 31, 1778 (m. Obadiah Hurlburt and rem. to Ohio ; d. Feb. 7, 1813, 
leaving chil: I. Halsey, 2. Daniel, 3. William); 200. Daniel," b. May 
16, 1781; 201. Mary," b. Sept. 20, 1783 (nv. David Gaylord and rem. to 
O.; she d. May 28, 1844 ; one dau.: I. May) ; 202. Susannah," b. July 
30, 1785, d. unm. May 10, 1861; 203. Ruby," b. May 2, 1789 (m. Anson 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 293 

Norton, of New York, and d. Jan. 16, 1866. Her chil. were : I. Matilda, 
d. 1850; 2. William, 3. Hiram). 

204. Ebenezer, 6 b. Nov. 30, 1791; 205. Silas, 6 b. Sept. 19, 1794; 
206. Eunice,- b. Jan. 14, 1797 (m. Benj. Crissey, of Norfolk, Mar. 4, 
1828. She is the only one of Ebenezer Burr's grandchildren living. Her 
chil. are : I. Ralph, d. young; 2. Warren, 3. Ralph, 4. Oliver, 5. Theron, a 
merchant in Gt. Barrington, Mass., mem. Cong. Ch., and Pres. Y. M. C. A. 
of Gt. Barrington). 

AARON BURR, 5 [86] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Martha Tobey. He was a far. and mem. Cong. Ch., and d. in 1821, ast. 
71 yrs. His chil. were : 

207. Aaron, 6 b. Sept. 19, 1779; 208. Oliver 6 ; 209. Elisha 6 ; 210. 
Reliance 6 ; 211. Martha 6 ; 212. Jerusha" ; 213. Nancy 6 ; 214. 
Harriet. 6 

GIDEON BURR, 5 [88] of Canaan, N. Y., 

m. 1st, Hannah Messenger, who bore him seven chil.: 

215. Sally " ; 2l6. Esther, 6 who m. David Porter and settled in 
Cicero, N. Y.; 217. Hannah, 6 unm.; 218. Anna, 6 unm.; 219. Lucy, 6 

who m. 1st, Benjamin Flint, no chil., 2d, James, and moved to Lysan- 

der, N. Y.; 220. Lydia,' who m. Eli Reddington, had two chil.: I. Mary, 
and 2. George F., who rem. to Troy, Pa., and died in 1878, very wealthy. 

221. Moses, 6 who m. Mary A. Mellen (who had one son, Robert A.) ; 
he m. 2d, Peggy Welch, and settled in Lysander, N. Y., where he died, 
leaving three children. Gideon Burr m. 2d, Mrs. Indiana Green {nee 
Tinker), by whom he had three chil.: 

222. Henry A., 6 b. Apr., 1810 ; 223. Gideon, 6 d. unm.; 224. Clar- 
issa, 6 who m. 1st, Joshua C. Chapman, by whom she had two chil., both 
deceased, and 2d, Norman Reynolds. She res. in Newark, Wayne Co., 
N. Y. 

OZIAS BURR, 5 [89] of Pompey, Oneida Co., N. Y., 

m. 1st, Olive Atwell, of Ct., Feb. 1, 1780 ; his chil. by her were : 

225. Sylvanus,'' b. Aug. 27, 1781 ; 226. Olive," b. Nov. 25, 1782 ; 

227. Moses, 6 b. May 26, 1784; 228. Phena, 6 b. Mar. 9, 1787 ; 229. 

Atwell, 6 b. Aug. 26, 1 791 ; 230. Sophia, 6 b. Aug. 26, 1791 ; 231. Ozias," 

b. Aug. 1, 1793. 

He m. 2d, Rhoda Messenger, and had chil.: 



294 THE BURR FAMILY. 

232. Rodolphus"; 233. Rhoda" (m. Fox, and had chil.: I. 

Burr, 2. Manyan, 3. Sara//, 4. Anna, 5. Lyman, 6. Elnora). 

234. Malinda,' d. young; 235. Caroline 6 ; 236. Christopher C." ; 

237. Sabrina" (m. Land, and had one dau., Helen, who m. E. R. 

Harmon, and res. at Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y.). 238. Eliza, 6 m. 

Lamphier, and had one dau., Helen, who m. D. K. Baker, of New 

York. 

Ozias Burr was a man of great worth and influence, was Judge of the 
County Court, and member of the Assembly for several years, and filled 
other offices of trust. His sitting on the bench with a ruffled shirt on and 
barefooted is one of the pleasant traditions of the family, and a curious 
illustration of the customs of the day. He d. and is buried at Pompey, 
N. Y. 

MOSES BURR, 5 [90] of Canaan, N. Y., 

was killed when a young man by being thrown from his horse. He had 
but recently entered college, and was a youth of great promise. 

NATHANIEL BURR, Jr., 5 [95] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Abigail Strong, of Windsor, Ct., Apr. 3, 1766, rem. to Kingsboro, N. Y., 
about 1784. Chil.: 

239. Horace," b. Dec. 16, 1766 ; 240. Elijah, 6 b. Apr. 7, 1768 ; 241. 
Bissell," b. Dec. 14, 1771 ; 242. Nathan," b. Oct. 13, 1775 ; 243. Levi," 
b. Feb. 2i, 1778, d. 1787 ; 244. James,' b. Dec. 12, 1779 ; 245. Weltha," 
b. Mar. 20, 1785, d. in inf. Nathaniel the f. d. 1822 ; his w. Abigail in 
1822. 

SALEM BURR, 5 [99] of Cayuga Co., N. Y., 

m. Feb. 26, 1780, Annie Cole (Windsor Rec, family rec. says Clara) and 
rem. first to Seneca Co. and then to Cayuga Co., N. Y. Chil.: 
246. Abijah"; 247. Salem ; 248. Sela'; 249. Anna/' 

EBENEZER BURR, 5 [102] of Grantham, N. H., 

rem. with his parents to N. H. when young, m. Elizabeth . Chil.: 

250. Seymour," b. March 15, 1772 ; 250a. Mary," b. Sept. 22, 1776 

(m. Johnson, had a dau., I. Lucy) ; 251. Timothy," b. Jan. 25, 1779; 

252. Oliver," b. Dec. 2, 1780; 253. Ebenezer," b. Oct. 13, 1784; 254. 
Betsey," b. Aug. 27, 1787 (m. Aruna Burnap and had : I. Mandana) ; 255 
Versal," b. Jan. 12, 1794, d. young; 256. Arba/ b. Nov. 24, 1797. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 295 

JONATHAN BURR, 5 [104] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. in 1763 Priscilla Freeman, b. Sept. 24, 1745. Chil.: 

257. Noahdiah," b. Sept. 22, 1764; 258. Timothy," b. Jan. 19, 
1767 ; 258a. Jonathan, 6 b. Apr. 27, 1769 ; 259. Freeman," b. July 19, 
1771 ; 260. Ansel, 6 b. Nov. 13, 1773; 261. Ashbel, 6 b. Nov. 3, 1776; 
262. Sally, 6 b. March 23, 1779 (m. Roswell Tarbox, and had a family of 
eight sons : I. Roswell, 2. Asahel, 3. Charles, 4. Jonathan, 5. Franklin, 
6. Horace, 7. William, 8. Eli. She d. in Granby, Mass., July 15, 1S63. 
Her husband d. March 3, 1862) ; 263. Mary, 6 b. Apr. 6, 1782 (m. Oct., 
1803, Simon Smith, of East Lyme, Ct. Their chil. were : I. Simon, b. 
Aug. 5, 1804 ; 2. Freeman Burr, b. Jan. 12, 1806 ; 3. Horace, b. Aug. 26, 
1S07 ; 4. Mary, b. May 8, 1S09 ; 5. Daniel, b. Nov. 5, 18 10 ; 6. Eli, b. 
Apr. 22, 1814 ; 7. Benjamin F., b. Aug. 15, 1817 ; 8. William H.,b. March 
6, 1820. Simon, Jr., m. Mary A. Morgan, of East Haddam, Ct.; has four 
sons and three daus. He was for many years a deacon in the E. Lyme 
Cong. ch. Freeman entered Yale Coll., practised medicine for some years 
in East Lyme, then sailed for Key West, Nov., 1829, and was lost on the 
passage. Horace m. Obedience Misell, of Fla. Mary m. Charles I. 
Champlin, of East Lyme. Daniel studied theology at E. Windsor, and is 
pastor of a Cong. ch. at White Water, Wis. He m. Mary L. Champlin, of 
E. Lyme. Benjamin F. m. 1st, Elizabeth Calkins, of E. Lyme ; 2d, Julia 
Buclin, of Chicopee Falls, Mass. ; and 3d, Amy A. Thayre, of Amherst, 
Mass. He was a grad. of Yale Coll., and practised medicine at Hadlyme, 
Ct., Chicopee Falls and Amherst, Mass., and was considered the leading 
practitioner in that vicinity. He d. at Amherst, Sept. 10, 1865, aat. 48 yrs. 
Eli m. Cyrena Sykes, of Ludlow, Mass.; has seven chil., is a deacon of the 
Cong, ch., E. Lyme. William H. m. Louisa P. Starpey, of E. Lyme ; has 
seven chil.). 

264. Eli, 6 b. June 15, 17S4; 265. Elizabeth, 6 b. Mar. 1, 1787 (m. 
Mr. Bennett, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., and had chil.: I. Samantha, 2. 
Cynthia, 3. Ezra, 4. Harrison, 5. Horace, 6. Caroline, 7. Joanna, 8. Eliza- 
beth, 9. William B. She d. in Chicopee Falls.) 

Jonathan Burr rem. to Ludlow, Mass., soon after his marriage, where 
all of his chil. were born. He d. Mar. 10, 1807 ; his wid. Priscilla, Jan. 
12, 1830. 

SAMUEL BURR/ [107] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Jerusha Stevens, of Killingworth, Ct., b. 1741. Their chil. were : 
266. John, 6 b. 1780; 267. Israel 6 ; 268. Samuel." 



296 the burr family. 

Samuel Burr, Sr., was a soldier in the war of the Revolution ; and after 
the war settled in Haddam, where he owned and cultivated a farm. He 
d. in Haddam. 

BENJAMIN BURR/ [108] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth Piatt, of Saybrook, Ct., b. Apr. 9, 1749, and had chil.: 

269. Martha/ b. Feb. 8, 1779, who m. her cousin, Nathaniel Burr ; 

270. Benjamin," b. June 6, 1781 ; 271. Nathan,' b. Aug. 2, 1783 ; 272. 

Noah P./ b. June 12, 17S0 ; 273. David/ b. Oct. 1, 1788 ; 274. Asa.' 
Benjamin Burr d. in Haddam, Apr. 6, 1833, se. 86 yrs. (Tombstone, 

Had. b.-g.) Elizabeth, his w., Feb. 16, 1839. 

JOSEPH BURR/ [109] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Mary Nolles, of Haddam. Chil. as far as found : 

2 75- Joseph/ b. 1779; 276. Mary/' who m. Mr. Bristie, of Madison; 
277. Martha/ who m. Mr. Stevens, of Durham, Ct. Joseph Burr d. 
May 25, 1835, aet. 90 yrs. (Fam. Record); his w. Mary, Sept. 5, 1835, aet. 
85 yrs. 

NATHANIEL BURR/' [no] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. 1 st, Jemima Stevens; had by her one son : 

278. Nathaniel,' b. 1782. 

He m. 2d, Hannah Clark, of Haddam, and had chil.: 

279. Simeon,' 1 b. Mar. 20, 1815, unm.; 280. Shaler/ b. Mar. 7, 1820. 
Nathaniel Burr d. in Haddam, Sept. 4, 1836, set. 84. (Tombstone, 

Had. b.-g.) Hannah, his w., d. Mar. 31, 1836, ait. 64. 

CAPT. JONATHAN BURR/' [ill] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Lydia Bailey, of Haddam. Their chil. were : 

281. James' ; 282. Jonathan,' 1». Jan. 28, 1782 ; 283. Stephen/ 
b. Feb. 7, [786; 284. George ' ; 285. Daniel ' ; 286. Linus," b. Apr. 3, 
1798 ; 287. Lydia,' m. Benjamin Smith, of Haddam ; 288. Hannah/ m. 
Hezekiah Scoville, of Haddam, son of Joseph Scoville, a soldier of the 
Revolution; 289. Lucina/ m. Stephen Johnson, of Haddam, and had 
five chil. ; 290. Betsey,' m. Amasa Hubbard, of Haddam ; 291. Julia,' 
m. Didymus Johnson, of Haddam. 

Jonathan Burr fought in the Revolutionary War, having entered the 
Continental Army when barely twenty-one years old. In the official 
Register of Connecticut men in the Revolution appears this item under 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 2Q7 

date of Feb. 28, 1777: "Jonathan Burr, Corporal in Captain Martin Kirt- 
land's Company, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regiment, now at New London." 
After the war he became a farmer in Haddam and was Captain of a com- 
pany of militia. He died Feb. 10, 1804, aged 48 years, and was buried 
near his father in the old Ponsett burying-ground in Haddam. 

STEPHEN BURR, 5 [113] of Haddam, Ct., 

Of the six sons of Nathaniel Burr, all of whom served their country 
faithfully in the Continental Army, Stephen, the youngest, failed to return 
to his family and friends; nor were any certain tidings of his fate ever 
received. Years after, a neighbor claimed to have met and spoken with 
him while on a peddling tour in the far South, but his report was generally 
discredited; it is probable that he perished on some one of the battle-fields 
of the Revolution. 

DAVID BURR, 5 [115] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Joanna Lane, of Haddam. Chil. : 

292. William, 6 b. 1793 ; 293. Phoebe. 6 

He m. 2d, Esther Clarke. No chil. 

David Burr d. at Haddam, Feb. 26, 1S53, aet. 84 yrs. (Tombstone 
Had. b.-g.) Esther, his w., d. July 14, 1841, aet. 73 yrs. 

TIMOTHY BURR, 5 [118] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. 1st, Susan Maria Hinsdale, b. 1748. One child: 

294. Timothy, 6 b. 1772. 

He m. 2d, Susan Horton or Hurton. Chil.: 

295. Edwin, 6 d. unm.; 296. Maria, 6 m. Cyrus Hall Beardsley, b. 
1799, son of Hall and Rachel Ann (Wheeler) Beardsley, and had chil.: 
I. Mary (m. Henry T. Curtis), and 2. Sidney Burr Beardsley, who be- 
came Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut. 297. Sydney," d. in 
inf.; 298. William Horton, 6 d. Mch. 20, 1800. (Gravestone, Centre St. 
Churchyard, Hart. Name is there spelled " Hurton.") 

Mr. Timothy Burr, Sr., d. Aug. 19, 1779, of yellow fever, aet. 50 yrs. 
He left an estate worth $11,410, which was considered a fortune for those 
days. He was a merchant in Hartford for many years and is believed to 
be the same mentioned in Connecticut history as follows : First — May, 
1775, Timothy Burr, private in Col. Beebe's Regiment, Capt. Dimon's Co. 
Second — Private in Col. Samuel Whitney's Regt., commanded by Lieut. - 
Col. Dimon in the campaign at Fishkill, N. Y., Oct., 1777. Third — Con- 
ductor of Transportation Express from the Continental Army, 1779 to 
1781. 



298 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOSEPH BURR, 5 [122] of Hartford, Conn., 

m. Mary Moohlar, of Hartford. Their chil.: 

299. Betsey," b. 1786, m. in 1813 to Jacob Ten Eyck, a successful 
merchant of Cazenovia, N. Y. They both d. in Savannah, Ga., of yellow 
fever in 1853. Their chil. were : I. Mary, m. E. C. Litchfield ; 2. Eliza- 
beth, d. unm.; 3. Henry, m. Elizabeth Wendell, of Albany, d. Apr., 1884, 
leaving no chil. 300. Julia, 1 '' b. in Hartford, 1788, d. in Cazenovia, 1875, 
unm.; 301. Calvin," b. 1790, d. Jan. 19, 1887; 302. Joseph," d. in Lud- 
lowville, unm., aged 2>Z vrs - ; 3°3- William Moohlar," b. April, 1794; 
304. Nathan," d. in Auburn, N. Y., 1863. 

Mr. Joseph Burr rem. to Cazenovia, N. Y., in 1812 and d. there, April 10, 
1828, 71 yrs. old. His wife Mary d. in Hartford, Dec. 27, 1796, aged 36. 

MOSES BURR/' [124] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Lois Barnard. Their chil. were: 

305. Chauncey," b. May 21, 1794; 306. Moses"; 307. Sidney"; 
308. Louisa," m. May 8, 1822, J. B. Flagg, of Hartford, rem. to Buffalo, 

N. Y., in 1824, d. there , no chil.; 309. Julia," m. Mr. King, of Buffalo, 

N. Y., they had one son, I. Sidney ; 310. John 8 ; 311. Emmeline," m. 
R. H. Maynard, of Buffalo, and d. without issue ; 312. Maria," m. 1st, 
Mr. Cameron, and 2d, R. H. Maynard, no chil. 

HEZEKIAH BURR," [120] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Jeannette Weatherspoon. Their chil. were : 

313. Hezekiah," b. 1794; 314. Edward M.," b. 1S03; 315. Sarah"; 
316. Elizabeth"; 317. Catherine"; 318. Walter"; 319. Jeannette 
Weatherspoon"; 320. Ruth. 6 

Hezekiah, the f., d. Feb. 27, 1831, and was b. in the old North Ceme- 
tery, Hartford. Of his daus., Elizabeth [316] m. Joseph, son of Capt. 
George Cook, a prominent citizen of Hart., about May 1, 1826, and had 
chil.: I. Andrew J ., b. Nov. iS, 1827; 2. William II., b. Jan. 23, 1830 ; 
3. Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1832; 4. Ann, b. Dec. [8, 1835; 5. Joseph, b. Dec. 
18, 1837 ; 6. Jane L., b. Apr. 23, 1840 ; 7. Abbie A., b. Aug. 11, 1842 ; 
8. Henry, b. Apr. 11, 1846. 

Jeannette [3I9],b. Jan. i, 1810, m. Dec. 31, 1S33, Charles A. Solomon, 
of Freehold, N. J., and had chil : I. Jane E., b. Jan. 25, 1S35, d. in inf.; 
2. Eliza J ., b. Apr. 25, 1837 ; 3. George F., b. Dec. 8, 1839 ; 4. Edward 
Burr, b. Aug. 8, 1842. Eliza J. (2) married J. G. Stutsman, d. Jan. 25, 
1864. No chil. survive her. George F. (3) m. Bertha Gunckel, has one 
dan., married. Edward Burr (4) m. Sarah A. Hinckley, of Mansfield, 
Conn., had one child : I. Charles Hinckley. 




CHARLES HINCKLEY SOLOMON 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 299 

Charles Hinckley Solomon, only child of Edward Burr and Sarah 
Hinckley Solomon, was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 14, 1873, and died there 
May 31, 1890, aged seventeen years and seventeen days, — a lad of unusual 
talent and attainments, who by his filial obedience and affectionate dis- 
position endeared himself to his parents and a large circle of friends. His 
tragic death changed a happy home to the abode of sadness and plunged 
a whole community into sorrow. 

The lad was precocious from his birth. Scarcely had he left the mys- 
teries of kindergarten behind than he became interested in geology, and 
began forming a collection of specimens that in two years was the marvel 
of much older collectors. Not only the Miami Valley was drawn upon, 
but almost every State in the Union. At ten he had made a cabinet of 
original design for this collection, and had prepared a catalogue in which 
every specimen was so indicated that he could lay his hand upon any one 
and read in it, as it were, a chapter in geology not so readily obtainable 
from books. 

At eight his parents decided to send him to school, and as his 
health was delicate, he was sent to Cooper Academy, a private school 
under the care of Professor and Mrs. Robet, who, in sympathy with the 
boy's natural bent of mind, led him gently without burdening and fur- 
nished him the strongest and best incentive to intellectual endeavor, and 
by the pleasantest path to scholastic attainments. 

For two years he continued at the Academy. But the development 
of his body did not keep pace with that of his mind, and his anxious 
parents, in an effort to draw him from his intense devotion to books and 
study, induced him to engage in poultry raising. 

This pursuit pleased him. He entered into it with his accustomed 
ardor, became a member of the Miami Valley Poultry Association, corre- 
sponded extensively with members (not one of whom dreamed that he 
was a boy), contributed articles to the agricultural press, and became so 
well known that the Convention of the Association at Middletown, O., in 
June, 1885, elected him its Secretary. The office entailed a great deal of 
epistolary labor (what his parents most desired to shield him from), 
and he was after a time persuaded to resign, but not until the Asso- 
ciation had placed the management of the Montgomery County Poultry 
Exhibit, held at Dayton, June, 1888, entirely in his hands. When fifteen 
he became interested in photography and soon became an adept in the 
mysteries of that wonderful and beautiful art. 

As he grew older his feeling for art became so pronounced that his 
father engaged for him a teacher of architecture, M. Farini, under whose 
instruction he made wonderful progress. " Had Charley lived," said M. 



300 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Farini, "architecture and engineering would have been his life vocation. 
To learn, to labor, and to acquire were the dominant traits of his char- 
acter." The various processes of newspaper illustration also engaged his at- 
tention, and by interviews and correspondence with practical engravers and 
electrotypers, he soon familiarized himself with the processes of photo- 
engraving and photo-lithographing. His last and perhaps his best effort 
in drawing and designing was an elaborate decorative frieze for the parlor 
and dining-room of his father's residence. Not only did he make the 
designs, but cut the stencils as well, and entered on the work in colored 
bronze on the walls. The work remains unfinished — death called him to 
a higher school of art, where his eyes and ears will be greeted with har- 
monies of which those on earth were the faint reflections. 

Saturday, the last day of May, 1890, was warm and sunny and Charley 
prepared to finish the holiday by a bath in the Miami River, which flowed 
near his father's door. Plunging in from the bath-house, he swam out 
toward the float in mid-channel on which a number of his comrades had 
gathered. But the current there was cold and swift, his body tired and 
warm, and before he could reach the desired haven he was seized with 
cramps and rendered helpless. His fellows saw that something was wrong 
and swam to his aid, but failed to rescue him and he sank beneath the 
pitiless waves. The river was dragged and the body finally recovered, 
but not the life — it had gone to God who gave it. 

The announcement of the tragic event in the evening papers cast a 
gloom upon the community and opened the flood-gates of sympathy for 
the bereaved. From far and near friends came to weep with those that 
wept and offer condolence to the grief-stricken household. The funeral 
was held on June 3, 1890. At two o'clock in the afternoon the house was 
filled to overflowing with friends and relatives, noticeable among them 
great numbers of young people with whom Charley had been a prime 
favorite. The Junior Class of the Central High School, of which he was 
a member, attended in a body. Most of the High School teachers were 
also present. Friends continued coming until by three o'clock every 
available space of standing room in the commodious double house and on 
the porches was taken up. The services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. H. 
F. Colby, were short but solemn and impressive. The remains were then 
borne to the tree-crowned knoll in beautiful Woodland Cemetery and laid 
to rest. 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [125] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Rebecca Stillman, of Wethersfield, b. Aug. 1747. Chil. : 

320a. Rebecca," b. June 2, 1774, d. in inf.; 321. Rebecca,' b. 1776, 
d. 1778; 322. Samuel,' b. 1778; d. unm.; 323. Harriet," b. Feb. 2,1781, 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 30 1 

m. Solomon, s. of William Williams, of Lebanon, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence, and had chil.: I. Cornelia, m. Rev. Elisha Cleaveiand, 
D.D., of New Haven, Ct.; 2. Robert Pitcairn, who was for many years 
with Phelps, Dodge & Co., of New York, but rem. to Michigan and d. 
there unm. ; 3. William Solomon, now res. in Pompton, N. J., set. over 80 
yrs., is m. but has no chil. 324. Amelia, 6 b. May 5, 1783, m. Charles 
Porter, of West Hartford, Ct.; 325. Rebecca S., 6 b. Oct. 24, 1785, m. 
Ephraim Robbins, of O., May 21, 1812, and d. May 26, 1818; 326. Allen, 6 
b. Aug. 11, 1788. 

Mr. Samuel Burr d. at Hartford in a fit, 1792, ret. 47 yrs. Rebecca, 
his wid., d. 1831, set. 84 yrs. 

" Samuel Burr was an importing merchant at Hartford of great enter- 
prise and benevolence. . . . His father, Thomas Burr, was also a mer- 
chant. . . . His w., Rebecca Stillman, was born in Wethersfield. 
She traced her descent to Edward Doty, who came over in the Mayflower. 
More immediately to Joseph Allyne (author of Allyne's ' Alarm.') One of 
his daus. was the mother of James Otis, and the grandmother of Harrison 
Grey Otis, of Boston. Joseph Allyne's sister was the mother of Gen. 
Warren."— Williams MSS. 

" My grandfather, Samuel Burr, owned and kept the largest store in 
Hartford, on what was then called Burr Street, now North Main Street, 
and which bore the family name. His residence was on the corner of the 
present North Main and Trumbull Streets, the lot extending from North 
Main to Chapel Streets. The old Methodist Church, now used as a car- 
penter shop, on the corner of Trumbull and Chapel Streets, stands on 
land formerly used for his cow yard. My grandmother, Rebecca Still- 
man, was a woman of most excellent Christian character, a fine singer, and 
was publicly referred to as a ' Mother in Israel.' My father, Allen Burr, 
owned considerable real estate in Hartford when a young man. Land 
on Farmington and Albany Avenues that he sold at from $50 to 
$100 per acre would now probably bring from $100 to $200 per front 
foot. The last property he disposed of was the double house on Trum- 
bull Street where I was born and lived until we moved to West Hartford. 
My uncle Samuel Burr who died about the year 1840 in Hartford of typhus 
fever, was the owner of the oil mill situated on the Bloomfield road, near 
where Flagg's grist mill now stands. This was entirely destroyed by fire, 
and not being insured, was a heavy loss to him." — W. A. Burr. 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [126] of Hartford, Ct., 
m. 1 st, Submit Steele, and 2d, Lydia (Barnard) Olcott, wid. of George 
Olcott. Chil.: 






302 THE BURR FAMILY. 

327. William," unm., d ; 328. Harry/ unm , d ; 329. 

John/ 

CAPT. GEORGE BURR, 5 [128] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Sarah Joyce, of Middletown, Ct. Chil. : 

330. Eunice/' m. Charles Starr, Oct. 2, 1796; 331. Sarah/ m. Frank 
Sistare ; 332. George/ d. unm. ; 233- Anna/ m. 1st, Abner Jones, of 
Hebron, Ct., June 4, 1809, and 2d, David Morgan Taylor; 334. Horace,' 
b. Mar. 26, 1781; 335. Thomas"; 336. Charles J./ b. Feb. 14, 1786; 
337. Wealthy Ann/' b. 1790, m. Archibald Bulkley; 338. Lydia/ b. 
Aug. 14, 1792, m. Frederick Robbins. (Two sons d. in inf.) 

Eunice Starr" [330] had chil.: I. Charles, 2. Daniel, and 3. Lucy Ann. 

Daniel (2) m. , and d. , leaving two sons, 1. Henry B. and 2. 

George Burr. 

Lucy Ann (3) m. Henry Benton, of Hartford, Ct. No chil. 

Sarah Sistare [331] had one son, Burr Sistare, who was lost at sea. 
He left a son, George Burr Sistare. Sarah Sistare m. 2d, Riah (?) Cheney. 
No chil. 

Anna Jones' 1 [333] had chil.: I. Jerusha Ann, 2. Oliver Chauncey, 3. 
George Burr, dec; 4* Sarah Louisa, 5. Cornelia Willis, 6. Henry, dec: "]. 
Mary, 8. Emily Virginia, 9. Thomas. The last two by her second hus- 
band, Mr. Taylor. 

Of these chil., Jerusha Ann (i) m. E. L. Garven, and had chil.: 1. 
Edwin L., d. in inf.; 2. Edwin S., d. in inf.; 3. Eliza B., 4. Louisa L., 5. 
Oliver C, 6. Lda L. 

Of these, Eliza B. (3) m. Dr. John L. Zabriskie, of Flatbush, L. I., and 
has chil.: 1. Louisa G., 2. John B., 3. Ida G. (d. in inf.), 4. Ed-win G. 

Louisa I. (4) m. Alonzo D. Morgan. 

Oliver C. (5) m. Caroline Selover. Chil.: 1. Edwin L., 2. Oliver C. 

Ida L. (6) m. Jeremiah Lott, of Flatbush, L. I., and has chil.: 1. Eliza 
B., 2. Lydia S. 

Oliver Chauncey Jones (2), second child of Anna Burr, m. Mary E. 
Danforth, of Hartford, March 24, 1846, by whom he had four chil.: 1. 
Fannie Creamer, b. in New York, June 27, 1847, d. Apr. 22, 1849 ; 2. 
George Burr, b. Sept. 13, [849, m. Virginia Bartling, June 3, i860; 3. 
Louis Henry, b. in Brooklyn. Dec. 14, 1851, m. Susie Napier, Oct. \<), 1887. 

Sarah Louisa Jones (4) m. William A. Livingston, of Livingston 

Manor, N. Y., son of Moncrief Livingston. She d. . They had no 

chil., but adopted the dau. of her half-sister, Emily V. Cortelyou. Cor- 
nelia Willis Jones (5) m. 1st, Henry Vogt, and 2d, Lyman R. Greene. 
Her chil. by ist husband were : 1. Cornelia Willis, 2. Anna Olivia, 3. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 303 

Arthur Henry, d. unm.; 4. Edward Taylor, d. unm.; 5. William Alex- 
ander Livingston : by 2d husband, Lyman R. Greene ; 6. Lyman H. dec. ; 
7. Edward Rowland, unm.; 8. Susan Morgan, Ate. Cornelia Willis Vogt 
(1) m. 1st, James Douglas, and 2d, George K. Harman. Her chil. by 
first husband were: 1. Cornelia Maria (who m. Ferdinand McKeige and has 
one child, Harry Douglass McKeige), and 2. Hugh Henry. Her chil. by 
Mr. Harman were: 3. Cornelia Maria, 4. Hugh Henry, 5. David Porter, 
dec; 6. George Henard, 7. Susie Livingston, dec; 8. Anna Oliver. 

Of Henry (6) and Mary (7) Jones we have no report ; both are dec. 
Emily Virginia Taylor (8) m. Peter Van Wyck Cortelyou, of New Jersey, 
and had three chil.: 1. Annie E. (who was adopted by her aunt, Sarah 
Livingston, and m. Albert G. Brown, of St. Catherines, Can.), 2. Carrie 
Virginia, 3. yohn R., who d. aet. 4 yrs. Mr. Cortelyou d. 1S61, and his 
wid. m. 2d, in 1878, Thomas Rambaut, D.D., LL.D., of Dublin, Ireland. 
They had no chil. Annie E. Brown's chil. are : 1. Louis Livingston, 2. 
Raymond Cortelyou, 3. Carola Violet Morine, and 4. Burr Rapalje. Carrie 
Virginia (2) m. Jeremiah Lott, of Flatbush, L. I , and has chil.: 1. Emilie 
Rambaut, 2. Marie Ditmas, 3. Anita Livingston, and 4. Abbott Wells. 

Mrs. Virginia Taylor Rambaut d. in London, Eng., Dec. 10, 1887. 
Wealthy Ann [337], eighth child of George Burr, m. Archibald Bulkley, 
of Rocky Hill, Ct., Sept. 17, 1815. Chil.: I. Eliza Eanning, 2. Maria 
Louise, d. unm.; 3. Cornelia Willis, 4. Anna Augusta, 5. Frances Amelia, 
6. Archibald Burr. Of these chil., Eliza Fanning (i) m. Cornelius S. 
Bogardus, of Fishkill, N. Y., and had seven chil.: 1. Dewitl C, who m. 

Pauline , and d. without issue ; 2. Maria Louise, d. unm.; 3. Samuel 

A., d. in inf.; 4. Eliza F., d. in youth; 5. George Lane, d. unm.; 6. Emma 
Frances, who m. Charles Sellick, and d. without issue ; 7. Samuel Acker- 
man, unm. — all b. in New York. 

Cornelia Willis Bulkley (3) m. William A. Wheeler, of Newark, N. J., 
and had ten chil.: 1. Adelaide Louise, d. in inf.; 2. Francis Bulkley, m. 
Ida Leutze, dau. of the celebrated artist, Emanuel Leutze, of Dusseldorf, 
Germany, and has one child, Cornelia Bulkley; he res. in New York ; 3. 
William A., Jr., m. Fannie B. Smith of Plainfield, N. J., and has two chil.: 
1. Percival, and 2. Leroy Bulkley; 4. Ed7vard Archibald, d. in inf.; 5. 
Cornelia Augusta, m. Samuel B. Ward, of New York and Albany, and had 
five chil.: 1. d. in inf., 2. Nina P., 3. Annie Wheeler, 4. Willard Erskine, 
and 5. Samuel Dwight, — Mrs. Ward d. in Albany, Oct. 19, 1883; 6. Annie 
Lsadore ; 7. jfosephine ; 8. Evelyn, d. in inf. ; 9. George Burr, d. in inf. ; 
10. Percy Clifford, d. in inf. Anna Augusta Bulkley (4) m. George W. 
Lane and had ten chil.: 1. Juliet, m. Morris Woodruff, of New York, 
and has — 1. Harriet, 2. Nellie, 3. Morris, and 4. George Lane j 2. Cor- 



304 THE BURR FAMILY. 

nelia, m. Henry Eno and lias one child, Henry j 3. Frauds Bulkley, m. 
William H. Bridges, no chil. ; 4. Gertrude, d. in inf. ; 5. William Have- 
meyer, d. in inf.; 6. Maria Louise, 7. Mary Adams, m. Edmund Stanton, 
has two chil.; 8. Effie ; 9. George W., Jr., d. in inf.; 10. d. in inf. 

Frances Amelia Bulkley (5) m. William Kirk Warford and had six 
chil: 1. Frances, 2. William, d. in inf.; 3. Mary, 4. Jennie, 5. Annie, 6. 
Robert, dec. Archibald Burr Bulkley (6) m. Virginia Udell, of Brooklyn, 
and had five chil.; 1. Kathcrine, 2. Caroline, 3. Gertrude, 4. Archibald 
Burr, Jr., 5. Juliette Lane. Lydia Burr [338], youngest child of Capt. 
George Burr, m. Frederick Robbins, of Hartford, Ct. Chil.: I. Charles 
F., 2. Sarah A., unm.; 3. Henry Russell, 4. George Burr. Henry Rus- 
sell (3) was b. at Hartford, Nov. 9, 1820, reared in Petersburg, Va., and 
in January, 1844, rem. to Baltimore, Md., and began the study of the law; 
was appointed magistrate in 1847, passed the bar under Chief- Justice John 
C. Legrand, but never practised. Entered mercantile life in 185 1. Hem. 
Feb. 26, 1845, Mary Ellen S. Owens, only daughter of William Owens, a 
leading merchant of Baltimore. Their chil. were : 1. Rowland IV. F., b. 
Jan. 8, 1846, d. June 4, 1864; 2. Henry Russell, b. Apr. 23, 1848; 3. Mary 
Ellen 07ccus,b. Nov n, 1849 ; 4. Eliza Stevens, b. June 13, 1853 ; 5. Lydia 
Burr, b. July 28, 1855 ; 6. Theodosia Alston, b. Aug. 4, 1857 ; 7. Sarah 
Amelia, b. Oct. 28, 1859; 8. Louisa Livingston, b. Dec. 8, 1864; 9. George 
Burr, b. Mar. 3, 1867. 

Of these chil. Henry Russell (2) m. Ida Harriet Macneal, Nov. 10, 
1870, and has chil.: 1. Mary Monica, b. in Baltimore, July 4, 187 1 ; 2. 
Lydia Burr, b. Dec. 30, 1873 ; 3. Ida Marye, b. Apr. 29, 1S77 ; 4. Ella 
Roberta, b. Dec. ri, 1879 ; 5. Emily Leigh, b. June 9, 1882 ; 6. Rowland 
Russell, b. May 10, 1885; 7. Burniston Owens, b. Dec. 17, 1887; 8. Mary 
Ellen, b. July 20, 1889, in San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Henry Russell Rob- 
bins rem. to San Francisco in 1887, and established the California Coral- 
line and Milling Co. of that city. Lydia Burr Robbins (5) was m. Nov. 
14, 1877, to Isaac Burniston Owens, son of Dr. Thomas F. Owens, of 
Baltimore, Md., and rem. with her husband to San Francisco in 1887 
where they now reside. Chil.: 1. Hugh Huddleston, b. Oct. iS, 1878, and 
Lydia Burnsiton, b. Feb. 1, 1S84, in San Francisco, Cal. 

Theodosia Alston Robbins (6) was m. Apr. 3, 1877, to William H. 
Pendleton, of Springfield, Mass., who d. June 20, 1884. Their chil. were : 
r. Russell Robbins, b. Mar. 1, [878; 2. Edward Parkhurst, b. Mar. 7, 1883, 
both in Baltimore. Sarah Amelia Robbins (7) was m. Feb. 8, 1881, to 
John B. Stansbury, son of James E. Stansbury, of Baltimore, merchant, 
and has three chil.: 1. James Edward,\>. Apr. 24, 1882; 2. Henry Russell, 
b. June 2, 1885 ; 3. John Herbert, 1). Aug. 16, 1880. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 305 

JAMES BURR, 6 [132] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Lucretia Olcott, b. in Hart. Jan. 29, 1784 ; their chil. were : 

339. Jason, 6 b. Nov. 29, 1800, d. June 25, 1840 ; 340. Normand, 6 
b. Oct. 6, 1802; 341. Cornelia, 6 b. Aug. 28, 1804, d. Oct. 26, 1808; 342. 
Almira, 6 b. Sept. 1, 1806, m. Cyrus Goodell, Aug. 4, 1845, and has chil.: 
I. Alice Lucretia, b. June 23, 1846, m. Isaac Cross, Jr., Dec. 8, 1870, d. 
Nov. 6, 1871; 2. Jane Eliza, b. Mar. 12, 1848, m. John S. Holden, 1868, 
and has three chil.; 3. Edivard Burr, b. Nov. 28, 185 1, d. Oct. 2, 1890, 
leaving a young family. 343. Leverett, 6 b. Oct. 9, 1808 ; 344. Eliza, 9 
b. Feb. ii, 181 1, m. Daniel Brown, Aug. 1, 1848, d. Nov. 23, 1862 ; 345. 
Cornelia Jane, 5 b. Mar. 12, 1813, m. Robert Johnson, Jr., July 3, 1833, 
and had three chil. : I. Robert A., 2. Mary C. (m. Win. H. Dodd), 3. 
Henry M., all living. Cornelia d. Oct. 6, 187 1. 

346. Alfred E., 8 b. Mar. 27, 1815 ; 347. Luther Savage, 6 b. Oct. 
29, 1817 ; 348. Charles Cooley, 6 b. Oct. 3, 1820 ; 349. Delia, 6 b. Oct. 
29, 1822, m. Nov. 21, 1848, Geo. D. Jewett, has two chil.: I. George Burr, 
b. Aug. 24, 1849, an d m. to Annie M. Merritt, Mar. 26, 1874; 2. Frederick 
Dwight, b. Mar. 26, 1861. Geo. D. Jewett d. Dec. 31, 1874. Frederick 
D. (2) m. Miss Alice Ely, of Enfield, Ct. They have an infant dau., 
Elizabeth Ely. 

350. Mary Emily, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1824, m. James J. Crocker of Hart., 
Oct. 27, 1S48, d. Jan. 21, 1855 ; 351. Franklin L., 6 b. Dec. 2, 1827 ; 
352. Frances Ellen, 6 b. June 4, 1831, unm., has taken a leading posi- 
tion among those who advocate a more enlarged field of labor and use- 
fulness for American women. 

Mr. James Burr d. at Hart. Mar. 16, 1848 ; his w. Lucretia Olcott d. 
Mar. 8, 1833.* 

MORRIS BURR, 6 [133] of Comac, L. I., 

m. in 1789, Elizabeth Brush of Comac. Chil.: 

353. Samuel B., 6 b. March 10, 1790 ; 354. John, 6 b. Aug. 26, 1792. 
355. Sarah 6 , b. Dec. 14, 1795 ; 35 6 - Smith, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1803 ; 357. 
Fanny, 6 b. Dec. 6, 1808; m. about 1826 Joseph Jayne of Smithtown, L. 
I., of an old L. I. family of note. Child. I. Andreiv Floyd Jayne, b. 1828, 
at Comac. He studied medicine with Dr. Elias S. Nichols of N. Y. and 
later at N. Y. Univ.; was admitted to practice in 1849. Was one of the 
examining physicians of the Equitable Life Ins. Soc. for several years, 
and was later a successful practitioner in the town of Huntington, L. I.; 

* The name of the paternal ancestor of James Burr is on the Settlers' Monument at 
Hartford as is that of the paternal ancestor of his wife Lucretia Olcott ; also we believe 
her maternal ancestor John Marsh, all arriving before 1637. 



306 THE BURR FAMILY. 

m. in 1849, Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Robbins of Hempstead, L. I., and has 
chil. : I. Mary, 2. Ella, 3. Isabella, 4. Joseph. 

Morris Burr d. Aug. 7, 1844. Elizabeth, his \v. d. Dec. 15, 1853. Mr. 
Burr was a farmer and for many years an earnest member of the M. E. Ch. 

JACOB BURR/ [134] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Phoebe dau. of William and Hannah Norris Carpenter, Oct. 3, 1790, 
and had chil.: 

358. Joel/' b. Nov. 28, 1793 ; 359. Aaron/ b. Jan. 6, 1S01 ; 360. 
Charles," b. Nov. 30, 1795 ; 361. Mary/ b. Feb. 26, 1798 ; 362. Ka- 
turah/ ; 363. Clarina, b. Oct. 12, 1791. 

Jacob Burr was a farmer and at one time taught school at Comac ; 
w. Phebe, d. Sept. 12, 1863. 

Katurah was m. Oct. 27, 1821, by Rev. Joshua Hartt, a Presbyterian 
clergyman of Huntington, to William Wicks, Esq., a large landholder. 
For thirty consecutive years he was " Justice of the Peace " of the town- 
ship of Huntington, and many years postmaster at Comac. One child — 
a daughter, I. Katurah, who married Edmund A. Bunce, Esq., of Comac, 
d. Jan. 29, 1854. 

JOSEPH BURR [135]. 

m. Sept. 1, 1793, Elizabeth Jackson ; had chil.: 

SAMUEL BURR/ [140] of Cleves, Hamilton Co., O., 

m. xst, Feb. 6, 1790, Deborah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Fleet, of 
Oyster Bay, L. I., b. Oct. 24, 1770 ; she d. Dec. 1, 1792, leaving a dau.: 

364. Deborah/ b. Aug. 7, 1792, who m. Henry Dodge and had a son 
d. about 1834. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Oct. 10, 1799, Phoebe, dau. of Daniel and Phoebe 
Dodge, of Jericho, L. L, who bore him two sons : 365. Edward M./ d. 
Sept. 5, 181 7, ret. 11 yrs., 6 mos., and 9 days; 366. William Palmer/ b. 
Aug. 17, 1808. 

Samuel Burr was one of the first scholars of his time. He was an 
astronomer and mathematican, and held high rank as a civil engineer. 
He rendered distinguished service to the cause of his country as a soldier 
in the Revolution, and he continued in command of a company of 
soldiery for several years after the war. He was the first chief clerk of 
the general post-office under President Washington and he continued in 
this official capacity until the seat of government was removed to Wash- 
ington, D. C, when he resigned to become the bookkeeper and manager 
of Cole's Mills — a large exporting concern of New York. As a civil 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 307 

engineer he was engaged upon several of the public works of New York 
City and Brooklyn, and was one of the projectors of the Harlem Bridge, 
and a principal stockholder in it. 

In 1816 Mr. Burr with his family emigrated to Ohio. They left the 
old family homestead at Jericho, L. I., Oct. 7th, and journeyed over the 
mountains to Wheeling, West Virginia, thence by boat to Cincinnati, O., 
where they arrived Nov. 5th, having been five weeks on the way. At Cin- 
cinnati they met with a cordial western welcome and were entertained by 
several of her prominent citizens — among whom was Judge Oliver M. 
Spencer, who invited Mr. Burr and his family to remain his guests until 
they should become settled. This generous offer was accepted and Mr. 
Burr and family remained with the Spencers for several weeks. His fame 
as a scholar seems to have preceded him, for he had not been long there 
when he was offered a chair in one of the institutions of learning, which 
honor he declined as he preferred to devote himself to his favorite studies 
of astronomy and mathematics. 

In 181 7 Mr. Burr purchased from Judge Jacob and Hon. Isaac Burnet 
and General Wm. Henry Harrison a tract of land near North Bend in 
Hamilton County, Ohio. Here he built a commodious brick house where 
he and his accomplished wife dispensed a generous hospitality. As an 
astronomer and mathematican he calculated for the " Solomon Thrifty 
Almanac " and for other publications. The manuscripts he left at his 
death contained calculations of solar and lunar eclipses up to the year 
1900, and a large sum was offered for them by the late astronomer, Gen- 
eral O. M. Mitchel. 

Mr. Burr was appointed by the Legislature of Ohio examiner of the 
State University, and the Common Pleas Court, September term, 1826, 
appointed him examiner of the public schools. 

He was a Whig in politics and a Methodist in religious belief. 

Mr. Burr died July 19, 1832, and his widow Phoebe in 1859. 

JAMES BURR, 5 [144] of Manhasset Valley, L. I. 

"On Thursday evening, October 26th, 1782, about Twenty (20) rebels 
landed near Cow Neck, attacked the houses of James Burr and John 
Burtis, killed Burr and robbed his store of every thing valuable ; but in the 
attack, their leader a Capt. Martin of Mass., (with his commission in his 
pocket,) was killed. They carried off three of their party supposed to be 
badly wounded. There were two Whale boats, with muffled oars. The 
men landed at Thome's dock (now Judge Kissam's) and proceeded to 
Burr's Store, (now H. Morrell's,) Manhasset Valley. Burr had been 
robbed once before, and slept in the store with his gun ready loaded. As 



308 THE BURR FAMILY. 

soon as they demanded admittance, he fired. Judging of his position by 
the report, the robbers fired diagonally through the front corners of the 
store. Burr received a ball in his body, went to the bedside, told his 
little brother he was a dead man, and fell. 

"The brother referred to afterwards moved to Manchester, Vermont, 
became a Banker, and the Founder of ' Burr and Burton Seminary.' " — 
From Onderdonk's Revolutionary Reminiscences of Queens Co., L. I. 

" This institution is in Manchester, and was incorporated October 28, 
1S29. It owes its existence to the munificence of Joseph Burr, Esq., who 
resided many years at Manchester, Vt., and by patient industry and an 
upright course of business accumulated property estimated at the time of 
his death (which took place April 14, 182S) to the amount of $150,000. 
A large portion of this property was distributed by will to public institu- 
tions, among them $10,000 for a " literary seminary " at Manchester 
which laid the foundation of the Burr Seminary. The condition of the 
above grant was that within the period of five years from the decease of 
the legator, suitable buildings should be erected, apparatus and other 
things provided for the furtherance and accomplishment of the object, the 
expense of which should be at least equal to the further sum of $10,000. 

"On the 19th of May, 1833, the school was opened with appropriate 
public exercises, in the chapel of the institution. Addresses were deliv- 
ered by the Rev. John Proudfit, D.D., president of the board of trustees, 
and by the Rev. Lyman Coleman, who had been appointed Principal. 
With the latter was associated John Aiken, Esq., in the immediate man- 
agement of the school, and under their direction it soon assumed a high 
place among the literary institutions of New England. The building is of 
stone, 102 ft. long and four stories high, including basement. To the 
building is attached a kitchen and wood-house 70 ft. long, and about 30 
acres of land." — From Zadock Thompson's History of Vermont, pub- 
lished 1842. 

Joseph Burr, above referred to, is identical with Sears Burr 5 (148) of 
the record, his name after the death of his father having been changed to 
Joseph. He never married. He held several public offices, member of 
the Legislature, 1824, member Const. Conv., 1822, was app. County Judge 
but declined. 

ISAAC BURR/ [145] of New York City, 

m. Elizabeth Treadwell, of Hempstead, L. I., a member of an old colonial 
family, which for many generations has been prominent in the public 
affairs of Queens Co. Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 309 

367. Mary, 6 never m. ; 368. Margaret, 6 unm. ; 369. Sarah, unm.; 
370. James Treadwell," unm. 

Isaac Burr was for many years one of the largest shipping merchants 
of N. Y. City, doing business at 50 Cliff St. ; he took as security for a debt 
a tract of land situated on Fifth Avenue, between 40th and 44th Sts., and 
bounded on the east by Madison Avenue, which during his life he termed 
the "pasture." It was this property which increased their small fortune 
to the magnificent sum of $3,000,000, upon the death of his daughter Sarah, 
the last survivor. Mr. Burr d. 1829 ; his widow d. May 28, i860. Of the 
children of Isaac Burr none married. James Treadwell [370] graduated 
from Yale College, in the class of 1815, being a classmate and warm 
personal friend of the late Rev. Joseph D. Wickham, D.D., uncle of ex- 
Mayor Wickham, N. Y. City, and a second cousin of Lawyer Wickham, 
who defended Col. Aaron Burr in his trial for high treason at Richmond, 
Va. Dr. Wickham was Principal of the Burr and Burton Seminary, Man- 
chester, Vt., for thirty years, and for ten years and up to his death Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trustees of said seminary. 

Mary Burr [367] d. N. Y. City, July 8, 1865 ; Margaret Burr [368] d. 
N. Y. City, Sept. 24, 1862 ; Sarah Burr L369] d. N. Y. City, Mar. 1, 1882. 

All these ladies were educated and refined, and moved in the best 
society of their day. In conversation Sarah Burr always exhibited a high 
degree of intelligence and Christian feeling. She had among her personal 
friends some of the wealthiest and most influential people of the day, such 
as the Wickhams, Bloomfields, Dodges, etc. Her immense fortune of 
$3,000,000 was bequeathed principally to charitable and religious institu- 
tions, which called out the famous Sarah Burr will contest of 1883. In 
that contest John E. Parsons, Esq., appeared for the executors, and a 
score of legal lights represented the various institutions. The Hon. Ed- 
wards Pierpont, ex-U. S. Minister to Great Britain, appeared for the con- 
testants. The stenographer's minutes consist of a thousand or more pages. 
Surrogate Rollins decided in favor of the will, and his decision was sus- 
tained by the general term of the Supreme Court, and the court of last 
resort, the Court of Appeals, thus disposing of one of the largest fortunes, 
if not the largest, left by any single individual in this or any other country 
for charitable purposes. 

JONATHAN BURR, 5 [146] of Sandy Hill, N. Y., 

m. 1st, , by whom he had one son : 

371. Charles." 

m. 2d, Miss Smith, a lady of culture and refinement, the dau. of an 
Episcopal bishop, of Hartford, Conn. Had one son. 



310 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Jonathan Burr early in life removed to Sandy Hill, near Lansingburgh, 
N. Y. State. He was a man of great executive ability, and accumulated a 
fortune which at the time of his death is said to have exceeded a million 
of dollars, a phenomenal fortune for those early days. 

He was a rep. in the N. Y. Legislature, 1805. 

STEPHEN BURR, [149] of Newark, N. J., 

m. Nov. 23, 1S26, Eliza Drew, of Elizabethtown, N. J. Chil. : 

372. Isabella," m. Orlando Eades, of Newark, N. J. ; 373. Benja- 
min Eli," b. June 11, 1829; 374. William, b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; 375. 
Martha,' 1 b. July 25, 1833 ; 376. Mary E./ b. June 17, 1837, m. Benja- 
amin Page, of Newark ; 376a. Stephen/' b. 1835, d. May 8, 1891 ; 377. 

Sarah,' b. July 9, 1841, d. ; 378. James,' ; b. Sept. 17, 1839, d. in 

inf. ; 379. Madison/' b. May 1, 1845, d. ; 380. George,' b. July 2, 1849; 
381. James/ b. April 3, 1843 ; 382. Ellen," b. June 30, 1847. Stephen 
Burr was by trade a machinist and assisted in putting in the engine of the 
Fairy Queen, it being the first steam ferry-boat that ever crossed the 
Hudson River. Later in life he engaged in the wholesale fish business in 
Newark in which he was very successful. 

DANIEL BURR, Jr. 6 , [157] of Oyster Bay, L. I., 

m. Nov. 27, 1782, Sarah Underhill of Oyster Bay, a lineal des. of the 
famous Capt. John Underhill who figured so prominently in the early 
Indian wars of New England, and who later settled at Oyster Bay. Chil. : 
383. James/' b. Apr. 7, 1784 ; 384. Walter," b. Jan. 28, 17S9 ; 385. 
Richard," b. July 4, 1786; 386. Sarah/b. Aug. 21, 1791 ; 387. Stephen," 
b. Apr. 15, 1795. Daniel Burr, Jr., was a soldier in the Rev. and was cap- 
tured at W Lite Plains while scouting. 

ISAAC BURR/ [160] of Ellisburgh, N. Y., 

moved first to Dorset, Vt., and in 1804, to Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., N. 
Y., where he d. Apr. 27, 1827 ; m. Irene Orcutt, prob. in Windsor, Ct, and 
had chil. : 

387a. Isaac, Jr." b. 1790; 388. Cyrus,' b. Mar. 19, 1792; 389. 
Elisha,' b. 1794; 390. Jerusha"; 391. Harry/ (Windsor Rec. says 
" Horace " ), b. Oct. 20, 1X03, in Yt. ; 392. Orris " and 393. Orrin/ twins 
(bapt. Feb. 1, 1S01, Wind. Rec.) ; 394. Simeon"; 395. Nabby ' (Abi- 
gail ?), m. William Hawley. Jerusha [390] m. Jesse Hicks and settled at 
Belleville, N. Y., where her chil. now reside. 

Isaac Burr was a soldier of the Rev. and is said to have fought in the 
battle of Bennington, Yt. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 3 1 1 

DEACON TIMOTHY BURR, Jr. 6 , [161] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Naomi Walden in 17S1. Chil. : 

396. Elisha, 6 b. Aug. 11, 1782 ; 397. Timothy, 6 b. Mar. 16, 1784; 
398. Pliny,' Apr. 14, 1786 ; 399. Phinehas, 6 b. Apr. 25, 1789, d. Aug. 
3, 1820; 400. Diodamia, 6 b. Oct. 10, 1791, d. March 24, 1819 ; 401. 
Alanson, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1794, d. Dec. 25, 1823 ; 402. Jonathan, 6 b. Aug. 
17, 1797 ; 403. Elizabeth, 6 b. Feb. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 14, 1814. 

Deacon Timothy, the f., d. Dec. 22, 1835. (Wilbraham Rec.) 

SIXTH GENERATION. 
SALMON BURR, 6 [164] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. . Chil. : 

404. Salmon 7 ; 405. Theodore, 7 k. when a young man by a tree's 
falling on him ; 406. a dau. who m. Mr. Allen and rem. to N. Y. 

LIEUT. JOHN BURR, 6 [168] of ., 



m. J. Markham of Torringford, Ct., Dec. 13, 1770, and sometime after 
1 78 1 rem. with his family to the West, prob. Pa. All traces of him were 
lost. Chil. : 

407. Theodore, 7 b. Aug. 16, 1771, went west ; 408. John, 7 b. May 
2, 1773, d. Aug. 26, 1775 ; 409. Joel, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1775, d. Oct. 17, 1775 ; 
410. John, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1776, went west ; 411. Arnold, 7 b. Dec. 10, 1778, 
went west ; 412. Horatio, 7 b. Aug. 30, 1781, went west. 

REUBEN BURR, 6 [169] of Torrington, Ct., 

m. Mehitable Stanley of Torrington, July 2, 1772. She d. Sept. 29, 1793, 
and he m. 2d Martha Wilson, Aug. 20, 1794. Chil. : 

413. Reuben, 7 b. Aug. 15, 1773; 414. Salmon, 7 b. May 26, 1775 ; 
415. Mehitable, 7 b. Nov. 22, 1777, m., removed to Watertown, Ct., had 
chil. ; 416. Allyn, 7 b. Feb. 15, 17S0, m. ; 417. Chloe, 7 b. May 15, 1786 ; 
418. Sally, 7 b. Aug. 4, 1789; 419. Urial, 7 b. May 19, 1795; 420. 
Milo, 7 b. Jan. 1, 1797 ; 421. Fanny, 7 b. Dec. 4, 1798, not m., d. 1873 ; 

422. Eliza, 7 b. Jan. 16, 1S01, m. 1st, Humphrey and lived near Dea. 

Rood's; he d. and she m. 2d, Steele ; 423. Harriett, 7 b. Jan. 13, 1830. 

Of above daus. Chloe [417] m. Oct. 14, 1805, Henry Roberts of Torr. 
and d. Mar., 1826; chil.: I. Allen, m. Martha Cook, 1840, had chil.: 1. 
Chloe, 2. Allen, Jr. 2. Sarah, m. C. T. Richards, and rem. to Wis. — 
several chil. 3. Nelson, m. Charlotte Loomis, of Charlestown, O.; chil.: 



312 THE BURR FAMILY. 

i. Harvey L., and 2. Frank. 4. Adah, m. Joseph Wooster, of Goshen, 
Ct. ; chil. : 1. Charlotte, 2. Joseph, 3. Nellie, 4. "Jennie. 

Sally [418] m. Asa Loomis Nov. 6, 1806, and rem. to O. in 1821, d. 
Mar. 22, 1872. Chil.: I. Eliza, m. J. Haymaker, d. in Charlestown, O., 
1S76 ; 2. Lewis, b. 1809, m. Charity Hough, b. 1808; 3. Beulah, b. 181 1, 
unm., d. 1864 ; 4. Martha, b. 1814, m. O. Sanford ; 5. Mary,\>. 1817, m. 
R. Hinman, of Edinburgh, O.; 6. Harriet, b. 1819, m. H. Woodruff, 
1862 ; J. Abigail, b. 1S22, m. L. Bastiniski ; 8. Cornelius, b. 1825, m. Milly 
Moore ; 9. Uriel, b. 1828, m. Elizabeth Boly for 1st wife ; 2d, Mary Hart; 
10. Milo, b. 1 83 1, d. 1832 ; II. Addison, b. 1835, m - Miriam Warner, 1863, 
living in Clement, Iowa. 

Eliza [422] m. rst, Daniel G. Humphrey, Oct. 31, 1820. She d. Apr. 
7, 1886; chil.; I. Jane Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1821, m. John C. Foote, July 
22, 185 1 ; 2. Philander Phelps, b. Feb. 26, 1823, m. Susan Angier Ames, 
May 2, 1849, d. Aug. 19, 1862 ; 3. Martha Lucretia, b. Feb. 5, 1826, d. 
July 9, 1833 ; 4. Charles Granville, b. Aug. 26, 1829, m. Maria Moore, 
Oct. 1, 1854 ; 5- James Daniel, b. Feb. 15, 1835, m. Chloe Watson, Oct., 
1859 ; 6. Henry B. S., b. Dec. 20, 1839, m. Henrietta Rogers, Aug., 1862, 

d. Oct. 9, 1868. Mr. Humphrey d. and she m. Steele. One son and 

wife and two children were massacred in Kansas by the Indians. 

Harriet [423], b. Jan. 13, 1803, m. Lurandus Beach, July 11, 183-1 ; 
lived in Lawrence, Mass.; d. Mar. 24, 1S76. Chil.: I. Lurandus, b. Nov. 
4, 1832, m. Persis A. Miller, June 28, 1855 ; 2. James, b. July 26, 1835, 
m. Caroline Wilson, Jan. 14, 1861 ; 3. Purr, b. May 29, 1839, d. May 24, 
1862. Reuben Burr d. Dec. 20, 1827, aged 75 yrs., his wife Martha, d. 
March 29, 1835, a » e d 76 yrs. 

JEHIOL BURR, [171] of Torrington, Ct., 

m. Mabel . Chil.: 

424. Jehiol, 7 b. June 25, 1795, d. Nov. 24, 1S14 ; 425. Erastus 7 ; 
426. Roswell 7 ; 427. Halsey, 7 b. 1790. 

RUSSELL BURR," [172] of Torringford, Ct., 

b. Oct. 9, 1761, m. 1st, Frances Nore Hollister, b. May 19, 1761, d. May, 
1813. They had twelve chil. as follows : 

428. Lucina, 7 b. Oct. 22, 1782, m. Cely Riley and had one child, 
Lewis Pmr, b. Apr. 25, 1S10. She d. at Torringford, June, 1810. 

429. Justus, 7 b. Oct. 24, 1786; 430. George, 7 b. Aug. 12, 1788; 
431. Russell, Jr., 7 b. June 6, 1790 ; 432. Timothy, 7 b. Dec. 27, 1792 ; 
433. Florrilla, 7 b. Jan. 4, 1795, m. July, 1809, Alvin Loomis, a farmer, b. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 313 

Jan. 13, 1789, d. near Lodi, O., Sept. 2, 1852. Chil. were : I. Chauncey, 
b. Jan. 15, 1816, d. Jan. 3, 18S8 ; 2. Almira, b. Sept. 15, 1818, now living 

near Lodi, O., m. Persons ; 3. Harvey B., b. July, 1820, d. Aug. 27, 

1822 ; 4. Hiram T., b. Oct. 27, 1822, d. Mar. 22, 1852. Florrilla, the 
mother, d. near Lodi, O., Nov. n, 1874. 

434. William, 7 b. Nov. 25, 1797 ; 435. Hiram, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; 
436. Almira, 7 b. Apr. 23, 1803, m. Converse Clark, March 17, 1824, and 
had the following chil.: I. George E., b. July 13, 1825 ; 2. Chester B., b. 
Aug. 17, 1827 ; 3. Flora L., b. Aug. 19, 1831, m. Nov. 6, 1849, Homer P. 
Wattles, who res. at Earlville, 111., and has chil.: 1. Gurdon C, b. March 
9, 1852, res. at Atchison, Kan.; 2. Eva A., b. March 31, 1854, m. John 
Burke, April 30, 1873 ; and 3. Charles E., b. Jan. 12, 1868 ; 4. Jane A., 
b. June 25, 1833 ; 5. Almon M., b. May 15, 1837 ; 6. Mills C, b. Feb. 6, 
1839. Almira, the mother, d. at Earlville, Aug. 19, 1890. 

Russell Burr, Sr., had three other chil. who d. in infancy. He m. 2d, 
; no chil. He was a farmer and turnpike contractor and mem- 
ber of the Torringford Land or Turnpike Co., and amassed a handsome 
property. He d. May, 1830. 

AMOS BURR, 6 [175] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. March 24, 1786, Eunice, dau. of Stephen and Susannah (Blanchard) 
Shepard, of West Hartford. Chil.: 

437. Eunice, 7 b. Sept. 7, 1786, m. 1810, Jason P. Ludington, of West 
Springfield, Mass. Chil.: I. Emmeline, b. about 181 1, m. Elisha Darrow, 
of Utica, N. Y. 2. Amos Burr, b. 1813, m. Amelia, dau. of Horace Row- 
ley, of Southampton, Mass. Chil.: 1. Henry, 2. Amelia, 3. Anna J., b. 
1813, m. Orrin H. Dudley, of Bloomfield, and had a son who was drowned 
when a lad, and a dau. 1. Abigail. 

4. Hetiry E., b. 1817, d. unm., aet. 22 yrs.; 5- Linus S., b. 1814, an 
eclectic physician in New Britain, Ct. He m. Oct. 13, 1840, Amelia, dau. 
of Levi Dudley, of Bloomfield, and sister of Hon. George Dudley, of 
Winsted. He grad. in medicine at the Metropolitan Med. Coll., N. Y. 
City, served three years in the war for the Union as private, nurse, hospi- 
tal steward, assistant surgeon, etc., and was captured and in Libby Prison 
during the summer of 1862. He res. in New Britain, where he has a large 
practice. His chil. are : 1. Luana, b. Dec. 4, 1841 ; 2. William L., b. 
July 6, 1846 ; 3. Charles E., b. Feb. 11, 1851 ; 4. Henry P., b. Dec. 9, 

1853- 

6. Miron W., b. 1821, m. Persis Phillips; one child, d. in inf. 7. 
Lemira E., b. 1823, m. Watson W. Symonds ; one son, 1. Watson, d. in 



314 THE BURR FAMILY. 

inf.; 8. Lucia M., b. 1S25, d. in inf.; 9. Francis G., b. 1837, m. Mary 
Phillips and had three chil. 

438. Amos, 7 b. 1789, drowned, ae. 21 yrs. ; 439. Timothy, 7 b. Apr. 
25, 1792, d. in inf.; 440. Susan, 7 b. Jan. 25, 1794, m. Jerome Chidsey, no 
chil., d. July 3, 1836 ; 441. Timothy, 7 d. unra. Sept. 5, 1853 ; 442. 
Nathan, 7 b. Oct. 19, 1799 ; 443. Laura, 7 b. Oct. 14, i8or, m. Mar. 29, 
1.S30, George North, no chil., d. Apr. 30, 1870; 444. Eliza, 7 d. in inf. 

Amos Burr d. Apr. 28, 1828. Eunice his \v. d. Apr. 22, 1846. She was 
a great-great-great-granddau. of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower, 

NOAHDIAH BURR, Jr., [177] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Hannah Rowley. Chil.: 

445. Wealthy Ann, 7 b. June 15, 1780 (m. Sept. 21, 1800, Joel 
Loomis Brown); 446. Erastus, 7 b. Oct. 15. 17S1 ; 447. Polly, 7 b. Apr. 27, 
1782, d. in inf.; 448. Oliver, 7 b. Aug. n, 1787 ; 44.9. James, 7 b. Dec. 26, 
1789 ; 450. Polly, 7 b. Nov. 12, 1794 ; 451. Truman, 7 b. Apr. 18, 1797. 

ASA BURR,* [195] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Mary, dau. of Seth Lockwood of Goshen. Chil.: 

452. Sarah, 7 b. 1793, d. Dec. 7, 181 1 ; 453. Diantha, 7 b. Sept. 23, 
1 795 ; 454. Lucia, 7 b. May 5, 1798, m. Dea. Lucius Woodward of Water- 
town, Ct. Chil.: I. Mary Burr, 2. George, 3. Ann M., d. 1848,4. Dotha, 
5. Martha, m. Rev. Joseph Backus ; 6. John, 7. Asa, 8. Lucius. In the 
winter of 1S67 this venerable couple celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of 
their marriage. 455. Polly, 7 d. Nov., 1804, aet. 3 yrs.; 456. Polly, 7 b. 
Oct. 9, 1804 ; 457. Elizabeth, 7 b. Nov. 7., 1S07, m. Oct. 25, 1832, 
William Oakley, and d. Oct. 7, 1853, leaving chil.: I. Burr, who d. Nov. 
7, 1870, and 2. Mary Z. Asa Burr m. 2d, Mrs. Nancy Andrus of Canaan, 
Ct. She d. Oct. 30, 1851. He d. May 25, 1852. 

DANIEL BURR,' 1 [200] of Otsego Co., N. Y. 

m. Oct. 30, 1806, Urania Alcott (b. July 8, 17^3) and settled in Otsego 
Co., N. Y. Chil.: 

458. Sally M., 7 b. Apr. 5, 1809, d. Nov. 25, 1S74 ; 459. Mary G., 7 b. 
Aug. 21, 1S10, m. John H. Davidson, Oct. 30, 1830, and rem. to Wayne 
Co., Pa. Their chil. were : I. Warren. 2. Eunice, 3. Maria, 4. Rachel. 
Mary, them. d. Apr. 10, 1S69. 460. Rachel H., 7 b. Sept. 5, 1S12, m. 
Lorenzo L. Sweet, a lawyer, Feb., 1831. They res. in Tipton, Iowa, had 
six sons, four of whom, with their father, served in the war for the Union, 
and two d. in the service. Chil. were : I. William W., 2. John O., 3- 
Daniel K.. 4. Henry /.. A'., 5. George A., 6. Dayton M., 7. Mary E. Henry 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 315 

L. R. d. May 4, 1862, George A. d. July 23, 1863, in the army. Lorenzo 
the f. d. Jan. 7, 1892. Rachel H. the m. d. Feb. 1, 1896. 

461. Daniel, 7 b. Aug. 15, 1814 ; 462. Urania, 7 b. May 23, 181S, m. 
Henry A. Horton, Aug. 5, 183S ; they have two chil.; res. in Chenango 
Co., N. Y.; 462a. Amos, 7 b. Aug. 8, 1820 ; 463. Elizabeth, 7 b. March 5, 
1824, m. Wm. D. Potter, Apr. 28, 1844, and d. Oct. 30, 1854, leaving two 
sons. 

Mr. Daniel Burr d. Apr. 29, 1S39. He was a farmer and mem. Cong. 
Ch. His w. d. May 15, 185 1. 

EBENEZER BURR/ [204] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Pamelia Benton, of New Marlborough, Mass., March, 181 7. He was 
a farmer in Norfolk, died Jan. 16, 1855. His chil. were : 

464. Mary, 7 b. June 6, 1818, m. William Hill, March 6, 1849, and res. 
in Flemington, N. J.; her chil. are: I. Samuel B., 2. Laura, 3. Mary, 
4. Aletta, 5. Caroline. 465. Caroline, 7 m. Daniel Grant, of Colebrook, 
Ct., May 10, 1S43, and had chir: I. Abbie E., who m. Almon Burr ; and 
2. Edward B. 

466. Erastus, 7 b. May 15, 1823; 467. Ralph E., 7 b. May 29, 1831, d. 
in California, Aug. 24, 1854. 

SILAS BURR, 6 [205] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Sarah, dau. of Dr. Benjamin Calhoun, of Norfolk ; res. on his father's 
farm until his death, Sept. 5, 1866. His chil. are : 

468. Daniel H., 7 b. May 20, 1836, d. May 13, 1867 ; 469. Harriet 
E., 7 b. May 2, 1838, m. John Barton, Nov. 18, 1868, res. on a farm near 
Wahoo, Neb.; have had two chil.: I. John Burr, b. Nov. 10, 1S69, d. in 
inf.; and 2. Clara M ., b. Nov. 21, 1S76. 470. Charles M., 7 b. Feb. 6, 
1843 ; 471- Martha J., 7 b. Feb. 16, 1848, m. Charles L. Stocking, Sept. 
7, 1871, at Wahoo, Neb.; has three chil.: I. Harvey Burr, b. Sept. 16, 
1871 ; 2. Halsey M., b. Jan. 1, 1874 ; 3. Louis D., b. Nov. 12, 1875. 

AARON BURR, 6 [207] of Great Barrington, Mass., 

m. Lois Camp, Oct., 1810, and rem. to Great Barrington. Chil.: 

472. Moses Camp. 7 b. Jan. 2, 181 2; 473. Martha, 7 b. June 16, 1814 ; 
474. Henry, 7 b. June 2, 1817, d. Oct. 29, 1825. Mrs. Lois Burr d. 
Mch. 28, 1842, jet. 60 yrs., and Mr. Burr m. 2d, Nov. 14, 1843, Mary Stev- 
enson of New Marlboro, Mass. No chil. 

Aaron Burr d. Feb. 2, 1854, aet. 74 yrs. Mrs. Mary Burr d. Nov. 17, 
1868. 

Of above daus., Martha, [474] m. Jan. 2, 1839, to Daniel Taylor Foote, 



3 l6 THE BURR FAMILY. 

of Gt. Barrington, Vt. Chil.: I. Almira Jane, b. Aug. 15, 1840, d. Nov. 
17, 1862. 2. Lois Ellen, b. July 12, 1842, d. Mch. 4, 1843. Joseph Fish, 
b. Aug. 20, 1845, (m. Nov. 3, 1870, to Lucy Ann Lewis, of Norwich, Vt. 
Chil.: 1. William Lcivis, b. Mystic, Vt., July 6, 1874; m. Oct. 16, 1901, 
Annie Gertrude Ford, of Holyoke, Mass.). 3. Edward Young, b. June 7, 
1850, m. July 4, 1883, to Addie Florence Smith, of Becket, Mass., and 
has 2 chil.: 1. Olive Burnice, b. Dec. 24, 1885; 2. Ruth Martha, b. Aug. 
1, 1900. 

OLIVER BURR, 6 [208] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Luie Tibbals, of Norfolk. He was a farmer and mem. Cong. Ch. 
They had three chil.: 

475. James 7 ; 476. Charlotte 7 ; 477. Luie.. 7 

ELISHA BURR, 6 [209] of Norfolk, Ct., 
m. Cynthia Baldwin, of New Marlboro, Mass. No chil. 

HENRY A. BURR, 6 [222] of New York. 

Mr. Burr came to New York in 183 1, when but a young man, with 
little or no capital except settled principles, and a fixed determination to 
succeed. He first entered the hat store of Elisha Bloomer on Broadway, 
as bookkeeper, where he remained for five years, and then entered into 
business for himself in the same line of trade, and but a few blocks from 
his former employer. A few years later, in 1845, he became interested 
with Mr. Henry A. Welles in the production of hat-forming machines, 
which, if they could be perfected, he foresaw would effect a revolution in 
that important industry. Mr. Welles died soon after, and Mr. Burr was 
left to continue the task alone. At length, after many failures, a perfect 
machine was produced, and after protecting his rights by several patents 
Mr. Burr began their manufacture at No. 5 Hague Street. These ma- 
chines, as was foreseen, so simplified and cheapened the process of 
forming hat bodies, that their use became universal, and in 1856 all the 
hat bodies used in the United States — 6,000,000 in number, were produced 
at Mr. Burr's factory, or by parties licensed to use his machines ; and as 
a natural consequence princely revenues accrued to their fortunate pos- 
sessor. How great was their value is seen by the fact that during the 
continuance of his patents Mr. Burr prosecuted no less than fifty-six 
infringements, fifty of them successfully. During the war Mr. Burr's 
sympathies were with the Union cause, and at the beginning of hostilities 
he enlisted fifteen of his men for three months, and paid them their usual 
wages while out, in addition to what they received from the General 






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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 317 

Government. He also aided largely in organizing Ellsworth's famous 
" Fire Zouaves," he being at the time President of the Board of Trustees 
of the Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Burr was nearly connected with 
Colonel Burr on the Edwards side, and had many pleasant reminiscences 
of the Colonel, who was a frequent visitor at his father's house in Co- 
lumbia County. He had the ring presented to the Colonel by Talleyrand, 
soon after the latter's visit to this country, also a portrait of Colonel Burr 
in oil by Stuart, the spectacles worn by Burr, and other relics of great 
value and interest. 

Mr. Burr married in 1832 Miss Harriet Ann Riblett, who bore him 
four children : 

478. Emma Louise, 7 b. July 4, 1837 ; 479. Henry A., 7 b. Dec. 23, 
1849, d. Dec. 27, 1850 ; 480. Hattie Ann, 7 b. Nov. 9, 185 1, d. Mar. 3, 
i860 ; 481. Mary Eloise, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1856. 

SYLVANUS BURR, 6 [225] of St. Charles, III., 

rem. to 111., in 1836, and settled in the Fox River country, a fine farming 
section about forty miles west of Chicago. He d. unm. 

ATVVELL BURR, 6 [229] of Campton, III., 

m. Betsey A. Wheeler, of Nelson, N. Y., b. Oct. 15, 1796. In May, 1836, 
in company with his elder brother Sylvanus, he emigrated to the prairie 
lands of Illinois. Leaving the old homestead in Pompey, they embarked 
on a canal boat at Hull's Landing, and proceeded by the Erie Canal to 
Buffalo, where they took a lake boat, which in June, 1836, landed them 
safely in Chicago. From that village they pressed on forty miles farther 
west, and located at St. Charles, Kane Co., 111., where in a few years they 
secured for themselves fine farms and comfortable homes. Mr. Atwell 
Burr d. April 19, 1852. Betsey his w. d. Dec. 13, 1881. 

To Atwell and Betsey Burr were born nine children, all of whom 
accompanied them in their migration to the West. 

482. Lucien N. B., 7 b May 5, 1815 ; 483. Mary Lou, 7 b. Dec. 25, 
1816, m.; 484. James O., 7 b. May 20, 1818 ; 485. Marshall B., 7 b. June 
26, 1820; 486. Benjamin F., 7 b. Dec. 4, 1821 ; 487. Elsie Ann, 7 b. 
Jan. 8, 1824 ; 488. Olive S., 7 b. Jan. 28, 1826 ; 489. Betsy P., 7 b. Oct. 
10, 1830 ; 490. Gerdensia, 7 b. Sept. 9, 1833. 

Of above daus. Mary Lou [483] m. George P. Harny of Elgin, 111., Nov. 
13, 1839, and d. Sept. 19, 1895. Her chil. were : I. Charles Marcus, b. 
Oct. 22, 1841, d. Dec. 11, 1874, m. Dec. 25, 1871, Clara Elizabeth Conger, 
who d. Dec. 30, 1879. They had one child : I. Mary Ida , who d. Jan. 19, 



318 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1877. 2. Wclford Wellington, b. Feb. 22, 1844, m. Mrs. Mary M. Orr, 
Oct. 30, 1 886, and had : 1. Ray, b. Nov. 23, 18S7. 3. Cecil Clara, b. 
July 12, 1845 ; 4. Alary Elizabeth, b. Jan 11, 1849 ; 5- Estelle Emily, b. 
Jan. 28, 1857, m. Oct. 13, 1881, William Freck, and has three chil.: 
1. Florence, b. Sept. 19, 1882 ; 2. Howard Burr, b. Oct. 30, 1889 ; and 

3. Margaret Loraine, b. May 15, 1897 ; 6. Illione, b. Oct. 6, 1858. 

Mary Lou Burr and George P. Harny were married in the log house 
built by Atwell Burr on his claim in St. Charles Township ; the first wed- 
ding in the family if not in the township. 

Olive S. [488] m. in Campton, 111., May 16, 1847, t0 J onn Warne, and 
d. in Elburn, 111., Oct. 4, 1898. Her chil. were : I. Julia A., b. July 
19, 1S48, d. March 27, 1890, unm.; 2. Elsie E., b. July 29, 1S49, m. Rob- 
ert Gray, of YVausau, Wis., Nov. 12, 1S72 ; no chil. Mr. Gray d. May 16, 
1873. 3. Emma W., b. May 2, 1851, m. Elry Hall of Elburn, 111., Oct. 3, 
1877. Chil.: 1. H Olin, b. Feb. 6, 1883; and 2. Imo, b. Dec. 19, 1SS6. 

4. Henry A., b. Dec. 19, 1S52, d. Apr. 8, 1864 ; 5. Susan B., b. Aug. 22, 
1856, d. Nov. 7, 1857 ; 6. De Ette O., b. Dec. 16, 1S60, m. Oct. 24, 1883, 
Adelbert T. Matthevvson of Elburn, 111. Chil.: 1. E. Gertrude, b. Sept. 14, 
1884 ; 2. y . Warne, b. June 27, 1S86 ; 3. Harry, b. July 3, 1888. 7. 
Mary G., b. Aug. 10, 1863, unm. 

Betsey Pixley [489] m. June 12, 1855, John Newton Morse, b. May 18, 
1828, d. June 4, 1899. Their chil.: 1. yessie Gerdensia, b. Sept. 12, 1856, 
m. Feb. 27, 1890, James Wellington Norton, b. Dec. 20, 1S51. They 
have an adopted daughter. I. Frieda Norton, b. June 9, 1894. 2. Emma 
Susan, b. Dec. 16, 1857, m. Nov. 23, 1881, Frank Finley Morse, b. Sept. 5, 
1852. Chil.: 1. Jensie Irene, b. July 23. 1S82 ; 2. Elsie Lucile, b. Jan. 6, 
1886 ; 3. Winn Frank, b. Nov. 28, 188.S ; 3. Claribel, b. Oct. 27, 1859, m. 
Dec. 3, 1S79, Manvil Emlyn Sinton,d. Feb. 21, 1895 ; one child : 1. Em- 
lyn Mauri/, b. Aug. 12, 1880 ; 4. yohn Burr, b. Dec. 20, 1866, d. Mar. 5, 
1869 ; 5. William Gary, b. Apr. 25, 1868. 

John Newton Morse was born at Chazy, N. Y. When quite young he 
became a doctor of medicine and for 40 years followed that profession, 
practising mostly in Piano, Chicago, and Shabbona, 111. The last few 
years of his life were spent at Rocky Ford, Colorado, where he died of 
cancer of the eye. 

Betsey Burr his wife d. June 6, 1886 When six yrs. old she came 
with her parents to Illinois, where she lived until her marriage to Dr. 
Morse. She was of great help to her husband in his work. Perhaps the 
most eminent trait in her character was her quiet unselfish devotion to 
those who claimed her time and love. The last ten years of her life were 
spent in Shabbona where she died of heart disease. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 319 

Jessie Gerdensia Morse was a prominent teacher in the De Kalb Co., 
111., schools for several years. 

Claribel Morse was the comfort of her aged grandmother, Betsey 
Wheeler Burr, with whom she spent her young womanhood until she was 
married to Mr. Sinton, when she lived on a farm near by the Burr home- 
stead. The last seven years of her life were spent in St. Charles, 111., with 
her husband and one child. After an illness of four days she died of 
heart failure. 

RODOLPHUS BURR, 6 [232] of Sycamore, III., 

m. . Chil.: 

494. Corydon 7 ; 492. Eliza 7 ; 493. Edwin 7 ; 494. Mabelia ' ; 
495. Sabrina 7 ; 496. Minerva. 7 

CHRISTOPHER C. BURR, 6 [236] of New Orleans, La., 

m. Maria Farr. Their chil. were : 
497- EKza C. 7 ; 498. Mary A. 7 

Mr. Burr was a commission merchant in New Orleans, and did an ex- 
tensive business. He d. about 184S, and his family returned to the North. 

HORACE BURR, 6 [239] of Bloomfield, O., 

m. Concurrence Hungerford. Chil.: 

499. Levi, 7 b. 1792, d. unm. at Farmington, O., 1839; 500. Lorin, 7 
b. 1794; 501. Henry H., 7 b. 1796; 502. Adolphus, 7 b. 1799; 503. 
Abigail, 7 b. 1800 ; 504. Amelia, 7 b. 1803 ; 505. Horatio H., 7 b. 1806; 
506. William M., 7 b. 1810. 

ELIJAH BURR, 6 [240] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Polly Hall. Chil.: 

507. Elijah F., 7 b. 1798, d. 1822 ; 508. Elisha S., 7 b. 1800; 509. 
Mary L., 7 b. 1802, d. 1823 ; 510. Eli R., 7 b. 1804 ; 511. Elias G., 7 b. 
1808 ; 512. Eliab J., 7 b. 1808, d. at Cuba, N. Y., 1856 ; 513. Elliot C., 7 
b. 1808, d. i860 ; 514. Mala P., 7 b. 1808, d. 1866. 

Elijah Burr d. at Kingsboro, 1828 ; his widow, Polly, at Cuba, N. Y., 



1850. 



BISSELL BURR, 6 [241] of Bluntsville, Ind., 



m. Eunice Robbins, b. Jan. 29, 1774, Sept. 30, 1794. Their chil. were: 

515- Wareham, 7 b. Oct. 25, 1795 ; 516. Nathan R., 7 b. Aug. 4, 
1797, d. Feb. 27, 1823 ; 517. Orenda, 7 b. Jan. 24, 1S00. She m. Capt. 
Dyer Williams, near Oxford, O., subsequently removing with her husband 



320 THE BURR FAMILY. 

to Muscatine Co., Iowa. Their chil. are : I. Chauncy B. Williams, now 
living in San Francisco, Cal; 2. Wesley, who d. on the plains while at- 
tempting a trip overland to Cal.; 3. Aiden ; 4. Frank j 5. Jasper, now 
living at Louisa, Iowa; 6. Alven, who d. in the U. S. Army in 1863 ; 7. 
Julia, who m. Willis Allen ; 8. Josephine, res. in San Francisco, Cal. 

518. Vorintha, 7 b. Feb. 19, 1802, d. Feb. 6, 1823 ; 519. Samuel S., 7 
b. Jan. 14, 1804, d. Jan. 25, 1823; 520. Chauncy H., 7 b. March n, 
1806 ; 521. Myranda L., 7 b. Apr. 3, 1808, d. 1813 ; 522. Alvin S., 7 b. 
July 26, 1810; 523. Myranda L., 7 b. Jan. n, 1813 ; 524. Sylvester 
R., 7 b. Jan. 27, 1816 ; 525. Sallie R., 7 b. Nov. 1, 1819, m. 1st, in 1844, 
to George Babcock. Had one son named Byron. Husband and son both 
died of Asiatic cholera soon after the birth of the latter. In 1856 married 
2d, David Allen, who died in 1859. In 1863 she married 3d, John M. 

Kane, who died in 1883. In 1S87 she married 4th, Mr. George, and 

now lives with her husband on a farm near Muscatine, Iowa. She is the 
only surviving child of Bissell Burr and his wife Eunice Robbins. 

Bissell Burr emigrated from Mayfield, N. Y., in the year 1820, and set- 
tled near Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. While living there the family was vis- 
ited with typhoid fever. Nearly the whole family were sick at the same 
time. Three grown children died within about one month in the winter 
of 1823. Mr. Burr nursed his family (those who survived) through to re- 
turning health, and at last was taken sick himself, and when he recovered 
he immediately moved with all that was left of his family to what is now 
Shelby Co., Ind., and settled on a little river called Brandywine. Here 
he bought and opened a farm in the wilderness. Here his wife Eunice 
died, Aug. 16, 1836. Shortly after the death of his wife he moved to 
Bluntsville, Ind., where he continued to reside until his death, which oc- 
curred at that place on April 1, 1845. He was a member of the Congre- 
gational Church, and perseverance was his most marked characteristic. 

NATHAN BURR," [242] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. 180 1, Lucinda Johnson, of Hamden, Ct., b. 1783. Their chil. were : 

526. Lucinda H., 7 b. 1802; 527. Narcissa A., 7 b. 1804; 527a. Na- 
than F., 7 b. Nov. 22, 1805 ; 528. Lucia C., 7 b. 1807, d. 1876 ; 529. 
Lucien J., 7 b. 1809 ; 530. Dwight N., 7 b. 1811, d. 181 1; 531. Adaline 
M., 7 b. June 2, 1S13; 532. Clarissa A., 7 b. 1S15 ; 533. Parace G., 7 b. 
1817, d. at Smithville, N. Y., 1841 ; 534. Julius D., 7 b. 1818, d. 1841 ; 
535. Ruth A., 7 b. 1820, d. 1821 ; 536. Abigail R., 7 b. 1823. 

Adaline M. [531] m. Lucius F. Potter, of Kingsboro, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1833. 
Chil.: I. Horace Burr, b. July 14, 1842, d. in Charity Hospital, New Or- 
leans, June 14, 1864 ; 2. Millard Fillmore, b. May 22, 1S44, d. in inf.; 3. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 32 1 

Adaline Augusta, b. Apr. 28, 1849, m. Alexander R. Crouse, Oct. 22, 1872, 
res. at Gloversville, N. Y., has chil. : 1. Adaline M. Potter, d. Aug. 18, 
1887. 

Nathan Burr d. at Kingsboro, N. Y., 1822. His \v. in i860. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [244] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. 1804, Amarillis Mills, b. at Kingsboro, 1784. He early engaged in the 
manufacture of deerskin mittens and gloves, in what is now the thriving 
village of Gloversville, N. Y. Before his day, the skins were dressed after 
the rude Indian process, but he introduced workmen from England, who 
employed the present method, and with most gratifying results. The 
business rapidly increased, and has built up the present village of Glovers- 
ville, with its busy workshops and 6000 inhabitants, including the old vil- 
lage of Kingsboro, a mile and a half north, and the older and larger village 
and county seat, Johnstown, three miles south. These three villages are 
now connected by a horse railroad, and will no doubt soon be incorporated 
into one city. James Burr d. at Gloversville, N. Y., Sept. 2S, 1853, his 
wid. Amarillis, Feb. 27, 1S56. Their chil. were : 

537. Caroline A., 7 b. 1804, at Kingsboro, N. Y., d. Dec. 16, 1881 ; 
538. Selina, 7 b. 1806, d. 1806 ; 539. Selina S., 7 b. 1808, d. March 13, 
1851 ; 540. Horatio L., 7 b. 1810 ; 541. Adaline, 7 b. 1813, d. 1813 ; 
542. James H., 7 b. 1S16 ; 543. William H., 7 b. 1S19 ; 544. Frances, 7 
b. 1824, d. 1854 ; 545. David M., 7 b. 1826, d. 1861. 

All b. at Kingsboro, N. Y. 

ABIJAH BURR, 6 [246] of Cayuga Co., N. Y., 

m. Nancy Beardsley, and had : 

546. William 7 ; 547. Benjamin 7 ; 548. Morris 7 ; 549. John 7 ; 
550. Charles 7 ; 551. Mary Ann 7 ; 552. Arnetta L. 7 ; 553. James. 7 

Abijah the f. was k. by a tree falling on him in March, 1831, being 
about 45 years old. 

SALEM BURR, 8 [247] of Cayuga Co., N. Y., 

m. Elizabeth Dyke, of N. Y., and had : 

554. Calvin 7 ; 555. Abijah 7 ; 556. A dau., name unknown. 
Salem Burr was a soldier in the War of 1812. 

SELA BURR," [248] of Cayuga Co., N. Y., 

m. Susan Burns, and had : 

557. Hiram 7 ; 558. Horace 7 ; and a dau. [559]— perhaps others. 



322 THE BURR FAMILY. 

SEYMOUR BURR, 8 [250] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Hannah Roberts. Had eight chil.: 

560. Hannah, 7 m. Abel Newman, has 3 sons, 1 dau.; 561. Rachel, 7 
m. Jasen Hanks, has 3 sons, 1 dau.; 562. Ruth, 7 m. Isaac Seaver, has 3 
sons, 1 dau.; 563. Eliza, 7 unm., d. young ; 564. Mary, 7 m. Clark Good- 
ell, has 1 son ; 565. Jerusha, 7 m. Geo. Harris, has 1 dau.; 566. Milo 

Seymour, 7 m. ; 567. Maria H., 7 m. Hezekiah Cummings, 3 sons, 

2 daus., and is the only surviving member of the family. She res. with her 
dau., Mrs. C. S. Hart, Boston, Mass. 

TIMOTHY BURR, 6 [25 1 ] of Grantham, N. H., 

m. . Chil.: 

568. Samuel 7 ; 569. Henry 7 ; 570. Elizabeth 7 ; 571. Sarah 7 ; 
572. Charlotte. 7 

OLIVER BURR/ [252] of Grantham, N. H., 

m. Celenda Stowell who was b. in Grantham, N. H., June 6, 1 7 S 7 . Chil. : 
573. Hollister Harvey, 7 b. Sept. 12, 1805 ; 574. Tryphena, 7 b. 

Apr. 24, 180S, d. 1876 ; 575. Truman, 7 b. Dec. 14, 1S09, d. Oct. 8, 

1883; 576. Bradley, 7 b. Feb. 20, 1813 ; 577. Warren,' b. Mar. 12, 
1815, d. Dec. 29, 1890; 578. Oliver, Jr., 7 b. June 29, 1817, d. Mar. 6, 
1818 ; 579. Celenda, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1819 ; d. June 30, 1845 ; 580. Mary 
Ann, 7 b. Apr. 2, 1821, d. May 2, 1S22 ; 581. Permilla, 7 b. June 12, 1823, 
d. Nov., 1S24 ; 582. Lucena, 7 b. May 2, 1825 ; 583. Lucinda, 7 b. July 
9, 1827, d. Sept. 19, 1852 ; 584. Eben, 7 b. Nov. 15, 1829 ; 585. Permilla 
Dorchester, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1832. 

Of the daus. Tryphena [574] m - Abram Childs. Had chil. : I. Oliver 
Burr, 2. Amanda, 3. Almina, 4. Samuel, dec, 5* Truman, dec. Celenda 
[579] m - Samuel Knight. Chil. : I. Emnia, who is m. to George Camp ; 
2. Edwin, 3. Truman. Eueena [582] m. Feb. 25, 1847, Euther H. Blood, 
had one child, Ella Frances, b. Dec. 8, 1848, m. Jan., 1890, to George 
Patch, of Beverly, Mass. Mr. Blood d. in 1852, and she m. 2d, Nathaniel 
Rogers, Oct. 3, 1853, by whom she had one dau., d. in inf. Lucinda [582] 
m. Whitney Stowell, of Hubbardston, Mass., had one dau., Abby, who m. 
Nathan Chamberlain of Hubbardston. Permilla Dorchester [585] was 
m. to John Eeveret Couch of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Aug. 30, 1853. They 
had one dau., Mary Lizzie, b. Jan. 2, 1858, who was m. to James Carlos 
Moore, May 18, 1882. They have three chil. : 1. Leon yohn, b. July 11, 
1883 ; 2. Frank Carlos, b. Nov. 21, 1884 ; Roy Henry, b. Oct. 15, 1S88. 

Mr. Oliver Burr d. in Grantham, June 30, 1844. His wife d. Nov. 12, 
184^ 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 323 

EBENEZER BURR, 6 [253] of Grantham, N. H., 

m. . Four chil.,: 

586. William 7 ; 587. Oliver ' ; two daus., names not given. 

ARBA BURR, 8 [256] of Grantham, N. H., 

m. 1st, Ruth Lamberton, had four chil., names not given ; m. 2d, Lucy 
Bartlett, had two sons : 

592. Bartlett 7 ; 593. William. 7 

NOAHDIAH BURR, 6 [257] of Brownville, N. Y., 

m. , and rem. to Brownville, N. Y., where he d. about 1817, 

leaving a wife and three sons, who shortly after rem. to Canada. 

TIMOTHY BURR, 6 [258] of Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., 

m. Hannah Gorham. Their chil. are : 

597. William G., 7 b. 1790; 598. Hannah, 7 b. 1792, m. Mr. Mat- 
thews ; 599. Betsey, 7 b. 1794, m. Mr. Hart ; 600. Charles, 7 b. 1797 ; 
601. Austin, 7 b. 1799 ; 602. Halsey, 7 b. 1S01 ; 603. Barton, 7 b. 1804 ; 
604. Hart, 7 b. 1804 ; 605. Almira, 7 b. 1808, unm., res. at Deansville, 
Oneida Co., N. Y. Timothy the f. d. Oct. 23, 1859. 

JONATHAN BURR, 6 [258a] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. Mindwell Chapin. They had three chil. : 

606. Ashbel, 7 d. Oct. 24, 1845, m Ludlow ; 607. Estes, 7 d. 1865, in 
Wilbraham, Mass. ; 608. Polly, 7 d. 1876, in Monson, Mass. 

Jonathan Burr d. Oct. 5, 1840. 

FREEMAN BURR, 6 [259] of Gorham, N. Y., 

m. Mary Goodell, Nov. 26, 1798, b. at Conway, Mass., Dec. 15, 1 77 1. 
Their chil. were : 

609. Matilda, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1799, d. Aug. 19, 1822 ; 6l0. Lydia, 7 b. 
July, 1 1801, d. Mar. 7, 1802 ; 6ll. Freeman, 7 b. Dec. 9, 1807 ; 612. 
Christopher C., 7 b. May 28, 1809 ; 613. Solomon, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1811 ; 
614. Almina, 7 b. June 23, 1814, m. Mr. Jencks ; 615. Julina, 7 b. June 
24, 1814, m. William J. Dickinson, of Deerfield, Mass., and rem. to Illinois 
where she now res. Her chil. were : I. Charles, 2. Aiwa J?., 3. William 
E., 4. Mary E. William E. (3) entered the Univ. at Ann Arbor, Mich., 
left it to enter the Union Army. Had special training in Chicago Theo. 
Sem., preached fourteen years in Cong, churches, is now in business at 



324 77/ E BURR FAMILY. 

Webster, Dak. He m. Sept. 27, 1875, Mrs. Mary Haworth, and has four 
chil. : 1. William H., 2. Mary Burr, 3. Roy Hale, 4. Frank C. 
Mr. Freeman Burr d. June 20, 1823, at Gorham, N. Y. 

ANSEL BURR/' [260] of Stockton, N. Y., 

m. . Their chil. were : 

616. Emily ' ; 617. Joel P. 7 ; 618. Diah 7 ; 619. Persis. 7 

None of this family are living so far as known. Mr. Ansel Burr d. 
Jan. 19, 1843. 

ASHBEL BURR/' [261] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. Clarissa Sykes, Dec. 22, 1S03, b. Dec. 19, 1782, d. Nov. 13, 1848. Had 
chil: 

620. Lyman, 7 b. Oct. 26, 1805 ; 621. Abigail, 7 b. July 26, 1S08, m. 
Oct. 1, 1829, P. H. Burnett, b. in Granby, Mass., Mar. 8, 1807 ; their chil. 
are : I. Henry, b. Oct. 10, 1S30, m. Mary Proggett, Sept. 6, 1866, and has 
chil.: 1. Mary, 2. George, 3. Florence, 4. Charles ; 2. Adolphus, b. July 
T 3- r 832 ; 3. Cravesa, b. Jan. 2, 1835, d. Sept. 5, 1852 ; 4. Charles W., b. 
June 5, 1837, d. in inf.; 5. George W., b. Apr. 8, 1839, d. in inf.; 6. 
Diantha, b. Oct. 21, 1840, m. Sept. 12, 1861, D. A. De Merritt, and has 
chil. : 1. William A., 2. Emma F., 3. Harriet L., 4. Charles G., 5. Jennie 
S., 6. Watson B. ; J. George G., b. Apr. 16, 1843, m. Nov. 16, 1869, Jennie 
Pike, and has chil. : 1. George IF., 2. John P., 3. Jennie j 8. Charles W., 
b. June 27, 1S46, d. Feb. 5, 1865 ; 9. Emma L., b. Nov. 25, 1849, d. in 
Aug., 1852, at Sacramento, Cal. Mrs. Abigail Burnett d. Feb. 21, 1874, 
at Sacramento, Cal. Mr. Burr was a far., held various ofifices of trust, 
and was deacon in the 1st Cong. Ch. of Ludlow ; he d. Sept. 25, 1861, his 
w. d. Nov. 13, 1848. 

ELI BURR/' [264] of Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 

m. Cynthia Burchard. Their chil. were : 

622. Cynthia 7 ; 623. Franklin 7 ; 624. Ansel 7 ; 625. Anna M., 7 

m. Cady, and res. in Collamere, O. ; 626. Jabez B. 7 ; 627. Mary 

P., 7 b. March 13, 1817, m. May 18, 1842, Aaron F. Burr, b. in Fairfield, 
Ct., Sept. 23, 1815, and had chil. : I. Mary P., 2. Aaron F., 3. Eli B. 

628. Hannah L. 7 ; 629. Horace S. 7 

Eli Burr d. July 13, 1853, in Stockton, N. Y., his w. d. Dec. 21, 1858. 

JOHN BURR," [266] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Sally Post, of Saybrook, Ct., b. in 1776. Their chil. were : 

630. Lyman E., 7 b. May, 1803; 631. Wealthy, 7 b. 1804, m. Daniel 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 325 

Clark, of Haddam, May 19, 1823. Their chil. were: I. Sarah M., b. 
Dec. 17, 1824; she m. Francis Sim, Oct. 26, 1843, and has chil.: 1. Wil- 
liam R., b. Dec. 31, 1850, d. Oct. 25, 1854; 2. Helen, b. Feb. 8, 1852, d. 
Sept. 11, 1863 ; 3. Willis F., b. Mar. 2, 1854, d. Dec. 2, 1856 ; 4. Philip 
R., b. Sept. 10, 1855; 5. Mary, b. Feb. 7, 1859, d. Sept. 19, 1863; 6. 
Francis W., b. Jan. 25, 1861, d. May 15, 1864; 7. William F., b. Mar. 
26, 1862 ; 8. Robert E., b. Oct. 4, 1863, d. Nov. 9, 1863; 9. John F., b. 
Feb. 5, 1866; 10. Charles A., b. June 5, 1867. They res. at Nebraska 
City, Neb. Mrs. Sim d. Apr. 11, 1880. 2. George W., b. Nov. 15, 1826; 
he m. Eliza Downing; is a broker doing business in Cincinnati, and res. 
in Covington, Ky. He has three chil.: 1. Ella, who is m. to Henry Sher- 
rick, of Covington; 2. George W., and 3. Carrie. 3. John W.,b. June 
4, 1828, m. June 29, 1854, Alice A. Swain, of St. Louis, Mo.; was a broker 
in Cincinnati, O.; d. Dec. 3, 1900; they had eleven chil.: 1. John IV., b. 
May 10, 1855; 2. Alice E., b. Aug. 30, 1856; 3. Stella M., b. Oct. 7, 1857; 
4. Dollie G., b. Dec. 3, 1858; 5. Florence H, b. June 7, i860, d. Oct. 12, 
1873; 6. Harry E., b. July 26, 1861; 7. Charles £., b. Sept. 26, 1862; 8. 
Clarence B., b. Apr. 29, 1865; 9. Ralph A., b. Dec. 3, 1866; 10. Cora, b. 
July 3, 1868; 11. Edith M., b. Apr. 22, 1871. 4. Electa M., b. Apr. 9, 
1830, m. in 185 1, Dr. Harmon S. Herrick. Chil.: Katie E., b. Nov. 18, 
1852, and a dau. d. in inf. 5. Julia C, b. May 20, 1832, m. Prof. Joseph 
E. Frobisher, a descendant of Sir Martin Frobisher, and now Prof, of 
Elocution in the College of the City of New York. Prof. Frobisher is 
also the author of several valuable works on elocution, viz.: "Voice and 
Action," "Blood and Breath," "Serial Readings," and "Popular Re- 
citals." They have five chil.: 1. Bertha E., 2. Martin, 3. Edwin, 4. 
Lillian, and 5. Florence. 6. Margaret A., b. July 7, 1834, m. Aug. 10, 
1858, Curtis S. Bushnell, a lawyer in New Haven, Ct. They have one 
child, Curtis C, b. Aug. 10, 1870. 7. Mary F., b. Apr. 16, 1838, m. 
Dec. 19, 1 86 1, Samuel H. Ferris, of Greenwich, Ct., and has two chil.: 

I. Clarence, b. Feb. 15, 1864, and 2. Harry, b. May 21, 1865. Mrs. Ferris 
d. Oct. 15, 1886. 8. Wealthy A., b. July 29, 1836, m. Nov. 27, 1855, 
James T. Hathaway, of Fair Haven, Ct. They have two chil.: 1. Eugenia 
W., b. Oct. 15, 1856, and 2. Annie I., b. Nov. 6, 1858. Mrs. Wealthy A. 
d. Apr. 25, 1893. 9. Harriet E., b. Mar. 27, 1840, d. Apr. 1, 1870; she 
was a teacher for many years, and loved and respected by all who knew 
her. 10. Ellen M., b. June 18, 1842, d. Nov. 7, 1864; also an excellent 
teacher, and one who won respect and affection wherever her lot was cast. 

II. Daniel M., b. Sept. 26, 1844, m. Rebecca D. Clark; they res. in Van- 
dalia, 111.; have had three chil. — one only is living. 12. Josephine A., b. 
Mar. 10, 1847, m. Dr. Frank L. Burr, of Middlctown, Ct. 



326 THE BURR FAMILY. 

632. Electa, 7 b. May 20, 1807, m. Daniel Carter, of Saybrook, Conn., 
and rem. to Swain, Alleghany Co., N. Y. Chil. : I. Cephas, 2. George, 

3. yo/i/i, 4. Charles, and 5- Sarah, who m. her cousin, Juan H. Burr. 
Mrs. Electa Carter d. in 1887. 

633. Isaac P., 7 b. 1809; 634. John K., 7 b. 1810; 635. Eleazar 
P., 7 b. Apr. n, 1814; 636. Willis S., 7 b. 1816; 637. Charles S., 7 b. 
1818. 

John Burr the f. was instantly killed, June 7, 1833, by falling under 
the wheel of a loaded cart which passed over his head. 

ISRAEL BURR/ [267] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. . Their chil. are: 

638. Jerusha ' ; 639. Phineas 7 ; 640. Freeborn G. 7 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [268] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Carrance Johnson, of Haddam. Their chil. were: 

641. Samuel 7 ; 642. Althea 7 ; 643. Maria 7 ; 644. Buell. 7 

Samuel Burr and his wife both d. the same day, and were buried at 
the same time. 

BENJAMIN BURR/ [270] of Leyden, N. Y., 

rem. to Leyden in 1804, m. there in the fall of 1805, Jelphia Davis, of 
Leyden, b. in Killingworth, Ct., 1787, dau. of Ebenezer and Ruth 
(Kelsey) Davis. Their chil. were: 

645. Louisa, 7 b. Oct. 27, 1807, d. unm. Dec. 22, 1841; 646. Belinda 
Ruth/ b. July 4, 1S10; 647. John/ b. March 31, 1812 ; 648. Clarissa/ 
1). Aug. 24, 1815, m. John Osborn, Feb., 1850, d. June 29, 1851, no chil.; 
649. Harvey/ b. June 1, 181 7; 650. David/ b. May 7, 1821. 

Of the daus., Belinda Ruth [646] was m. Dec. 26, 1833, to Van Rens- 
selaer Waters (b. Aug. 16, 1805), son of John and Maria (Conkey) Waters. 
John Waters was the son of Amara Waters, who with a brother came from 
Europe and settled at Charlestown, Mass. Their chil. are: I. C. Marvin, 
b. July 3, 1836, m. Jan. 21, 1862, Mary Ann Wood, and has chil.: 1. Cora 
Estelle, 2. Minnie Ruth, d. Mar. 3, 188S; 3. Arthur M., d. May 1, 1891; 

4. Earl J/., 5. Grace M., and 6. Gertrude L. He resides at Lyons Falls, 
N. Y. 2. Harriet N., b. Jan. 23, 1839, m. Aug. 27, 1869, J. P. Turtle, 
who d. Nov. 11, 1871, and 2d, Jan. 15, 1875, Henry Richards, who d. 
May 30, 1S86, no chil. 3. Henry J/., b. Jan. 17, 1841, m. Oct. 27, 1869, 
Frances Marion Stevens; has chil.: Kate H. and Anna. He res. in In- 
dependence, Kansas. 4. V. Lansing, b. May 18, 1843, m. Oct. 24, 1883, 
Sara E. Henry, only dau. of Ronalds Everett Henry, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 327 

a son of James Henry and Lucy Ward, of Lowville. They have two 
chil.: 1. Ethel M., b. Jan. 28, 1886, and 2. Van L., b. Mar. 26, 1887. 
5. Augusta C, b. July 24, 1846, unm.; 6. John F., b. Sept. 14, 1850, d. 
June 18, 1852; 7- John F., b. June 28, 1853. 

Benjamin Burr the f. d. May 26, 1858. Mrs. Burr d. March 22, 1841. 
Grace M. Waters (5) d. Aug. 7, 1893. 

NATHAN BURR, 6 [271] of Sacramento, Cal., 

sold his farm in Leyden, N. Y., and in February, with his wife, his son 
Charles and wife and little boy sailed from Brooklyn, N. Y., for California. 
They were 136 days going from New York to Juan Fernandez, where they 
stopped six days to take on water. The little boy died March 17th on the 
voyage, and a son was born on the Atlantic and named John Atlantic. 
They reached San Francisco June 20th. Mr. Burr d. Mar. 10, 1850, near 
Sacramento, Cal. Mrs. Burr d. in Payson, Utah, Nov. 13, 1863. He was 
m. Mar. 17, 1811, by her father, Rev. John Clark, of the Baptist church at 
Leyden, to Chloe Clark, a native of Saybrook, Ct. Their chil. were : 

651. Amasa, 7 b. Mar. iS, 1812; 652. Betsey, 7 b. Oct. 20, 1813, m. 
Jan. 1, 1838, Clark Garrett, d. Mar. 22, 1839; 653. Cynthia, 7 b. July 15, 
1815; 654. Charles C., 7 b. Jan. 30, 1817; 655. George W., 7 b. Apr. 
1, 1818; 656. Julia B., 7 b. Feb. 27, 1821; 657. Roxana, 7 b. Jan. 22, 
1823, d. unm. Aug. 18, 1844. 

Of the above chil., Cynthia [653] was m. to Joseph S. Blackman, Jan. 
8, 1846, and has chil.: I. Roxana Olive, b. Nov. 29, 1846, m. Silvester 
Strowel, Dec. 13,1883; 2. Thomas Henry, b. May 27, 1853, m. Sept. 3, 
1874, Adeline Cary, and has chil.: 1. Charles H., 2. George M., 3. Francis 
D., 4. William H, 5. Dora A., 6. David S., 7. Clarence L. He res. at 
Hastings ; 3. George Milo, b. Aug. 8, 1850, d. Oct. 31, 1850; 4. William R., 
b. Mar. 22, 1853, m. June 12, 1887, Etta Pauline Porter. 

Charles C. Burr [654] m. Dec. 18, 1843, Sara Sloat, and res. in Burrville, 
Utah, the village having been named after him. He has a large family, of 
which we have no record. George W. [655] m. Dec. 22, 1841, Harriet R. 
Hubbard, res. at Port Leyden, N. Y., no chil. Julia [656] m. June 1, 
1845, Homer C. Hoyt, b. July 31, 1820. Their chil. are : I. Homer Emory, 
b. Mar. 28, 1846 ; 2. James Nathan, b. Jan. 13, 1849, d. Sept. 15, 1850 ; 
3. Chloe Beulah, b. June 19, 185 1, d. Sept. 27, 1S51 ; 4. Cynthia Marila, 
b. Feb. 2, 1859, m. Oct. 24, 1878, to James Dunbar, who was b. Jan. 8, 
1859. Chil.: 1. Lois, 2. Julia, 3. George V., 4. Lilian, d. Apr. n, 1883, 
5. Homer ; 5. Rachel Roxana, b. Aug. 27, 1856 ; 6. George H., b. Sept. 
17, i860, m. Feb. 3, 1886, Mind Green. Chil.: 1. Jesse Amnion, and 2. 
Leslie. 



328 THE BURR FAMILY. 

NOAH P. BURR," [272] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Rebecca Bulkley, b. in Saybrook, Ct., Nov. 15, 1788. Their chil. were : 
658. Jared, 7 b. Sept. 24, 1815 ; 659. Horace, 7 b. Dec. 13, 1817 ; 660. 
Sarah E., 7 b. Mar. 11, 1820 ; grad. at Music Vale Seminary, and was a 
teacher for four years in that institution ; has also taught in the Meriden 
public schools. She d. in Haddam, Sept. 4, 1886. 

661. Noah, 7 b. Jan. 7, 1823 ; 662. Rebecca, 7 b. 1825 ; 663. Jarvis, 7 
b. Ap., 1828 ; 664. Edward, 7 b. Dec. 23, 1830. 

Noah Burr the f. d. in Haddam, Apr. 28, 1857. Rebecca the mother 
d. April 18, 1878. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [273] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Polly Blatchley, of Haddam. Their chil. were : 

665. Henry C., 7 b. 1814; 666. Lavinia, 7 b. Jan., 1816, m. Darius 
Skinner and res. in Canton, Ct.; 667. Benjamin, 7 b. Dec, 1817 ; 668. 
Stephen D., 7 b. Oct. 1, 1820; 669. Elizabeth, 7 b. May 16, 1826, m. 

Saml. Dickinson, of Haddam ; 670. Lydia, 7 b. July 20, 1828, m. 

Lane, of North Madison, Ct.; 671. Polly, 7 d. in inf.; 672. Leander, 7 b. 
July 14, 1830. 

David the f. d. Dec. 4, 1874, ret. 86 yrs. (Tombstone Had. b.-g.) 

ASA BURR," [274] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Flora Kelsey, of Killingworth, Ct., and had chil.: 

673. Willard K., 7 b. Dec. 27, 1814 ; 674. Nathan D., 7 b. Dec 25, 
1816 ; 675. Andrew W., 7 b. June 30, 1819; 676. Betsey B., 7 m. 

Sylvester Burr, d. Nov. 20, 18S8 ; 677. Mary, 7 d. in inf. 
Mr. Asa Burr d. in Haddam, Mar. 20, 1872, ret. So years. 

JOSEPH BURR,' 1 [275] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Dec. 26, 1803, Huldah Bailey, of Haddam. Their chil. were : 

678. Anna, 7 b. Apr. 26, 1806, in. Danforth Stevens, of Killingworth, 

Ct., and d. March 15, 1827; 679. Joseph, 7 b. March 9, 180S ; 680. 

Esther, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1S10, m. Hiram Hubbard and had chil.: I. Harriet : 

and 2. Alice. 

681. Peggy, 7 b. Nov. 12, 1811, m. Brainard Bailey and has five chil.; 

682. Asher, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1813 ; 683. Sarah, 7 b. Jan. 16, 1815, m. 

Lewis Davis and had a large family. She d. Jan. 28, 1X69 ; 684. Jabez, 7 

b. July 26, 1817; 685. Richard, 7 b. July 16, 1820; 686. Huldah, 7 b. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 329 

July 1, 1822, d. March 25, 1853 ; 687. Anna, 7 b. June 6, 1827, d. March 
25, 1846 ; 688. Henry, 7 b. Apr. 6, 1829. 

Mr. Joseph Burr d. Oct. 13, 1844, set. 65 yrs., his w. d. March 30, 
1837, set. 53 years. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 6 [278] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. his cousin Martha, dau. of Benjamin Burr, 7 of Haddam. Their chil. 
were : 

689. Bela, 7 b. Apr. 20, 1805 ; 690. Alfred, 7 b. March 30, 1807 ; 
691. Moses, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1809; 692. Lorinda, 7 b. May 10, 181 1. She 
m. 1st, Phineas Nettleton and had by him I. Phebe j 2. Orvilla ; and 3. 
Elisabeth. She m. 2d, Bela Lane, by whom she had 4. Fannie ; and 5« 
Lucina. 

693. Chauncey, 7 b. July 3, 1814; 694. Israel S., 7 b. March 28, 
1819. 

SHALER BURR, 6 [280] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. 1st, Abigail Hubbard, June 23, 1841. Chil.: 

695. Susanna, 7 b. July 6, 1842, d. Oct. 28, 1845 ; °o6\ Hannah A., 7 
b. Aug. 16, 1844 ; 697. Eliakim M., 7 b. Feb. 21, 1847, d. Aug. 25, 1852 ; 
698. Nehemiah, 7 b. Aug. 18, 1849 ; 699. Sarah S., 7 b. May 20, 1852 ; 
700. Abigail E., 7 b. Sept. 10, 1856 ; 701. Albert S., 7 b. Feb. 4, 1S60. 
d. Oct., 1878. 

He m. 2d, (in Aug., 1862,) Kate Hazlitt, of Meriden. He is a farmer 
in Haddam. 

JAMES BURR, [281] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Lydia Dennison of Haddam. They had two chil.: 

702. Eliza, 7 b. 1806, m. in 1822, Eleazer Bailey, of Haddam. Their 
chil. were : I, Richard M., b. in Nov. 1823, m. Maria Bailey, of Haddam ; 
2. Lydia M., b. in July, 1S25, m. Porter Smith ; 3. Sarah S-, b. Jan. 19, 
1827, m. Dec, 1845, Joseph Clark, ins. agent, and in 1S76, assessor of the 
town, of Middletovvn, Ct.; they have four chil.: r. Caroline, b. May 1, 1846, 
m. Wilbur F. Kelsey of Portland, Ct., and has two chil. res. in New Haven, 
Ct. ; 2. Wilbur, b. Nov. 22, 1848, m. Jennie Hull of Killingworth, Ct., 
and has one child ; res. in Middletown ; 3. Albert, b. Dec. 25, 1851 ; 4. 
Martha, b. Aug. 29, 1855, m. L. A. Watkins of Jefferson Co., N. Y., and 
has two chil. ; 4. James, b. June, 1829, m. Martha Belden of Rocky Hill, 
Ct.; 5. Benni D., b. Nov., 1830 — a mem. of the 2d Conn. Cavalry, and 
killed at the battle of Beaver Dam, Va., in 1S65 ; 6. Eliza, b. Feb. 1H34, 



330 THE BURR FAMILY. 

d. June 8, 1869, ret. 35 ; 7- Matilda M., b. May, 1837, m. Jared Lewis, 
Jr., of Meriden ; 8. Daniel, b. 1S39, d. in inf. 

703. Lydia, 7 who m. Daniel Lane. 

JONATHAN BURR, 6 [282] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Demis Hubbard, b. Dec. 7, 1786. Their chil. were : 

704. Jonathan H., 7 b. Feb. 26, 1808, d. June 19, 1890 ; 705. 
Electa, b. Aug. 29, 1809, m. Asahel Pelton, of La Grange, N. Y., July 
19, 1836, d. Dec. 31, 1891. Mr. Pelton b. April 8, 1S01, d. Dec. 31, 1873. 
Children : 

I. Harriet, b. May 31, 1837, m. Edwin Ruthven Perkins, A.B., of 
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1858. Mr. Perkins was born at Tamworth, N. 
H., Feb. 20, 1833, and grad. from Dartmouth College 1857. Chil.: 1. 
Mary Witt, b. Oct. 29, 1866; 2. Harriet Pelton, b. Aug. 12, 1868, d. Feb. 
1, 1S90 ; 3. True, b. Sept. 4, 1873 ; 4. Edwin Ruthven, b. Apr. 23, 1S79, 
m. Emma Hunt, Nov. 28, 1900. 2. Anna Maria, b. Nov. 4. 1S38, m. 
Hiram Albert Crouch, Oct. 30, 1859, d. Oct. 14, 1884. Mr. Crouch was b. 
Dec. 10, 1S26. Chil.: 1. Edward, b. Feb. 3, 1S61, m. Mrs. Nancy R. 
Hughes, Apr. 11, 1889 ; 2. Howard Fletcher, b. Mar. 22, 1864 ; 3. Ellen 
Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1866 ; 4. Orpha, b. Aug. 12, 1868, d. Oct. — , 1869 ; 
5. John Wesley, b. June 14, 187 1 ; 6. Samuel Pelton, b. July 12, 1874; 
7. Clifford Barrett, b. Feb. 22, 1877, d. Feb. 7, 1887 ; 3. Phineas Doane, 
b. Mar. 17, 1840, d. Dec. 31, 1865 ; 4. Ellen Armenia, b. Aug. iS, 1841, 
d. Nov. 3, 1865 ; 5« Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1843 ; 6. Wallace, b. Mar. 
22, 1844, m. Eliza Curtis Howard, Nov. 25, 1868, at Buffalo, N. Y. Chil.: 
1. Harriet Electa, b. Oct. 12, 1869, d. May 18, 1874 ; 2. Austin Howard, 
1). May 28, 1S72; 3. Walter Curtis, b. Feb. 13, 1874; 4. Bessie Wadsworth, b. 
Oct. 25, 1876; 5. Samuel Adams, b. Oct. 28, 1S79 ; 6. Earn Wadsworth, 
b. Oct. 8, 1880; 7. Robert Burr, b. Sept. 16, 18S3. Of these chil.: Bessie 
VV. (4) m. Apr. 28, 1897, Harry J. Gruschus, and had one child: 1. 
Howard Goldberg, b. July 17, 1899 ; Austin Howard (2), m. July 27, 1897, 
Nettie Cherry, one child : Bernicc Electa, b. Nov. 25. 1898 ; Walter Cur- 
tis (3), m. Dec. 21, 1898, Minnie May Morse. 7« Orpha, b. Apr. 28, 1846, 
d. July 19, 1870; 8. Marilla, b. July 1, 1848, m. Benjamin H. Benedict, 
of Red Creek, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1870. Mr. Benedict d. Sept. 15, 1S86. Their 
chil. : 1. Lloyd P., b. Jan. 28, 1879 ; 2. Hope Orpha and 3. Holland 
Edward, b. June 22, 1880 ; 706. Hannah, 7 b. Jan. 20, 181 1, m. Darius 

Skinner, of Haddam, d. ; 707. Henry, 7 b. Feb. iS, 1813, d. in inf. ; 

708. Harriett,' b. Feb. 18, 1S13, d. in inf. ; 709. Edward, 7 b. Dec. 24, 

1N14; 710. Anna, 7 !). Jan. 20, 1818, unm., d. ; 711. Amasa, 7 b. 

Feb. 18, 1820, (1. Nov. 20, 1834; 712. Andrew, 7 b. Oct. 21, 1822 ; 713. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 33 1 

Mary A., 7 d. in inf. ; 714. Mary A., 7 b May 5, 1825, m. Wm. Rose, of 
Cleveland, 0.; 715. Demis Calista, 7 b. Aug. 23, 1827, m. Apr. 10, 1848, 
Albert Henry Derby, s. of Thomas S. and Mary (Porter) Derby, b. in 
Wallingford, Ct., Oct. 19, 1815. Mrs. Derby d. in Meriden, Ct., Jan. n, 
1889. Mr. Derby d. in New Haven, Ct., Dec. 21, 1865. Their chil. 
were: I. Frederic Burr, b. in Middletown, Ct., Mar. 13, 1S49, d. unm. 
in Meriden, Ct., May 1, 1883 ; Treasurer of the Manning-Bowman Co. 
and Auditor of the City of Meriden; 2. Alice Hubbard, b. Apr. 9, 1855, in 
New Haven, Ct., m. Aug. 29, 1901, to Henry Rosemann Lang, Professor 
of Romance Languages and Literatures in Yale University, son of the late 
Rev. Dr. Henry Lang and Constantine Lang, b. in Wartan, St. Gall, 
Switzerland, Sept. 22, 1853. 

716. Fannie, 7 b. Dec. 21, 1829, m. Ezra Bell Chamberlain of Cleve- 
land, O., May 18, 1853. Chil.: I. Frank B.,b. March 12, 1854 ; 2. Willie 
M..b. Oct. 23, 1855 ; 3. Howard B., b. July 14, 1859 ; 4. Winthrop B., b. 
Jan. 5, 1864; 5. Edwin Alfred, b. Oct. 21, 1865 ; 6. Maude H., b. Feb. 
5, 1869. Mrs. Chamberlain the m. d. Nov. 20, 1874. 717. Orpha, 7 
b. Apr. 20, 1833, d. in inf. Jonathan Burr the f. d. June 9, 1834, ast. 52 
yrs. (Tomb. Ponsett b.-g.). Mrs. Burr d. 1880. 

STEPHEN BURR, 6 [283] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Cynthia Hubbard, b. Dec. 13, 1789. Their chil. were : 

718. Angelina, 7 b. June 26, 1809, m. 1st, Ellsworth Blatchley, and 2d, 
Coleman Clark ; she had several chil., all d. in inf. ; Jl<). Philander, 7 b. 
Jan. 6, 181 1 ; 720. Ellsworth, 7 b. Dec. 1, 1813 ; 721. Levi, 7 b. Sept. 13, 
1816, d. at the West, Nov. 20, 1838 ; 722. Abigail, 7 b. Jan. 18, 1819, m. 
Linus Wilcox, and rem. to Durham, Hancock Co., 111. ; she has three 
chil.: I. Webster; 2. Cynthia ; 3. Harry. 723. Harris 7 ; 724. Ro- 
setta 7 , b. Nov. 25, 1823, d. Aug., 1S25 ; 725. Stephen H., 7 b. Nov. 18, 
1825 ; 726. Rosetta, 7 b. Aug. 27, 182S, m. Edwin Rockwell ; has chil.: 
I. Herbert, b. July 8, 1856 ; 2. Maude, b. Dec. 22, 1S59 ; 3. Bertha, b. 
July 25, 1862 ; 4. Margaret, b. Jan. 13, 187 1. She res. in Middletown. 

Mr. Stephen Burr d. Jan. 13, 1837 ; his wid., Cynthia, d. March 14, 
i854. 

GEORGE BURR, 6 [284] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Esther, dau. of David Spencer, of Haddam, Ct. Their chil. were : 

727. Elizabeth T., 7 b. Jan. 20, 1802, m. George Gray, of Middle- 
town ; 728. Cynthia S., 7 b. Apr. 28, 1814, m. Daniel Lane, of Haddam; 



332 THE BURR FAMILY. 

729. George W., 7 b. Apr. 12, 1816 ; 730. Esther M., 7 b. June 2, 1818, 
m. Atwood Scovil of Haddam ; 731. Susan B., 7 b. Aug. 23, 1822, d. 
unra. in 1862 ; 732. De Witt C., 7 b. July 7, 1825. 

DANIEL BURR," [285] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Betsey Wilcox, of Haddam. Chil. : 

733. Clarissa C., 7 m. David L. Spencer, and d. in 111. ; 734, 
Albert 7 ; 735. Julius W., 7 m. and res. in East Berlin, Ct. ; 736. 
Betsey H., 7 m. Albert Carter, and res. in Bristol, Ct. ; 737. Daniel A., 
res. in 111. ; 738. Clarinda A., 7 m. Fred. Chittenden, of Haddam, and 
res. in Minn. ; 739. Theodore J., 7 m. and res. in Harrison, Minn.; 
740. Diodate, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1824. 

LINUS BURR," [286] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Betsey Kelsey, of Killing worth, Nov. 11, 1824 ; their chil. were : 

741. Jonathan K., 7 b. Sept. 21, 1825 ; 742. Julia E., 7 b. Mar. 7, 
1827, m. May 8, 1849, to Philip North, of Middletown, Ct. They had one 
dau., Sarah S., b. Aug. 12, 1851. Mrs. North d. July 27, 1853. 

743. Hezekiah S., 7 b. Aug. 30, 1829, d. Sept. 12, 1829 ; 744. Jane 
C, b. Aug. 5, 1830, m. Aug. 3, 1S54, Rev. William T. Hill, of Redding, 
Ct. Mr. Hill was b. in Redding, Fairfield Co., Ct., July 22, 1830, but on 
the death of his father, which occurred five and one-half months after his 
birth, rem. with his mother to her old home in Newtown, Ct., where most 
of his early years were spent. He grad. at Wesleyan University, class of 
1854, and the same year entered upon his chosen work as a Methodist 
preacher, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1855 he joined the New York East Con- 
ference, and was stationed at Seymour, Ct. ; his next charge was at Strat- 
ford, Ct., where he remained two years ; the years 1859-60 he spent at 
West Winsted, Ct.; 1 861-2, Birmingham, Ct.; 1S63, New Canaan; 1864-6, 
Danbury ; 1867-8, Redding; 1869-71, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 1872, New 
Rochelle ; 1873, New Haven ; 1874-5, Jamaica, L. I. ; 1876-9, Presiding 
Elder of the New Haven Dist.; 1880-3, Presiding Elder of the N. Y. East 
Dist.; since which date he has been pastor in Redding, Brooklyn, Bridge- 
hampton, and Islip, L I. Their chil are: I. Emma E., b. July 30, 1856: 
2. William />'., b. Nov. 17, 1857, grad. at Yale Univ., 1881, and Yale 
Law School, 1883, since which time he has practised law in New York 
and Brooklyn. From a recent article in Brooklyn Life we extract the 
following : 

L ' Mr. Hill received his early education at Brooklyn Public School No. 
15. and at the age of fourteen went to Phillips Exeter Academy to prepare 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 333 

for college. He left the Academy at the end of the middle year of '77 
with the highest standing in his class, and entered Yale with the class of 
'So. An inherited weakness of the eyes caused the loss of one year in his 
college course, as it had already done in his preparatory course, and he 
spent the last three years with the class of '81, and graduated with that 
class. In college Mr. Hill attained a high rank in scholarship, and, in ad- 
dition, took an active part in the athletic, literary, and executive pursuits 
of the college world. He was chosen to speak at the junior exhibition of 
his class, and was a member of the senior board of the Yale Courant. 
While serving upon the Courant he inaugurated the movement which re- 
sulted in the purchase of the present athletic grounds of the college, and 
was secretary and treasurer of the first committee appointed for that pur- 
pose, and was the first secretary of the Yale Field Corporation. 

" After graduating from the college Mr. Hill entered the Yale Law 
School, graduating with the class of '83, and being selected as one of three 
from the class to deliver the Townsend orations on Commencement Day. 
He was prevented from speaking, however, by severe illness. While pur- 
suing his law studies he occupied the position of instructor in gymnastics 
and physical culture in the college. After completing his studies, Mr. 
Hill came to Brooklyn to practice his profession. After a short clerkship 
he started for himself, taking an office on Montague street. He was 
admitted to the bar in the spring of 1884. He continued to practise in 
Brooklyn until the Telegraph Building, in which his office then was, was 
torn down, when he removed his office to 52 Wall street, New York City. 
Mr. Hill has been identified with the formation and conduct of a number 
of Brooklyn and Long Island corporations, business and social. He 
was the organizer and first counsel of the People's Trust Company, and 
is now a trustee of that institution. He incorporated the Greenport 
Water Company, the Water-Works Company of Plainfield, and the Sag 
Harbor Water Company, of which last he is now the secretary and 
counsel. He incorporated the Young Women's Christian Association 
and the Shelter Island Yacht Club, of which last he was for a number of 
years secretary and treasurer and a member of the annual regatta com- 
mittee. He incorporated the Crescent Athletic Club, of which corporation 
he is now, for the third term, secretary, having been treasurer for one term, 
and took an active part in the purchasing of the grounds of this club at 
Bay Ridge recently, and in financiering therefor. He is now also a mem- 
ber of the governing and building and finance committees of the club. 
Besides being a member of the Crescent Athletic Club, he is a member 
of the Hamilton Club." 

Mr. Hill m. Apr. 2, 1891, Illie Crawford, dau. of Mr. Dwight P. 



334 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Clapp, of Brooklyn. One son : William Burr Hill, ^V„ b. May 
17, 1892. 

3. Cyrus Foss, b. Aug. 12, 1859, grad. at Phillips Exeter Academy, 
'78, and Yale, *8i, m. May 26, 1S85, Kate, dau. of Mr. William A. Giles, 
of Chicago, 111. Two sons were born : 1. William G., d. Sept. 1, 1886, 
and 2. Cyrus, b. June 2, 1890. Mr. Hill d. of typhoid fever in Milwaukee, 
Wis., Nov. 16, 1889. The following just and appreciative tribute to his 
memory is from the pen of John C. Grant, Principal of the Harvard 
School, Chicago : 

' The writer of this short sketch does not hope to glorify the work of 
Mr. Hill's brief life. His labors are their own sufficient monument. 
But he wishes that all men might know what Christian good-fellowship 
has done for one man, and what that man, by it, was enabled to do. 
The plea is not for more learning or for more seriousness or earnestness 
in our young men, but for more of the quality of joy and hope, which was 
Mr. Hill's inspiration. Mr. Hill's success in Milwaukee was the natural 
result of the same courage which made him so thoroughly esteemed in 
Chicago. From an institution which had been languishing through the 
illness and subsequent death of its former principal, the Milwaukee 
Academy became again popular and extremely useful. As a Director in 
the Young Men's Christian Association, as a Deacon in the Presbyterian 
Church, and as a Sunday-School Superintendent and tireless worker in 
every good cause, he showed what a young man could do when inspired 
by the highest Christian motives. As in Chicago, so in Milwaukee, a 
wide circle of most desirable friends was gained during his brief resi- 
dence, and his death was a loss alike to the religious, educational, and 
social life of the city. On the recommendation of Prof. Thatcher, he 
became Instructor in the Harvard School, Chicago, where he remained 
until his removal to Milwaukee, when, in company with Mr. Isaac Thomas, 
(Yale, 'Si) he purchased the Milwaukee Academy. In his work in both 
schools he more than justified the unusual confidence which Prof. Thatcher 
had in his character and ability. As a teacher, he was laborious, pains- 
taking, and thorough ; as a Yale man, loyal and enthusiastic ; as a 
companion, amiable and sensible." 

4. Ellen, b. May 7, 1862. 

745. Ellen M., 7 b Aug. 2, 1X32, m. John M. Yan Yleck, May 2, 
1854. Prof. Yan Yleck was b. March 4, 1 S33, in Stone Ridge, Ulster Co., 
N. Y. Grad. class of 1S50 at Wesleyan Univ.; same year became a 
teacher of mathematics in the Conf. Sem., at Greenwich, R. I., and a few 
months later assistant in the Nautical Almanac office, Cambridge, Mass. 
In 1853 he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in the Wes- 






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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 335 

leyan Univ., and in 1858, Prof, of Mathematics and Astronomy in that in- 
stitution. This position he held until 1877, when he asked for and 
obtained leave of absence for one year. Prof, and Mrs. Van Vleck have 
fourchil.: I. Anna, b. Apr. 30, 1856; 2. Clara, b. Aug. 29, 1859; 3. 
Edivard Burr, b. June 7, 1863 ; 4. Jane, b. Sept. 5, 1864. 

746. Linus E., 7 b. Aug. 4, 1834; 747. Cynthia E., 7 b. Nov. 30, 
1836, d. Jan. 3, 1841 ; 748. Wilbur F., 7 b. Apr. 26, 1S33 ; 749. Edson 
W., 7 b. Mar. 29, 1841 ; 750. George E., 7 b. Nov. 2, 1843. 

Mr. Linus Burr d. Jan. 17, 1851, in Middletovvn, Ct. 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [292] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Sarah Johnson, of Haddam. Their chil. are : 

751. Martin L., 7 b. May 18, 1813 ; 752. David C., 6 b. Dec. 28, 1814 ; 
753- William H., 7 b. July 2, 1817 ; 754. Nelson, 7 b. Mar. 19, 1819, 
d. Aug. 17, 1866 ; 755. Sylvester, 7 b. Apr. 3, 1S22 ; 756. A dau. d. Apr. 
11, 1825, jet. 11 days ; 757. Joanna, 7 b. Apr. 26, 1826, m. Daniel H. 
Pryor, of Middletown ; has one son: 1. Daniel. 758. Sarah, 7 b. July 21, 
1829, m. Halsey Thomas, of Middletown ; chil.: 1. Willie. 2. Alice. 759. 
Aaron, 7 b. May 2, 1832. 

William the f. d. May 3, 1833, tet. 40 yrs. (Tombstone Haddam b.-g.) 
His wid. Sarah d. Nov. 6, 1865, ast. 71 yrs. 

GEN. TIMOTHY BURR, 6 [294] of Rochester, N. Y., 

was b. at Hartford, Ct. and succeeded his father in business there. He m. 
Mary, dau. of Dea. Aaron Chapin, a jeweller of Hartford, a man of great 
integrity and moral worth, and of distinguished family — one which has 
contributed many talented men to the professions, and especially to the 
ministry ; among the latter such men as Rev. E. H. Chapin, Rev. E. L. 
Chapin, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who had Chapin blood in his veins. 
It was said that Gen. Timothy Burr, Jr., from his youth up was very fond 
of military life. In time of peace he was General of a Connecticut militia 
brigade, which was composed of many who were too poor to buy their own 
uniforms and equipment, and he supplied the deficiency from his own 
purse. He was a true patriot and a very popular officer. Hinman, in his 
work on the early Connecticut settlers, styles him "a splendid officer." 
About 181 1 he moved to Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and on the breaking out of 
the war of 181 2 was made Commissary-General of the Western Army. 
He was stationed at Ogdensburgh, and when that post was burned by the 
British, his family were forced to flee for their lives, alone and on foot, to 



336 THE BURR FAMILY. 

escape the barbarities of the enemy. Subsequently he resided at Water- 
town and at Henderson, N. Y. In 1S21 he moved to Rochester, N. Y., 
then a village of a few frame houses and few inhabitants. He was identi- 
fied with the interests of that flourishing city until his death. He was a 
man of great public spirit, and largely interested in all enterprises for the 
public good, and among others took an active part in erecting the old Brick 
or 2d Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. William James was the first 
pastor. 

Gen. Timothy Burr and Mary Chapin were blessed with a family of 
thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, as follows : 

760. Timothy, 7 3d, b. 1800 ; 761. Mary K, 7 who m. Deacon Board- 
man Hubbard, of Springfield, Mass. They had no chil. Mrs. Hubbard 
survived her husband many years, which she spent in her brother James's 
family, at Ludlowville, where she exerted a good Christian influence. She 
died very suddenly at Ludlowville, in 1867 ; 762. Susan Maria, 7 b. in 
1804, d. in 1871, was never married; 763. Albert Chapin, 7 b. 1806; 
764. Alexander Jay, 7 b. 1808 ; 765. Thomas,' b. in 1S10, was acci- 
dentally drowned in a well while quite young ; 766. Henry Laertes, 7 
b. in 181 2, d. 1S86 ; 767. James A., 7 b. in Watertown, N.Y., 1814 ; 768. 
Cornelius A., 7 b. 1816 ; 769. Julia Ann, 7 b. in 1818, m. at Rochester to 
Thomas E. Hastings, a merchant of Rochester, afterwards of Syracuse. 
She died there about 1843. Thomas was a son of Orlando Hastings, Esq., 
an eminent lawyer, with whom he studied in his earlier years. They have 
no children living ; 77°- Harriet E., 7 was born in 1820 at Henderson, 
New York, died 1881 ; was married at Rochester, in 1S41, to Alfred S. 
Barnes, who had been in business in Hartford, Philadelphia, and after- 
wards became celebrated as the publisher of numerous religious and 
educational works in William Street, under the firm name of A. S. Barnes 
& Co. He died Feb. 18, 1888. They had five sons and five daughters, as 
follows : I. Alfred Cutler, born Oct. 27, 1842, who married Josephine, 
daughter of Henry A. Richardson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Barnes d. 
Oct. 25, 1899. They had three children ; two daus., 1. Harriet Josephine, 
who m. Truman H. Newberry of Detroit, Mich., and has one dau., Carol 
Barnes, and twin sons, Barnes and Phelps ; 2. Alary Grace, who d. Jan. 7, 
1873 ; and a son, 3. Alfred Victor, now Supt. of manufacturing for the 
American Book Co. Alfred C. Barnes succeeded his father as the head of 
A. S. Barnes & Co. When the firm sold its educational books to the 
American Book Co. in 1890 he became vice president of that corporation. 
He founded the Astor Place Bank and is still its president. As a mem- 
ber of the Seventh Regt., Nat. Guard of New York, he was one of the 
first to march to the front at the outbreak of the Civil War. In the 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 337 

course of a somewhat intermittent later service he has been Colonel 
of the 13th Regiment, Colonel of the 23d Regiment, Brigadier-General 
and General Inspector of Rifle Practice, etc. Though at times active 
in politics, Gen. Barnes has never held any political office except as 
Trustee of the Brooklyn Bridge, to which he received six unsolicited con- 
secutive appointments during the period of construction, and several im- 
portant features were of his devising. He has been tendered nominations 
for Congress, for Controller, and for Mayor of Brooklyn, and later for the 
mayoralty of Greater New York, all of which were declined. In social 
life, General Barnes is known as the founder and first president of the 
Oxford Club of Brooklyn, and subsequently became and is now president 
of the Aldine Club of Manhattan. He is also identified with the Hamil- 
ton and Tuxedo Clubs. He is chairman of the Associated Banks of New 
York City, commander of Post Lafayette G. A. R., trustee of Cornell Uni- 
versity (where he endowed a geddetic observatory), and of Cornell Medi- 
cal College in New York, ex-president of the Brooklyn Library, ex-trustee 
of the Polytechnic and Adelphi Colleges, of the Brooklyn Hospital, 
etc. 

2. Mary Chapin, who was born May 25, 1844, and was m. to Rev. 
Charles Ray Palmer, for many years pastor of the First Congregational 
Church, Bridgeport, Conn., now residing in New Haven, Ct. They had 
two children : 1. Alfred Barnes, and 2. Edith Burr. The mother, Mary 
C, died April 24, 1888. Alfred Barnes Palmer (1) B.A. Yale, d. Apr. 14, 
1892. Edith Burr (2) m. May 5, 1900, to Arthur E. Foote, son of Sher- 
man F. and Mary R. Foote, of New Haven, Ct. Has one son, Ray ■ 
Palmer Foote, b. May 15, 1901. They res. in New York City. 3. Henry 
Burr, born Dec. 14, 1845, married Elizabeth, daughter of Courtland P. 
Dixon, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have six children : 1. Elizabeth Wil- 
liams, m. William Brevoort Potts, Nov. 8, 1900. They have one child, 
William Brevoort, Jr. 2. Henry Burr, Jr.; 3. Priscilla Dixon, m. Mar- 
shall Jewell Dodge, Sept. 5, 1900, 4. Sarah Palmer, 5. Courtland, and 6. 
Thomas. He is a graduate of Yale College, was editor of the International 
Review, and now owns and conducts the business of A. S. Barnes & Co. 
4. Sarah Frances, born Aug. 8, 1847, married Frederick D. Blake, a com- 
mission merchant of New York. They have had twelve children, six are 
living : 1. Daisy, 2. Amy, 3. Harriet, 4. Frederick, 5. Adaline, 6. Bertram. 
5. Harriet £., born Dec. 2, 1849, married, Feb. 8, 1877, Gen. Lucius 
A. Barbour, of Hartford, Conn., d. Nov. 8, 1899. They had two children: 
1. Lucius Barnes, b. Feb. 1, 1878, m. C. Cordelia Hilliard, Oct. 2, 1901 ; 
and 2. Harriet Burr, b. July 22, 1879. 6. Edwin Morris, born June 19, 
1852, married Josephine Smith, of New Jersey. They have three children: 



338 THE BURR FAMILY. 

i. Ethel, 2. Mortimer, 3. Ruth. He is president of the Barnes Real Es- 
tate Association. 7* Richard Storrs, born Nov. 21, 1854, married Harriet 
Barbour, of Hartford. They have three children : 1. Roderic, 2. Louise, 
3. Goodrich (d. May 30, 1899). He is retired, with large financial interests. 
Is an enthusiastic art collector. 8. William DeLuce, born Dec. 17, 1856, 
married Mabel Harding, of Mass. They have two children : 1. Clarence, 
2. William. He is connected with the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. 9. Annie 
Robinson, b. March 10, 1859, m. George D. Mackay. They have five 
children : 1. Madaline, 2. Donald, 3. Hugh, 4. Alfred, 5. Lois. 10. Emily 
Thorp, b. Aug. 16, 1861, m. Thomas M. Turner. Chil.: 1. Harold, 2. 
Spencer. 

771. Caroline J., 7 was b. at Rochester, N. Y., died July 3, 1900, m. to 
Thomas E. Hastings, of Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1847, and had four 
sons : I. Orlando Burr, b. April 30, 1849, at Rochester, m. and has one 
dau.; 2. Thomas Edicnn, b. July 23, 185 1, at Brooklyn, N. Y., d. July 30, 
1852 ; 3. Frederick Emmons, b. Feb. 20, 1856, at Brooklyn, m., has one 
son, now in business in Philadelphia, Pa.; 4. Arthur Chapin, b. July 13, 
1S60, in Brooklyn, N. Y., m. and has three sons. He is in the paper 
manufacturing business at Niagara Falls. Thomas E. Hastings the f. d. 
at Northampton, Mass., March 27, 1875. 

772. Emily Cornelia, 7 was b. at Rochester, N. Y., died Jan. 10, 
1899, was m. to Mr. James H. Thorp, of the firm of J. H. Thorp & Co., 
New York. They have no children living. She was very much inter- 
ested in the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum and other kindred benevolent 
institutions. 

Gen. Timothy Burr d. in 1832, a victim of the fearful cholera epidemic 
that then devastated the country. His w., Mary Chapin, d. at the same 
time of the same disease. 

EDWIN BURR," [295] of New York, 

never married, became an eminent marine lawyer in New York, and d. at 

sixty years of age, very wealthy. 

CALVIN BURR", [296] of New York, 

m. Miss Miller, a sister of Mrs. Dr. Foote, of Ludlowville, N. Y. They 
had two chil. who d. in infancy, and a dau.: 

773. Emily, 7 who d. set. 21 years. Mr. Burr m. 2d, Miss Hosmer, of 
Hudson, N. Y. No chil. 

Calvin and Nathan Burr went into business at Ludlowville about the 
same time, and at a later date Henry L. Burr became a partner. They 
pursued the mercantile business for some thirty years very successfully, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 339 

when Mr. Nathan Burr retired and moved to Auburn. Mr. Calvin Burr 
soon sold out and moved to New York. They both sold to H. L. Burr, 
and he sold to Messrs. Lord and Burr in 1844. Calvin Burr lived to the 
ripe old age of 97 years. He died in New York, 1889, and his remains 
were interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, at Ludlowville, where his wife and 
children were buried. He was said to be worth four or five millions of 
dollars at his death. 

JOSEPH BURR, 6 [302] of Ludlowville, N. Y., 

never married. He d. just as he was entering on a promising business 
career, and is buried at Ludlowville. He left a large estate. 

WILLIAM M. BURR, 6 [303] of Cazenovia, N. Y., 

m. Nov. 14, 1825, Catharine Ten Eyck, dau. of Harmanus Ten Eyck, and 
Margaret Bleecker, of Albany. She was born Sept. 30, 1798. Their 
chil. were: 

774. Margaret Ten Eyck, 7 b. Mar. 28, 1827, m. Sept. 8, 1847, 
Benjamin Rush Wendell, b. 1822, son of Peter Wendell and Elizabeth 
Van Kleeck, and grandson of Jacob Wendell and Gertrude Lansing, of 
Albany. Their chil. were : I. William Burr, b. July 2, 1849, d. Aug. 23, 
1849; 2. Herman, b. Aug. 2, 1850, d. Jan. 20, 1S52 ; 3. Burr, b. Nov. 29, 
1853, m. June 8, 18S1, Emily Lentilhon Smith ; their dau., Margaret Ten 
Eyck, was b. Mar. 3, 1882 ; 4. Benjamin Rush, b. Nov. 13, 1855, m. Sarah 
Swift, Apr. 25, 1S95; 5. Ten Eyck, b. Nov. 7, 1857, m. Mary Dwight 
Foote, June 1, 1898; their son, Ten Eyck Wendell, Jr., b. July 19, 1899. 

775. William M., 7 b. June 15, 1831 ; 776. Catalina Ten Eyck, 7 
b. Sept. 4, 1S30, d. Aug. 4, 1832 ; 777. Anna Foster, 7 b. May 10, 1837, 
m. Sept. 30, 1863, Robert J. Hubbard, of New York. Their chil. were : I. 
William Burr, b. Aug. 21, 1869, d. Mar. 28, 1870; 2. Robert Frederick, b. 
in Paris, France, May 25, 1876. She d. in Cazenovia, N. Y., July 28, 1884. 

Mr. William M. Burr d. in Cazenovia, January 18, 1869, leaving a 
large estate. His wife d. May 28, 1865. 

NATHAN BURR, 6 [304] of Auburn, N. Y., 

m. Harriet A., dau. of Charles L. Porter and Amelia Burr [171], of East 
Hartford, Conn., settled at Auburn, N. Y., early in life, and d. there in 
1863; his widow still res. in Auburn; their chil. are: 

778. Emily Jane, 7 who m. in 1862, Edward K. Beach; 779. Charles 
P. 7 ; 780. Harriet A., 7 m. Charles E. Thorne in 1870, d. 1902; 781. 
Elizabeth T. E., 7 m. Rev. Frederick G. Kendall in 1875. 



340 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CHAUNCEY BURR," [305] of Hartford, Ct., 

m March 10, 1822, Sarepta Allen, of Windsor, who was b. Sept. 19, 1796. 
Their chil. are: 

782. Edwin A.,' b. Oct. 12, 1822 ; 783. Louise T.,' b. March 25, 
1825, m. George Merrill, of Buffalo, and has chil.: I. Burr, 2. John, 3. 
Charles, 4. Mary, 5. Lulu. She res. in Erie, Pa. 

784. George S., 7 b. Feb. 14, 1827 ; 785. Robert M./ b. Sept. 24, 

1829, unm., res. in Graniteville, Nevada Co., Cal.; 786. Emmeline M., 7 
b. May 29, 1833, m. John Cohn, of Cal., has chil.: I. Belle, 2. Frank, and 
others; res. in Graniteville, Cal. 

787. Jane G., 7 b. May 21, 1836, m. William Powell, of Graniteville, 
Cal. 

Chauncey the f. d. in Hartford, Nov. 30, 1865. 

MOSES BURR/' [306] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Lydia Whipple, of Hartford. Chil.: 

788. Mary 7 ; 789. Lydia 7 ; 790. Maria 7 ; 791. John 7 ; 792. 
Frank 7 ; 793. William. 7 

SIDNEY BURR/ [307] of Buffalo, N. Y., 

m. Aug. 28, 1822, Hannah, dau. of Pardee Baker, of Hartford, and settled 
in Buffalo; they had no children of their own and adopted a little girl, 
who grew to womanhood, married, sickened, and died, leaving a son, 
Charles Burr Butler, who now resides with his grandmother, Mrs. Burr, 
in Buffalo. 

Mr. Sidney Burr d., 1863, in Buffalo. 

JOHN BURR/ [310] of Beloit, Wis., 
m. , has four daughters, all married. He resides in Beloit, Wis. 

HEZEKIAH BURR, 6 [313] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. 1 819, Lucy Fenn, b. at Terryville, Ct., 1790. Chil.: 

798. Lucy F., 7 b. 1820, d. in inf. ; 799. Jane, 7 b. 1821, d. in 1835 \ 
800. Henry L.,' b. 1824, m. Amelia Hill, of Hartford — no chil.; 801. 
Edward, 7 b. 1826; 802. Jason L.,' !>. 1828; 803. Martha L., 7 b. 

1830, m. 1850, Charles L. Thayer, of Worcester, Mass., and has two chil.: 
1. Edward L., and 2. Anna. 

Hezekiah the f. d. Jan. 8, 1856, in Hartford. Mrs. Lucy Burr d. Jan. 
5, 1878, in Springfield, Mass. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 341 

EDWARD M. BURR, 8 [314] of St. Louis, Mo., 

m. Charlotte, dau. of Jonathan Carleton and Mary Edson, of Bath, Mass., 
in Cincinnati, O., Feb. 2, 1830. Their chil. were: 

804. Mary Jeanette, 7 b. 1832, m. in 1853 G. S. Owen, who d. in 
1864. Her chil. are : I. Benjamin Franklin, 2. Emma Bell, 3. Thomas, 
4. Charles £., 5. Emma, 6. Xenno. Mrs. Owen m. 2d, Mark E. Lemon; 
no chil. 

Benjamin Franklin (i) m. Mary Cramer. Chil.: 1. Frank, 2. Thomas, 
3. Edward, 4. Xenno, and three daus. not reported. 

805. Willard Fairchild, 7 b. 1834 ; 806. Ralph Lowe, 7 b. 1839, 
d. 1842 ; 807. Horace Edward, 7 b. 1841, d. 1846 ; 808. Charles 
Solomon, 7 b. 1843, d. 1844; 809. J. Calvin, 7 b. 184S ; 810. Louada, 7 
b. 1852, m. Augustus Rude, of St. Louis, 1870, d. 1886. Chil.: I. Minnie, 
who m. William Furlong, of Cleveland, O., and has a son, 1. Norman 
Burr; 2. Charles, 3. Addie, d. in inf. 

811. Frank Edson, 7 b. 1854, d. 1859. 

Mr. Burr was a dealer in saddlery hardware, a member of the Pres. 
Ch., having been bapt. by Dr. Lyman Beecher. He d. in St. Louis in 1854. 

ALLEN BURR, 6 [326] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Mrs. Ann Isham Porter, Feb. 24, 1836. They have one son only: 

812. William A., 7 b. Dec. 13, 1837; unm. and residing at West 
Hartford, Ct. 

Mr. Allen Burr was living in 1879 at the age of 90. These two are 
the only male des. of Samuel Burr, of Hartford. 

CAPT. THOMAS BURR, 6 [335], 

m. Mary Russell, of Montreal, Canada, by whom he had: 

813. Frederick Robbins, 7 814. Lydia, 7 815. Mary, 7 perhaps 
others. Capt. Burr was a sea captain, commanding vessels which sailed 
from Montreal to South American and European ports. Have no further 
particulars of his life. He died in the West Indies on one of his voyages. 

HORACE BURR, 6 [334] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Apr. 24, 1804, Elizabeth Hinsdale, of Hart., b. Mar. 16, 1780; she d. 
Dec. 17, 1847. He d. Oct. 2, 1863, aet. 82 yrs.; their chil. were: 

816. Henry, 7 b. Aug. 8, 1806 ; 817. Elizabeth, 7 b. Aug. 28, 1807, 
m. Oct. 30, 1828, Joseph B. Hyde, and had chil.: I. Carlos IV., b. Aug. 



342 THE BURR FAMILY. 

30, 1829, d. Dec. 14, 1842; 2. Maria C, b. Dec. 29, 1831,(3. June 2, 1889; 
3. jfoscp/i H., b. Jan. 15, 1834, d. Sept. 1, 1834 ; 4. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 
1838, m. Melville E. Mead; 5- Francis B., b. Aug. 11, 1840, d. Feb. 7, 
1S82; 6. Joseph B., b. Aug. 5, 1842, d. May 27, 1890. Joseph B. Hyde 
d. Apr. to, 1847, set. 37 yrs.; his wid., Elizabeth, Jan. 29, 1871. 818. 
Maria, 7 b. Aug. 20, 1809, m. Charles Abernethy, Oct. 30, 1828, d. Jan. 26, 
1868. 819. William Horace, 7 b. Sept. 30, 1811. 

820. Cornelia Wyllys, 7 b. July 27, 1813, m. Charles R. Smith, and 
has chil.: I. Nathan, b. 1832 ; 2. William H., 3. Cornelia, 4. Maria A , 
b. Oct. 8, 1841, d. Sept., 18, 1850. 820a. Melancthon, 7 b. June 28, 
1815 ; 820b. George S., 7 b. Aug. n, 181S, d. Nov. 17, 1821 ; 820c. 
George Edward, 7 b. July 29, 1822, d. about 1863. 

Mr. Horace Burr was for many years cashier of the Hartford Bank, and 
was well known to the New England people of his day. 

CHARLES J. BURR/ [336] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Jan. 25, 182 1, Lucy Sedgwick, b. Jan. 13, 1793. Chil. : 

820d. Lucy J., 7 b. Jan. 21, 1822, m. Ethan M. Holcomb and had 
chil. : I. Albert Sedgwick, b. May t, 1843, dec. ; 2. Edwin S., b. Nov. 7, 
J 845 ; 3. Emma F., b. Jan. 15, 1848, d. Oct. 13, 1849 ; 4. Fannie I., b. 
April 22, 1850. Mrs. Holcomb, d. Dec. 19, 1885. Of these chil. : Edwin 
S. (2) m. Fannie Loomis, of Springfield, Mass., and had one child, 
Wallace j Fannie I. (4) m. Wilber Griffin and had 1. Minnie, 2. Florence, 
3. May, 4. Le Roy, 5. Frank. 820e. Elizabeth Maria, 7 b. Nov. 21, 1823. m. 
Dr. Theodore Sperry, of Hartford, and d. Aug. 1 1, 1841, leaving one child, 
Elizabeth M., who m. Aug. 2, 1869, Charles T. Work, of Hartford (brother 
of Henry C. Work, author of " Marching through Georgia," " Grandfather's 
Clock," and other popular songs). Their children are : 1. Gertrude, b. 
Jan. 7, 1870, and 2. Theodore, b. Aug. 9, 1872. Gertrude m. James C. 
Thorn, of New York City, Aug. 21, 1888, one child, Reginald, b. Sept. r, 
1889, d. July 17, 1890. Mrs. Sperry d. Aug. 12, 1843. 820f. George, 7 
b. Aug. 31, 1825 ; 820g. Sarah Isabella, 7 b. Sept. 1, 1831,111. George W. 
Cooley, of Springfield, Mass., had I. George Barton, b. Sept. 30, 1S65. 
Mrs. Cooley d. May 12, 1880. 820h. Francis Anna, 7 b. Nov. 6, 1835, 
m. Charles H. Parsons, of Worthington, Mass., and has two chil. : I. Louis 
C, b. March 26, 1862, m. Harriet Folliet, no chil. : and 2. Henry Burr, 
b. April 27, 1S70. They res. in Columbus, O. Mr. Charles H. Parsons 
served through the late war as First Lieut., Co. H., 133d Regt. O. V. Inf. 
Charles J. Burr, d. Aug. 12, 1851, his w., Lucy, Aug. 12, 1874. Mr. 
Burr was for many years a printer in the office of the Hartfort Courant. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 343 

NORMAND BURR, 6 [340] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth S. Bunce. Their chil. are : 

820i. Francis W. 7 ; 821. Anna, 7 m. William Gilbert, and has a son I. 

Normand, b. 1867. Mr. Normand Burr d. Dec. 5, 1S61. He was for 
some years editor of the Christian Secretary, an influential Baptist 
publication. 

LEVERETT BURR, 6 [343] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Orvelia K. Howe, June 3, 1833. Chil. : 

822. James H., 7 d. about 1880 ; 823. Warren H., 7 d. Feb. 4, 1884. 
Mr. Leverett Burr d. July 13, 1848. 

ALFRED E. BURR/' [346] of Hartford, Ct. 

Alfred E. Burr, for nearly sixty years editor and proprietor of the 
Hartford Times, and which he made the ablest and most influential paper 
of Connecticut, died in Hartford, January 8, 1900. Few men have 
achieved so long, useful and honorable a career ; few have been so well 
content to be " the power behind the throne," to work for the good of 
their party, state, country, fellow-men, without desire of honor or reward. 

For nearly fifty years Mr. Burr was at the head of the Democratic party 
in Connecticut, his advice sought by its leaders and exerting the greatest 
weight in its councils. During much of this time his party was in power, 
and he could have had almost any office in its gift, state or national, but 
he would have none, preferring his position as editor of its leading news- 
paper. He was, however, a member of the General Assembly in 1853, and 
again in 1866, and he was chairman of the State Commission which built 
the present capitol at Hartford, in which position he rendered the State 
efficient service, the capitol being well built and within the appropriation. 

Mr. Burr began his career as an apprentice with Messrs. George Good- 
win & Co., publishers of the Connecticut Courant, with whom he secured a 
thorough knowledge of the printer's art. 

On the 1st of January, 1839, he purchased a half interest in the Hart- 
ford Titties (which had been established in 181 7, with the late Hon. John 
M. Miles as editor, and Frederick Bolles as publisher), and, in connection 
with Hon. Henry A. Mitchell, continued the publication of the paper as 
a weekly and semi-weekly until the 1st of January, 1841, when he pur- 
chased the entire interest of the Times establishment. 

He began the publication of the Daily Times March 2, 1841, and 
continued to issue it regularly until his death. In 1854 his brother, 
Franklin L., became associate editor, and in 1870 an equal partner in the 



344 THE BURR FAMILY. 

publication of the Times, the copartnership thus formed being known as 
the firm of Burr Brothers, and which continued in name until his death in 
1900, although as a matter of fact he purchased his brother's interest 
in 1888. 

The following estimate of Mr. Burr's personal character was written 
by one who knew him intimately : 

" Of his private life it should be noted that it was singularly cheerful 
and beneficent. His tastes were simple and thoroughly democratic, but 
of the democracy that does not forget what is due to others and to one's 
self. He was fond of the open air, and in his earlier life was a good shot 
and a successful fisherman. He was one of the earlier visitors to the 
Adirondack^, long before that region became a popular resort, and in the 
old times, when the woodcock season began July 4, he used to shoot many 
woodcock every summer in the meadow swales along the river. The 
range of his sympathies was wide and he was as ready to give time and 
thought as money when an appeal was made to him. His practical inter- 
est in the Good Will Club is merely one familiar instance of his readiness 
to further any reasonable attempt to improve the condition of groups or 
of individuals. To the public he was an able editor and politician ; to 
those who knew him in private life he was pre-eminently a good man. 
Fortunate is he who unites both titles as he did." 

On the 1 8th of April, 1841, Mr. Burr was married to Miss Sarah A. 
Booth, daughter of Abner Booth, of Meriden, Ct., by whom he had three 
children : 

824. Edmund L., 7 b. Feb. n, 1842, d. Nov. 3, 1845 ; 825. William 
Olcott, 7 b. Sept. 27, 1843 ; 826. Sarah E., 7 b. May 15, 1847, m. Jan. 22, 
1874, Dr. James McManus, of Hartford. 

LUTHER SAVAGE BURR, 6 [347] of Memphis, Tenn., 

m. Jane M. Farrar, of Memphis. Their chil. are : 

827. Charles, 7 b. 1848, res. in Memphis, Tenn. : 828. Ella, 7 b. 1850, 
m. to Walter L. Parker, of Memphis ; 829. Luther, 7 b. 1853, drowned 
when a lad ; 830. Ada, 7 b. Nov., 1859. 

Mr. Burr d. in Memphis in 1890. 

CHARLES COOLEY BURR/ [348] of Washington, D. C, 

was educated at Newbury Coll. and ordained a minister of the Prot. Meth. 
Church. He m., 1st, Amelia D. Oilman, of Nashua, June 3, 1845. 
Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 345 

831. Emma, 7 m. Arthur W. Fiske of Washington, D. C. 832. Mary 
E., 7 who d. Nov. 21, 1865. Mr. Burr m., 2d, Jane M. Perry of Wash., 
and had a dau., 833. Addie P., 7 b. 1870. He d. Jan. 29, 1876. 

FRANKLIN L. BURR, 9 [351] of Hartford, Ct. 

Mr. Burr was for many years managing editor and associate proprietor 
of the Hartford Titties. An enthusiast in the pursuit of his profession, a 
man of great executive ability, and a ready writer, he aided largely in put- 
ting the Times in the front rank of the Connecticut press. He m. Apr. 13, 
1854, Miss Elizabeth W. Merrow, of Hartford. Their chil. were : 834. 
Mary C., 7 b. May 13, 1855. 835. Frederick W., 7 b. Feb. 12, 1857, d. 
Oct. 15, 1878. 836. Emily W., 7 b. Dec. 10, 1859, d. March 16, 1883. 
Mr. Franklin L. Burr d. Feb. 5, 1901. The following appreciative sketch 
of his career we copy from the Hartford Times : 

" Mr. Franklin L. Burr, one of the editors of the Hartford Times for 
nearly fifty years, died at his home, No. 136 Windsor Avenue, at 10:30 
this (Tuesday) forenoon. He had been in failing health for over five 
years, and had not been actively engaged on the Times for more than a 
year. The last visit to the office, to occupy his desk, was on the 4th of 
May. For some four years previous to that time, Mr. Burr, when not 
absent from the city for the benefit of his health, came to the office for an 
hour or two each day, and generally wrote on matters which especially 
interested him. Our readers know how well he always dealt with his 
subject. 

" Mr. Burr's illness became extremely severe three months ago. From 
a cold and an attack of the grip, on Friday last, pneumonia set in on Sun- 
day, superinduced by pleuritic effusion, and all hope of his recovery from 
the attack, or even of prolonging his life for more than a day or two, was 
then abandoned. The disease from which he had suffered for the past five 
years, paralysis agitans, attacked him in the early part of the year 1S95. 
Every effort to stay its progress failed. The paralysis steadily progressed 
and continually undermined his constitution and vitality, until his system 
was completely broken down. The attack of pneumonia simply ran its 
course, and he passed away some forty-eight hours after its development. 

" Mr. Burr's sufferings were severe — very severe ; those outside of his 
family hardly realize how intense. He never complained. He bore it all 
with fortitude, and at times discussed his condition with a full knowledge 
of the symptoms of the disease and its slow but sure progress. It was his 
desire to go, and he so expressed himself to his family. 

" While Mr. Burr wrote to some extent on political matters, especially 
on important national questions, he also took a comprehensive interest 



346 THE BURR FAMILY. 

and a laboring oar during a State or city canvass. With the single excep- 
tion of a term as water commissioner (1889-1891), he never held public 
office. His home and outdoor life were his delights. 

'Franklin Lewis Burr was born in Hartford, December 9, 1827, and 
was thus in his 74th year. Like his elder brother, Alfred E. Burr, he 
learned the printer's trade, serving an apprenticeship and for a number of 
years as a journeyman in the Times office. In 1854 he married Miss Eli- 
zabeth Merrow of Mansfield, and for the next two years held a position in 
the Navy Department at Washington, returning to Hartford in 1856, 
where he had since resided. He had three children, a son and two 
daughters. The son Frederick Woodbridge Burr, a young man of much 
promise, died in October, 1878, in his 2 2d year, soon after entering the 
office of the Dime Savings Bank in this city. The second daughter, 
Emily Winifred, died in March, 1883, at the age of 20. Miss Mary 
Crocker Burr and her venerable mother survive. Miss -Francis Ellen Burr, 
his youngest sister, is the only survivor of a family of fourteen children — 
seven sons and seven daughters. 

'The two brothers became partners in the publishing of the Times 
over forty years ago, and up to the time of Mr. A. E. Burr's death, Jan- 
uary 8, 1900, the firm was known as Burr Brothers, although in fact Mr. 
F. L. Burr's interest was purchased by his brother in 1888. He still 
remained, however, as one of the editors. Of Mr. Burr's personality it is 
hardly necessary to speak beyond what has been said elsewhere, for in 
describing his tastes and development the salient -features have been 
brought to view. His was a cheerful and helpful presence, but his own 
pleasures were somewhat apart from the rush of life. He was beloved by 
his friends, respected by the community, found much joy in living, and 
looked at death without fear, indeed, at the last, hardly with any reluc- 
tance, for he had suffered much and knew that the time could not be long 
in any case. Nor had he any doubt or apprehension for the future that 
lies beyond." 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [353] of Comac, L. I., 

m., 1st, 1808, Betsey Ruland, of Comae, who died Mch. 25, 1840. He m., 
2d, Mary Sammis. His chil. were : 

837. Mary A., 7 b. July 7, 1809 ; 838. Piatt R., 7 b. Feb. 26, 181 1 ; 
839. George W., 7 b. Oct. 19, 1815 ; 840. Amanda, 7 b. Nov. 10, 1820. 

Mr. Burr, in his day, was a prominent member and leader of the M. E. 
Church at Comac. He was an able exhorter, and for many years held the 
office of trustee of the church. In character he was genial and humorous, 
and in politics a Republican. He d. Aug. 7, 1863. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 347 

Mary A. [837] m., Mar. 22, 1828, Daniel Hubbs, farmer, and a member 
of a sturdy colonial family of L. I. Their children were : I. Sarah E., 
b. Jan. 7, 1829, d. 1886 ; 2. Cornelia A., b. June 25, 1832, d. Nov. 12, 
1832 ; 3. Mary J., b. Oct. 22, 1833 ; 4. Ira Plait, b. Oct. 26, 1835 ; 
5. Harriet A., b. Mar. 7, 1841 ; 6. Daniel Emmet, b. Nov. 6, 1843 ! 7- 
y<?//« C, b. June 26, 1844; 8. Manley Ruland, b. May 12, 1847; 9- 
Andrew Constantine, b. Aug. 7, 1849. Mrs. Hubbs d. Mar. 3, 1S53. Mr. 
Hubbs d. Mar. 8, 1873. Of the above chil. : 

Ira Piatt Hubbs (4) m. Esther Bryant of Comae. Chil. : 1. William, 
m. a teacher, Miss Kelsey of Northport, L. I. 2. Sydney, m. Miss Hartt, 
a teacher and great-granddaughter of the Rev. Joshua Hartt, a soldier of 
the Amer. Rev. They had one child. 3. Frank, m. Miss Smith of Smith- 
town, L. I., and has one child. 4. Frederick. 

Daniel E. Hubbs (6) was m. March 1, 1867, to Lydia A. Craft of 
Huntington, L. I., by Rev. James Sinclair, and had chil. : 1. Ida I., b. 
Jan. r, 1868; 2. Ada E., b. June 7, 1871, d. in inf. ; 3. Cora R., d. in 
inf. Mrs. Hubbs d. Sept. 2, 1878, and Mr. Hubbs m., 2d, Oct. 21, 1885, 
Ellen A. Soper, of Ellwood, L. I. 

Manley Ruland Hubbs (8), b. May 12, 1847, at Comae, in Suffolk 
County, New York, was m. to Miss Annie McCormick (b. in Brooklyn 
Aug. 15, T851), at Brooklyn on Feb. 20, 1873, by Rev. W. F. Ware, M. E. 
Church. Their children are : 1. Harriet E., b. Jan. 5, 1S75 ; 2. Walter 
Ruland, b. Feb. 17, 1S77 ; 3. Nellie A., b. June 3, 1882. Mr. Hubbs is a 
member of the firm of McCormick, Hubbs & Co., importers of and whole- 
sale dealers in foreign and domestic fruits, at 250 Washington St., New 
York, where for many years they have carried on a very large and success- 
ful business. After a long residence in town he has had built a large and 
beautiful residence in his native place, where he now resides, although he 
continues business as heretofore. 

Amanda Burr [840] m., Oct. 24, 1840, John Gibson. Their children 
were : I. James £., b. Nov. 18, 1841. He was a sea captain, and drowned 
at sea Sept. 8, 1877. 2. Samuel Burr, b. Feb. 10, 1843, m - J an - T 5, l866 » 
Rhoda J. Reybert, of Islip, L. I. Their children were : 1. Annie R., b. 
Nov. 9, 1867 (m. Nov. 9, 1886, H. M. Brewster, of Bayshore ; issue, 1. 
Le Roy M., b. Nov. 10, 1888) ; 2. John J., b. Jan. 13, 1871 ; 3. Mary E., 
b. Oct. 9, 1875 ; 4. Jesse R., b. Aug. 11, 1878 ; 5. Etta M, b. Aug. 29, 
1880 ; 6. Earle Burr, b. Nov. 17, 1890. Samuel Burr Gibson became 
captain of a vessel at the early age of twenty-two years. In the inter- 
national yacht race between the Mischief and Atlanta, for the Queen's 
Cup, Captain Gibson commanded the Mischief, the victorious yacht. 
While in command of the Priscilla, he was chosen by a committee of 



348 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the New York Yacht Club to act as pilot of the Genesta, the English 
yacht, a most honorable and trusty position. He also acted in the capacity 
of pilot of the English and Scotch vessels in the following international 
yacht races, viz., between the Galatea and Mayflower, the Thistle and 
Volunteer. His last command was of the famous yacht Gracie. Captain 
Gibson is an enthusiastic and popular Republican, having been elected, in 
April, 1 89 1, one of the Commissioners of Highways for the township of 
Islip. He is quite prominent in masonry, being Master of Meridian 
Lodge, No. 691. 

3. Mary J ., b. Aug. 25, 1849, married and resides in Connecticut ; 4. 
Ellener H., b. May 15, 1859, m. 1886, Rev. Daniel Ostrander Ferris, of 
the M. E. Church, Bayshore, L. I. Issue : daughter, b. 1887. His wife 
Ellener d. May 1, 1887. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [354] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Feb. 15, 18 10, Sybil Arthur, of Comac. He d. May 8, 1869, his w. in 
Feb., 1874. Their chil. were : 

841. Maurice B., 7 b. Aug. 1 1, 1822 ; 842. Warren C., 7 b. March 13, 
1827 ; 843. Aaron M., 7 b. March 12, 1829 ; 844. Ezra, 7 b. 1831 ; 845. 
Elmina B., 7 b. Feb. 9, 181 1 ; 858. Adaline, 7 b. June 6, 1813 ; 860. 
Susan, 7 b. Feb. 29, 1815 ; 861. Mary, 7 b. May 11, 1817 ; 862. Ruth 
Ann, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1820 ; 863. Sybil, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1820. 

Ruth Ann Burr [862] married David Bethune Chalmers, April 5, 1840, 
in New York City. Mr. Chalmers was born in the city of New York 
August 17, 1806', and named in honor of the father of Rev. Dr. Bethune. 
His father came from the vicinity of the great Scottish divine, Rev. Thomas 
Chalmers, and is supposed to have been related to that great peacher. 
He died at Little Neck, Suffolk County, New York, highly respected by a 
large circle of friends and neighbors, on Feb. 10, 1885, and was buried 
in the M. E. Church cemetery at Comac, L. I. Both husband and wife 
were members of the M. E. Church. Their children were : 

I. Andrew Burr, b. May 11, 1X41, at New York City, m. to Jane Ann 
Davis, second dau. of John Davis, M.D., by Right Rev. Bishop Southgate, 
at Zion P. E. Church, New York City, on Nov. 29, 1872, of whom one 
son was born and died in infancy. Her father, Doctor John Davis, was 
for more than fifty years a practising physician in New York. Mr. Chal- 
mers, in early life, engaged in mercantile business, and at nineteen began 
to study law with his uncle, Aaron Montraville Burr, and after two 
years entered Columbia College Law School, in October, 1862. He grad. 
May 17, 1865, with the degree of LL.B. ; in May, 1865, was admitted to the 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 349 

N. Y. bar, since which date he has been in the active and general practice of 
the law in that city. He is well known and greatly respected as an honorable 
member of his profession, and has been appointed by the courts of his 
State referee in important cases pending before those courts. For many 
years he has been an active member of the Prot. Epis. Ch., and greatly 
interested in church and Sunday-school work. 

2. Alary Emma, b. Nov. 3, 1843, at New York City, m. 1st James Luther 
Rea, at Brooklyn, New York, Feb. 18, 1862. Two children were born : 
1. Ella £., now wife of Joseph Ellsworth Bunce, and 2. Andrew C. 
James Luther Rea was a soldier and lieutenant in the army during the late 
war of the rebellion. Ella E. Bunce has had two children : 1. Arthur 
Burr, and 2. Mary Emma. Andrew C. Rea is still unmarried. Mrs. Mary 
Emma Rea (2) married Capt. Nathaniel Scudder Sammis, Jan. 22, 1874, at 
Bayshore, Suffolk County, N. Y. They have no children. She is an active 
member of the M. E. Church, a teacher, and has been an assistant super- 
intendent of her Sunday-school at Centreport, L. I. 

3. Maurice Burr, b. Oct. 13, 1846, at New York City, m. 1st Mary 
Emma Hubbs, June 15, 1870, at Brooklyn, of whom one child was born, 
but died in infancy. He m. 2d, Mary Emma Suydam, on Nov. 29, 1877, 
at Little Neck, Suffolk County, N. Y., by whom he has had : r. Frederick 
Suydam ; 2. Ivy E. ; 3. Arthur Burr j and 4. Winifred Beatrice. He en- 
listed in the army at the age of fifteen years and fought until the close of 
the late war, and at the date of his discharge was a corporal in the 13 2d 
Regiment N. Y. S. Vols. On his return home he began study in a mer- 
cantile college, from which he later graduated. Since that event he has 
followed the profession of a bookkeeper. He resides at Little Neck, Suffolk 
County, N. Y. In politics he is and always has been a Republican, is 
public-spirited, and, in connection with his brother, Andrew B., has laid 
out in the town of Huntington, Long Island, one of its most charming 
public highways. He is a mem. of the M. E. Church at Centreport, L. I., 
and for several terms was one of its Board of Trustees, and supt. of its 
Sunday-school. 4. Virginia, b. July 6, 1854, unm. 5- George Washington, 
b. Feb. 22, 1854, d. March 10, 1886, at Willard, New York. He began 
the study of medicine, but a fatal malady cut short his studies and ended 
in an early death. 

Tunis Burr. 

SMITH BURR, 8 [356] of Comac, L. I., 

m. for his first wife, Huldah Soper, May 10, 1824. His chil. by her were : 
864. Emeline, 7 b. Nov. 25, 1825 ; 865. Ann M., 7 b. Nov. 25, 1827 ; 



350 THE BURR FAMILY. 

866. Eliza,' b. March 17, 1830 ; 867. Carl S., 7 b. Apr. 30, 183 1 ; 868. 
George P., 7 b. July 25, 1833; 869. Elizabeth, 7 b. July 25, 1833. 

Huldah, his w., d. Jan. 17, 1836, and he m. 2d, Lavinia Soper, of New 
York. Their chil. are : 

870. Elmina C., 7 b. Aug. 19, 1837 ; 871. James B., 7 b. Aug. 2, 
1S41 ; 872. Brewster R. ; 873. Andrew R., 7 b. Dec. i, 1849; 874. 
Franklin S., 7 b. Oct. 17, 1850 ; 875. Frederick B., 7 b. March, 1859 ; 
876. Evelina, 7 b. Apr. 24, 1862 ; 878. Josephine, 7 b. Oct. 17, 1866. 

Of above daus. Emeline (864) m. 1852 Capt. Darius Ruland of Bay- 
shore, L. I. Chil. : 

I. Darius S. Burr,b. Mar. 1854, m. Apr. 17, 1876, Mary A. Dickenson, 
of Northport, L. 1., and had a son, Harold Car/1, b. Dec. 3, 1879. 
2. Floyd G. b. 1856 : d. 1858. Mrs. Ruland d. June 7, 1883. 

Eliza, (866) m. Charles Scudder Santord, of Northport, L. I. Chil. : 

I. Sarah A., b. Jan. 10, 1856, for several years a teacher in Northport, 
L. I., m. July 16, 1882, George Babcock, of Otsego Co., N. Y., whose 
ancestor was one of the band who came to New England in the May- 
flower in 1620. He is at present Professor of Sciences in the " Staten 
Island Academy and Latin School," Tompkinsville ; 2. Claude Z)., b. 
Apr. 23, 1865 ; also twins who d. in inf. 

Mr. Sanford and his son keep a general store in the thriving village of 
Northport, L. I., and do a large and prosperous business. Mr. Sanford 
has been for several years assessor of the town of Huntington. 

Lavinia the m. d. in Mar., 1875. 

No name is more familiar in the pioneer breeding of the light harness 
horse than that of Smith Burr. A man of sterling ability and quick com- 
prehension, he was among the first to see that a large business could be es- 
tablished in the breeding of horses with speed at the trotting gait. Among 
the number that figure in the foundation stock of the trotting horses owned 
by Mr. Burr were the great Napoleon, Washington, and Columbus. These 
horses are known and designated in '* horse literature " of the present day 
as "Burr's Napoleon," "Burr's Washington," and "Burr's Columbus." 
Burr's Columbus was sold some time in the fifties to Detroit (Mich.) 
parties for the sum of $3000 — a phenomenal price at that period. Two 
colts sired by " Burr's Napoleon," full sisters, were bought by an admirer 
of Louis Napoleon of France, and presented to him. They were sent to 
Paris, where they were driven and highly prized by the French Emperor 
in his palmy days. He owned the well-known old-time trotters Engineer, 
Rhode Island, and the famous trotting mare of her day, Betsy Bounce. 
In 1853 he received 1st premium, and the American Institute of New 
York City awarded him a silver cup for having the best three-year-old 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 35 I 

colt for all work, thus winning the honors from " Rysdyk's Hambletonian," 
the founder of the fashionable and trotting strain of horses in the United 
States. Mr. Burr conceived the idea that it was necessary to have light 
rigs to thoroughly develop a high rate of speed, and in those primitive days 
purchased a doctor's gig, which he converted into a sulky, and this was the 
first sulky seen in those days on Long Island. He reached the advanced 
age of 84 years, and was full of pleasing reminiscences of "ye olden time," 
as well as being conversant with the performances and progression the 
trotting horse had made during his life of almost 84 years. Prior to the 
formation of the Republican party Mr. Burr was a Whig, but when that 
party was organized he joined the ranks and remained steadfast to its 
principles up to his death. During the war he was a zealous and outspoken 
Abolitionist. He was very public-spirited, and often remarked in the 
writer's presence that the man who failed to vote even at a " town meet- 
ing " without just and reasonable cause ought to be disfranchised. Almost 
the entire time of the active period of his life he held the position of over- 
seer of highways, and many of the excellent roads for which Comae and 
the adjacent country are famed were constructed under his supervision. 
He was often chosen school trustee, and was one of the trustees for the 
township of Huntington during the years 1852, 1855, 1859, and i860. He 
was a fluent talker, original in thought, aggressive and extremely fond of 
an argument on religious or political topics. His nature was frank and 
charitable, and no man would go farther to aid a friend than he. In 
religious belief he inclined to Universalism. 

Smith Burr d. Apr. 6, 1887. Tunis Burr. 

JOEL BURR, 6 [358] of Bayshore, L. L, 
m., 1814,- Matsey Sammis of Huntington, L. I., by whom he had : 

879. Martha A., 7 b. Feb. 4, 1815 ; 880. Iantha, 7 b. Nov. 2, 1816; 
881. Phebe, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1819 ; 882. George Hanford, 7 b. Dec. 28, 
182 1 ; 883. Milicent E., 7 b. Nov. 25, 1823 ; 884. Anson, 7 b. June 29, 
1827 ; 885. Edward P., 7 b. Jan. 8, 1832 ; 886. Andrew Jackson, 7 b. 
June 16, 1829. 

Early in life Joel Burr moved from Comae to Bayshore, where he was 
engaged in the farming and the coasting trade. In politics Mr. Burr was a 
Whig, and subsequently became a Republican. He was also a member of 
the M. E. Church at Bayshore. Joel Burr d. at Bayshore May 13, 1879 J 
his wife, June 22, 1S71. 

AARON BURR," [359] of Long Island, N. Y., 
m. his cousin, Sarah Burr, in 1820, by whom he had : 

887. Elizabeth Jane, 7 b. Jan. 13, 1821 ; 888. Katurah A., 7 b. 



352 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Feb. 21, 1827 ; 889. Sarah Frances, 7 b. Oct. 21, [832 ; 890. Philetus 7 ; 
891. Smith. 7 

In early manhood he was a farmer, but the latter part of his life fol- 
lowed the sea. Aaron Burr d. Apr. 19, 1866 ; his w. Dec. 3, 1878. 

Smith [891] disappeared suddenly about the time his brother left for 
the West, and his friends have never had any tidings of him. Elizabeth 
Jane Burr [887] m. at Comae, Oct. 9, 1838, William H. Blydenburgh, of 
Smithtown. Their chil. were : I. Mary E., b. May 25, 1842, d. in inf.; 
2. Julia A., b. Mar. 5, 1844 ; 3. Martin Van Buren, b. Apr. 5, 1847 ; 4. 
Charles M., b. June 15, 1849, m. Oct. 25, 1876, Kate L., dau. of Hubbard 
and Emeline Corwin, b. Feb. 4, 1S54 ; they have one child, a son, b. at 
Riverhead, Mar. 23, 18S1, named Earle Deane ; Mr. Blydenburgh is a 
carriage manf. and inventor of several valuable patents ; 5- George R., b. 
May 8, 1851 ; 6. Ella A., b. Apr. 2, 1854 ; 7. Elizabeth J ., b. Nov. 7, 
1859 ; 8. Emma Land, b. Nov. 7, 1859. Katurah A. Burr, [888] b. Feb. 
21, 1827, m. Sept. 5, 1844, Chas. M. Reeves, of Bayshore, L. I. Their chil., 
were : I. Andrew Floyd, b. Jan. 30, 1847 ; 2 » Erastus S., b. Aug. 16. 
1849, d. in inf.; 3. Leander IV., b. Feb. 18, 1850 ; 4. Riley C, b. Apr. 6, 
1853 ; 5- Sarah E., b. June 2, 1857 ; 6. Philetus J., b. Jan. 8, 1859 ; J. 
John S., b. Aug. 2, 1861, d. in inf. 

Rev. Leander W. Reeves (3) departed this life August 13, 1880. He 
was an able, zealous and successful minister of the M. E. Church. 

Rev. Philetus J. Reeves (6) is a member of St. Johns River Conference, 
and is at present in charge of a church at Okahumpka, Lake Co., Florida. 

Sarah Frances [889] m. 1848, David S. Baldwin, of Babylon, L. I. 
Their chil. were: I. Mary E., b. Mar. 19, 1850 ; 2. Andrew J., b. Mar. 
9, 1852 ; 3. Lawrence A., b. Apr. 19, 1854 ; 4. Nellie E., b. Aug. 29, 
1856. She m. 2d, John W. Benjamin of Bayshore. 

CHARLES BURR, 6 [360] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Jan. 15, 1816, Keturah Sammis, of Huntington, by whom he had : 

892. Henry, 7 b. July 5, 1816 ; 893. Sarah, 7 b. July 23, 1818 ; 894. 
Charles W., 7 b. May 25, 1824 ; 895. Keturah, 7 m. her cousin, Smith 
Burr, and had one son, Joseph Oscar, 6 b. at Deer Park, Suffolk Co., L. I., 
Sept. 11, 1843, and moved to Townsend, Huron Co., O., in the spring of 
1864, where he was m. to Sarah J., dau. of Isaac Trimmer, Sept. 25, 1864. 
Their chil. are : 

1. Elliott P., b. Sept. 1, 1865, d. Feb. 4, 1877 : 2. Emily A., b. May 31, 
1867 ; 3. Alice M., b. Aug. 20, 1869 ; 4. Arthur J., b. Aug. 6, 1879 ; 5. 
A. Leo, b. Oct. 10, 1883. 



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896. Worthington 7 ; 897. Adelia, 7 m. Timothy Terry, of Amity- 
ville, L. I. Chil. I. Worthington S., b. 1849 ; 2. Amanda, b. 185 1 ; 3. 
John L., b. 1853; 4. Charles A., b. 1856. Worthington S. and Charles 
A. are well-known owners and breeders of race horses. 

898. Jacob 7 ; 899. Charlotte 7 ; 900. Harriet. 7 

Mr. Burr was a farmer and successful and skilful horseman. He was 
a member of the M. E. Church and Republican in politics. He was very 
patriotic, and the writer will never forget an impressive scene which 
occurred at the polls in the presidential campaign of 1876. The day was 
cold and stormy, and notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Burr was confined 
to the house (being eighty-three years old) and unable to walk without the 
assistance of one or more persons, he rode three miles to the place of 
voting, and was carried by four men from the wagon to the ballot-box to 
cast what proved to be his last vote, as he died the following year. 

Charles Burr d. Oct. 30, 1859. 

Tunis Burr. 

WILLIAM PALMER BURR," [366] of Cleves, Hamilton Co., O., 

m. 1st Cynthia Brown, dau. of Robert and Ruth Brown. Chil.: 

901. Mary, 7 b. Mar. 31, 1828, m. Philemon F. Wiggins, and d. Oct. 15, 
1855. Left one dau. and 3 sons. 902. Edward M., 7 b. June 24, 1829 ; 

903. Martha A., 7 b. Aug. 30, 1830, m. Wm. A. Vance, has six chil.; 

904. Robert, 7 b. May 24, 1832 ; 905. Samuel, 7 b. Mar. n, 1S34, unm. 
d. Dec. 21, 1899. 

Cynthia Burr, wife of Wm. P. Burr d. Apr. 18, 1S34. His second wife, 
Lydia Moorhead, dau. of Matthew and Hester Moorhead, was b. Feb. 16, 
1817. Chil: 

906. Deborah, 7 d. in inf.; 907. Eliza Morgan, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1S37, 
m. Jos. W. Stair, of Richmond, Ind., and res. near Steele City, Nebraska, 
has five chil.; 908. Hester, 7 d. in inf.; 909. Clara, 7 d. in inf.; 910. 
Emma Frances, 7 b. July 16, 1840, m. A. J. La Boiteaux, has one dau. 
Jessie F.j 911. Phoebe, 7 b. Oct. 9, 1847, d. June 29, 1851. 

Mr. William Burr resided in Cleves, O., in the old family mansion 
built by his father on first coming to the West, in 181 7 ; he d. March 1, 
1893. 

BENJAMIN ELI BURR, 6 [373] of Newark, N. J., 

m. July 25, 1852, Margaret Aschenbach, of Newark, by whom he had : 

912. Phoebe E., 7 b. Mar. 15, 1854; 913. Mary E., 7 b. Feb. 5, 1856; 
914. Isabella, 7 b. July 15, 1857 ; 915. Benjamin E., 7 b. Aug. 10, 1858: 
916. Henrietta, 7 b. Feb. 1, i860 ; 917. Carrie, 7 b. July 21, 1861 ; 918. 

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354 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Matilda A.,' b. Jan. 10, 1863 ; 919. George V., 7 d. in inf.; 920. Jose- 
phine A., 7 b. Nov. 26, 1867 ; 921. Maggie M., 7 b. Aug. 31, 1869 ; 922. 
Madison H., 7 d. in inf.; 923. Hannah C., 7 d. in inf.; 924. Mary C.,' 
b. July 19, 1877 ; 925. Harriet I., 7 b. Feb. 9, 1880. Mr. Burr is a 
veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [383] of Queens Co., L. I., 

m. Sarah Wansor, b. in Queens Co., L. I., 1788 ; their chil. were : 

926. Olivia, 7 b. 1805 ; 927. Alma, 7 b. 1808 ; 928. Eliza A., 7 b. r8io; 
929. Townsend, 7 b. 1813 ; 930. Maria, 7 b. 1816; 931. Elbert W., 7 b. 
1819 ; 932. Lavena, 7 b. 1827. 

WALTER BURR, 6 [384] of Queens Co., L. I., 

m. his cousin Eliza, dau. of Stephen Burr. Their chil. were : 

933- John, 7 b. in Queens Co., 1812 ; 934. Sidney, 7 b. 1815 ; 935. 

Sarah, 7 b. 1817; 936. William H., 7 b. 1819; 937. Margaretta, 7 b. 

1822 ; 938. Samuel, 7 b. 1824. 

Walter Burr was a millwright by trade, and a Baptist in religious belief. 

RICHARD BURR, 6 [385] of Glen Cove, L. I., 

m. Abigail Bross, of Queens Co., L. I., and had chil. : 

939. Daniel, 7 res. in Nyack, Rockland Co., N. Y. ; 940. Jane, 7 m. 
Mr. Taylor, and res. in Nyack ; 941. Nathaniel 7 ; 942. Edward, 7 a 
shoe manf. in Nyack, N. Y. ; 943. Matilda, 7 m. Townsend Burr, of Cold 
Spring Harbor, L. I. 

Mr. Burr was a shoe manf. and mem. Methodist Church. A soldier 
in the War of 181 2. 

STEPHEN BURR,' [387] of New York City, 

m. Margaret Van Tassel, Dec. 1, 181 S. Res. for many years at Oyster 
Bay, L. I., afterward in New York City. His business was manufacturing 
shoes. He was an active mem. of the Bap. Ch., and for some years a 
deacon in the Macdougal St. Bap. Ch. of N. Y. City. He d. Apr. 30, 1845. 
His chil. were as follows : 

944. Joshua Van Tassel, 7 b. Jan. 9, 1820 ; 945. Edwin, 7 b. Jan. 
23, [822; 946. Sarah, 7 b. Dec. 7, 1823; 947. John V., 7 b. Oct. 30. 1825; 
948. James T., 7 b. Oct. 16, 1828, d. Dec, 1853; 949. Stephen H., 7 b. 
Apr. 2, 1833; 950. Daniel, 7 !). Jan. 3, 1835, d. in inf.; 951. Sydney 
E., 7 b. Apr. 18, 1836, d. in inf. ; 952. Mary Louise, 7 b. Sept. 25, 1837, 
d. Jan. 9. 1843 ; 953. Agnes C., 7 b. Nov. 25, 1839, d. 1857 ; 954. 
Livenia, 7 b. Oct. 13, 1842, d. in inf. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 355 

Sarah Burr [946] m. Solomon Palmer, of New York, May 31, 1846. 
Their chil. were : 

I. George E., b. May 15, 1847, d. in childhood ; 2. Charles H, b. May 
1, 1849 ; 3. Li/lie, b. Jan. ir. 1852 ; 4. Harvey C, b. May 31, 1854, d. in 
childhood. 

Edwin Burr [945] d. Feb., 1854, in Sonora, Mexico. He rem. to Cali- 
fornia during the gold fever, in 1849, and joined Capt. Wm. Walker's first 
filibustering expedition, which was organized July, 1853, for the conquest 
of Northern Mexico. Capt. Walker set sail from San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 
15; landed at La Paz, Lower California, with his small but adventurous 
band of followers ; proclaimed himself President and made a liberal dis- 
tribution of high offices, and annexed Sonora. It was in this province 
Edwin Burr was assassinated by a Spaniard, in Feb., 1854. He was a 
young man of promise, and throughout the expedition exhibited under the 
most trying circumstances great coolness and bravery. 

ISAAC BURR, 6 [387a] of Iowa, 
m. Lydia Fuller and rem. to Iowa. Chil: 955. Isaac 7 ; 956. Harvey. 7 

CYRUS BURR, 6 [388] of Blackford Co., Ind., 

m. Lydia McCune. Chil. : 957. William O., 7 b. May 16, 1822 ; 958. 
Charles C., 7 b. June 22, 1824; 959. Morrison C., 7 b. May 10, 1826; 
960. Eliza A., 7 b. Dec. 26, 182S, m. Apr. 28, 1849, Leonard Bosworth 
and had eight chil. : I. Charles, b. May 13, 1850 (m. Lizzie Adams, has 
one dau. 1. Emma)-, 2. Hannah, b. Feb. 1, 1855, d. July 2, 1892 (m. John 
Galusha, Sept. 29, 1875. Chil.: 1. Ernest; 2. Forrest; 3. jfohn ; 4 
Richard ; 5. Annie Eliza) ; 3. William D., b. Dec. 28, 1853, m. Mary C. 

Cogswell, has five chil.; 4. Cyrus, b. in Montpelier, Ind. d. in Republic 

City, Kan. ; 5. Mahala £., d. Apr. 28, 1880, leaving a son, 1. Elmer B. ; 
6. George H., b. Nov. 12, 1861, d. Jan. 21, 1869; 7. Emma M., b. Dec. 14, 
1864, (m. Clark Rose, Dec. 28, 1888, no chil.) ; 8. James, b. Nov. 15, 
1866, (m. Cora Mullin, has four chil. : 1. Edith ; 2. Eugene ; 3. Charles 
Allen ; 4. Isaac ) ; 9. Lydia, m. L. H. McDonald, two chil. 961. Mary 
S., 7 b. Nov. 10, 1832, d. Sept. 4, 1840 ; 962. Amanda, 7 b. July 12, 1835, d. 
Dec. 29, 1885, m. Thomas Blount, had three chil. who res. in Cal. ; 964. 
Joseph, 7 b. Jan. 26, -1843, and 965. Mary, 7 b. same date (twins), she m* 
Oct. i, 1862, James Willson, seven chil. : I. Emily, (m. John Stevens, has 
nine chil. viz. : 1. William; 2. J ' ames ; 3. John ; 4. Mary ; 5. Charles ; 
6. Edna; 7. Clarence ; 8. Earl ; 9. Cyrus); 2. Edna, m. Sherman Wynn, 
Nov. 20, 1894, two chil.: r. Jessie and 2. Inez; 3. Ella, m. Apr. 21, 



356 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1889, Frederick Decor, one child, Grace j 4. William W., res. in Fort 
Collins, Col. ; 5. Dell j 6. John ; 7. Maud. 

966. Armena A., 7 b. Apr. 25, 1848, d. in inf. 

Cyrus Burr d. Feb. 28, 1872. His f. was drafted in the war of i8r2, 
and he took his place : afterwards volunteered in Capt. Ackerly's Cavalry 
Co. 

ELISHA BURR," [389] of Pulaski, N. Y., 

m. Charlotte Nash. Chil. : 967. Jonathan 7 ; 968. Hannah, 7 now res. 
in Pulaski, N. Y. ; 969. Harriet 7 ; 970. Abigail 7 ; 971. Jerusha 7 ; 
972. J. W., 7 — k. at the battle of Gettysburg ; 973. Aaron 7 ; 974. 
Elisha, Jr.; 7 975. Adelbert H. 7 Elisha Burr d. 1SS9, in Pulaski, 
N. Y. 

HARRY BURR," [391] of Leon, Wis., 

m. Adaline Arnold. Chil. : 

976. Alson, 7 m. one child, Eva May; 977. Orcott 7 ; 978. Ira, 7 
and 979. Elvira 7 (twins), the latter m. U. Mullen, chil. : I. William 
Harry j 2. Charles Edward, m. Hattie Kenyon, and has one boy, 1. 
Harry j 980. Harlow 7 ; 981. Owen, (unm., res. at Sparta, Wis.) ; 982. 
Cynthia, m. Henry J. Robinson, chil. : I. Harry Lee j 2. Ernest Lynn j 
3. Iva Bell ; 983. Orren 7 ; 984. Rozina, 7 m. C. F. Arnold, chil. : 1. 
Amy Bell ; 2. Owen Lynn ; 3. Ruby Adaline j 4. Walter, res. at Copley, 
O. 985. Newman. 7 

Harry the f. d. Jan. 15, 1876. 

ORRIS BURR, [392] of Ellisrurgh, N. Y., 

m. Laurie Fuller. Chil.: 986. Daniel 7 ; 987. Henry, 7 now res. in Ellis- 
burgh, N. Y. 

ORRIN BURR.'"' [393] of Illinois, 

m. Hannah Bateman and rem. to HI. ; one s. so far as known. 988. 
Oscar. 7 

SIMEON BURR/ [394] of Decatur, Ia., 

b. in Vt., Sept. 8, 1800, d. in Iowa, Aug., 1881, m. in 1826, to Roxy Nash, 
who d. Nov., 1S29. In 1S32 he was again m. to Sarah Bateman, who d. 
Aug., 1S49, had six chil. : 989. Lorinda, 7 b. Sept. 26, 1828, d. Sept. 26, 
1896,111. Dec. 18. 1845, to Judge Vaughn, d. 1863, had three chil.: I. 
Marietta, b. July 24, 1847, ni - Mar - 9- l8 7 6 > t0 Jonathan Vaughn, had two 
chil. ; 2. Simeon, b. Mar. 9, 1S50, m. Oct. 26, 1890, to Nettie Furguson, 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 357 

had two daus. ; 3. Champion, d. when 10 years old ; 990. Maria, 7 b. 
Apr. 14, 1832 ; 991. Nancy, 7 b. May n, 1833, d. Aug., 1849; 99 2 - 
Norman, 7 b. Akron, O., June 20, 1835, d. June, 1863, in the service of 
his country, m. July, 1862, to Mary Lovell, had one son who res. in la. ; 

993. Daniel, 7 b. Feb. 1 1, 1837, m. , had ten chil. ; 994. Simeon, 7 

b. Feb. 2, 1S46, unm. 

ELISHA BURR, 6 [396] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Hannah Larned, d. July 25, 1823, intentions posted Oct. 7, 1805. 
Chil.: 995. Adeline, 7 b. Oct. 26, 1806 ; 996. Edwin, 7 b. Dec. 24, 1S08; 
997. Wm. Henry Harrison, 7 b. May 12, 1812 ; 998. Hannah, 7 b. 
June 12, 1815, m. Walter Maynard of Sudbury, Apr. n, 1838 ; 999. John 
Van Ranssalaer, 7 b. Aug., 1820, d. Sept. 29, 1820. Elisha m. 2d, 
Situah Burr, Oct. 7, 1824. Chil. : 1000. Ellen Matilda, 7 b. July 13, 
1826. 

DR. TIMOTHY BURR," [397] of Mt. Vernon, O., 

studied medicine and early rem. to O. and settled at Mt. Vernon, m. in 
181 1, Mercy Roberts, who bore him a son, 1001. Gilbert Bryant, 7 for 
many years owner and captain of the Steamer Flora, running on the 

Natchez River. Mrs. Burr d. , and Dr. Burr m. 2d, Rachel, 

dau. of Rev. William Thrift, a Bapt. clergyman. Chil. : 1002. Stiles, 7 
for many years a clerk in the Revenue Dept., Wash., D. C. ; IOO3. 
Waldron, 7 a physician in Macy, Texas ; 1004. Rollin, 7 a physician at 
Ehrenberg, Ariz. ; 1005. Charles B., 7 for years Parish Judge of Mt. 
Vernon, La., and postmaster at Burr's Ferry. 

PLINY BURR, 6 [398J of Covington, Tioga Co., Pa., 

m. Henryette Walbridge, Dec. 24, 1808. (Intentions posted.) Chil: 

1006. Caroline Henrietta, 7 b. May 25, 1811 ; 1007. Eliza Wal- 
bridge, 7 b. Apr. 8, 1813 ; 1008. Angeline Mari, 7 b. June 29, 1815 ; 
1009. Emeline Amanda, 7 b. May 2, 1S17, d. May 6, 1817 ; 1010. 
Pliny Lyman, 7 b. Apr. 28, 1818, d. 1839, unm ; 1012. Margaret 
Diadamia, 7 March 23, 1820 ; 1013. Amanda E., 7 b. Oct. 8, 1823 ; 
1014. William A,, 7 b. May 17, 1827 ; 1015. Franklin H., 7 b. Mar. 28, 
1830, d. 1S98; 1016. Elmer G., 7 b. Aug. 14, 1833. 

Pliny Burr settled in Covington, Pa., 1827, and engaged in the mercan- 
tile business, continuing in it until his death, Feb. 6, 1869. 

Of above daus. Caroline [1006] m. Newell and res. at Sayre, Pa., 

had two chil.: I. Mrs. Amy Gustin, of Topeka, Kan., and 2. Mrs. Harriet 
Smiley, of Sayre, Pa. 



358 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Eliza [1007] m - Eames and res. at Elmira, N. Y. Chil.: I. Mrs. 

Pliny Eames, of Elmira, N. Y.; 2. Mrs. Sarah Wells, dec; 3. Mrs. 
Amanda Fowler, of Wellsboro, Pa.; 4. Mrs. Mary Cleveland, of Elmira, 
N. Y.; 5, Ella, d. unra.; 6, John, res. at Wellsboro, Pa. 

Angeline [1008J m. Williams, d. , one son : I. Hubbard, 

res. at Lindley, N. Y. 

Margaret D. [1012] m. Knight. Chil. : I, Jane Elizabeth, d. 1862; 

2. Mrs. Susan Roberts, of Edsallville, Pa.; 3. Charles T., d. 1898; 4. 
Franklin P., d. 187 1 ; 5. George P., dec; 6. Eliza A., dec; 7. Mrs. Vir- 
ginia Collins, of Elmira, N. Y.; 8. Alice A. G., of Blossburg, Pa. 

Amanda E. (1013) m. Phineas Burr (1019?) and res. at Lindley, N. 
Y., one child: I, Charles P., res. at Lindley, N. Y. 

PHINEAS BURR," [399] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Thankfull Hicks, Jan. 11, 1815. (Intentions posted.) Chil.: 

1017. Ardelia, 7 b. Oct. 30, 1815 ; 1018. Albert, 7 b. Nov. 7, 1818; 
1019. Phineas, 7 b. June 15, 1820. 

ALANSON BURR, 6 [401] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Situah Barker, of Palmer, Oct. 6, 1820. (Intentions posted.) 

1020. Child, d. Apr. 2, 1S24, set. 10 mos. 

JONATHAN BURR," [402] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Esther Tailor, Jan. 19, 1824. (Intentions posted.) Chil.: 

1021. Elizabeth Jane, 7 b. Mar. 14, 1825 ; 1022. Frances I., 7 b. 
Jan. 12, 1826, d. Feb. 26, 1847 ; J 023. Henry C., 7 b. 1835 ; m. Livonia 
Chapman, Nov. 17, 1869 ; 1024. Susan Ellen, 7 b. Nov. 1, 1840 ; d. Mar. 
24, 1901 ; 1025. Franklin, 7 b. May 1, 1843. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

SALMON BURR, 7 [404] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. E. L. Roberts, of Bloomfield. Chil.: 

1026, Heman 8 ; 1027. Augustus " ; 1028. Chauncey S., s b. 
1784 ; 1029, Theodore" ; 1030. Jason," b. Jan. 10, 1800 ; 1031. a dau. 
d. in inf. 

THEODORE BURR, 7 [407] of Halifax, Pa., 

We suppose him to have been identical with the celebrated architect 
Theodore Burr, inventor of the Burr plan of bridge building. Of this 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 359 

gentleman, who d. at Middletown, Penn., Nov. 22, 1822, the newspapers 
of the day said: "Celebrated for his mechanical talents, but most exten- 
sively known as a Bridge Builder." He built the bridge at Harrisburg, 
Penn., 18 13-17, — the first ever thrown across the Susquehanna River — 
and other notable bridges. His f. Lieut. John Burr (?) of Torringford 
[96] rem. to the West with his family, and all traces of them have been 
lost. 

SALMON BURR, 7 [414] of Winsted, Ct., 

m. Mary Ensign of So. Farms, near Litchfield ; she was b. Sept. 8, 1776, 
and d. Dec. 29, 1846. Mr. Salmon Burr d. Dec. 19, 1851, ast. 77 yrs. 
Their chil. were : 

IO32. Maria, 8 b. Feb. 17, 1799, m. Ansel Shattuck, Nov. 29, 1820, and 
d. July 29, 1840. Their chil. are : I. Lucina, b. 1823, who had one dau., 
Maria; 2. Susan, b. 1826, d. 1852, set. 25 yrs.; 3. Sarah (twin), b. 1826, 
m. P. B. Goodwin, Oct. 10, 1847, whod. Oct., 187S, and had : 1. Caroline, b. 
1848, d. 1853 ; 2. an inf. dau. b. 1850, d. 185 1, and 3. Susan, b. Feb. 12, 
1852, who m. E. C. Cooke, Oct. 10, 1872. IO33. Rufus, 8 b. Dec. 
17, 1800; 1034. Samuel, 8 b. Sept. 22, 1802; 1035. Wilson, 8 b. Apr. n, 
1804 ; 1036. Mary, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1806, m. Carter Gibbs, of Blanford, Mass., 
May 11, 1827, and had chil. I. Charles IV., 2. Helen M.j 3. Catherine E.; 

4. Abner E., b. Feb. 8, 1835, she d. at Westfield, Mass. IO37. Rhoda, 8 

b. Jan. 11, 1808, m. George Ransome, d. ; 1037a. Sarah, 8 b. Mar. 2, 

1810, m. Anson H. Stuart, Feb. 22, 1831, d. May 28, 1838 ; 1038. Willard, 8 
b. Feb. 8, 181 2 ; IO39. Huldah, 8 b. May 21, 18 14, m. Simeon Smith, Oct. 

5, 1834, and had chil.: I. Charlotte, b. Sept. 25, 1838, d. Oct. 23, 1861 ; 2. 
Maria, b. Mar. 13, 1843, d. Feb. 7, 1864. Huldah, d. Sept. 1, 1875, set. 
61 yrs. 1040. Harmon E., 8 b. Nov. 13, 181S ; 1041. Charlotte, 8 b. 
Oct. 3, 1820, m. E. N. Ransome, of Barkhamstead, Jan. 28, 1840. Their 
chil. were : I. Erasmus, b. July 20, 1S42, d. July 19, 1844 ; 2. Mary J. t 
b. May 8, 1848, d. Mar. 21, 1857 ; 3. Jane E., b. Feb. 11, 1852, d. Mar. 
2T, 1857 ; 4. Caroline, b. Jan. 31, 1861, m. Dr. E. C. King, Jan. 31, 1885, 
and has two chil.: 1. Robert Burr, b. Dec. 26, 1886, and 2. Richard 
Ransome, b. Dec. 6, 18SS. Charlotte, the mother, resided in Collinsville, 
Ct., and d. Apr. 26, 1890. 

ALLYN BURR, 7 [416] of Winsted, Ct., 

m. Anna Wade, Jan. 27, 1803. "They lived in a hip-roofed house, now 

down town, on the road east of Little Pond, nearly opposite the lane 

leading to David Beckley's." (Boyd's "Hist, of Win.") Their chil. 
were : 



360 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1042. Almira," b. Dec. 24, 1803, m. Marova Seymour, Oct. 17, 1821 ; 
1043. Emasa/ b. Oct. 24, 1805. 

URIEL BURR, 7 [419] of Burrville, Ct., 

m. Esther Curtis, Dec. 13, 1820. Chil.: 

1044. Uri/ b. Jan. 15, 1822 ; 1045. Esther/ b. June 28, 1824, m. 
James Tallmadge, of Winsted, and had two chil.: I. Henrietta, and 2. 
Alice. She d. Apr. 30, 1889. 1046. Lucius," b. Dec. 9, 1826; 1047. 
Harriet/ b. Feb. 12, TS30, d. 1831 ; 1048. Mary E./ b. Dec. 16, 1832, 
m. Andrew Baldwin, of Harwinton, Jan. 24, 1857, rem. to Kansas, has 
several chil. 1049. Infant son' ; 1050. Sarah A./ b. Aug. 10, 1838,111. 
Charles Baldwin, of Harwinton, Jan. 1, 1859, and has chil.: I. Charles A., 
b. i860 ; 2. Alfred B., b. 1864; 3. Carrie L., b. 1867 ; 4. John, b. 1869 ; 
5. Burr, b. 1S72. Uriel the f. d. June 29, 1882 ; his w., Esther, Oct. 16, 
1859. 

MILO BURR, 7 [420] of Burrville, Ct., 

m. Mary Skinner, of Winsted, Mar. 1, 1S25. He purchased timber lands 
where Burrville now stands, and engaged in the lumber business. In 
1 85 1 he built a dam on the mountains west of the village, and constructed 
what is known as " Burr's Reservoir," a beautiful sheet of clearest water 
in the woods among the rocky hills. He was an enterprising, energetic 
business man. His 1st w. d. Jan. 1, 1864, and he m. Mrs. E. Coe, of 
Winsted, 1866. He d. Apr. 1, 1872. Chil.: 

1051. Mary Ann/ b. May, 1827, d. Sept. 1, 1S28 ; 1052/ James 
Milo/ b. Jan., 1S30, d. Feb., 1832 ; 1053. John Milo/ b. Mar. 8, 1833 ; 
1054. Martha/ b. Nov., 1836, d. Jan., 1843. 

ERASTUS BURR, 7 [425] of , N. V., 

m. , and rem. to Western New York about 1812 ; no record. 

ROSWELL BURR, 7 [426] of , O., 

m. Nancy West, and rem. to Ohio in 1830. 

HALSEY BURR, 7 [427] of Winsted, Ct., 

m. Lucy White, dau. of Oliver White, Sr., of Winsted. He was one of 
the first to commence the manufacture of scythes, in the Naugatuck 
Valley, and had quite a large factory in Winsted. His chil. were : 

1055. Eliza/ b. July 19, 1819 ; 1056. Dency/ b. Apr. 10, 1821, d. 
May 26, 1848 ; 1057. Matilda/ b. July 28, 1822 ; 1058. Jehiol/ b. Aug. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 36 1 

24, 1824 ; 1059. Lucy," b. July 5, 1827 ; 1060. Mary, 8 b. June 13, 1829 ; 
1061. Jane A., 8 b. June 27, 1831 ; 1062. Nancy," b. July 7, 1S33 ; 1063. 
George H., s b. Aug. 7, 1837 ; 1064. Abbey M., 8 b. June 2, 1S39 ; 
1065. Carlos, 8 b. Dec. 29, 1841. 

JUSTUS BURR, 7 [429] of Princeton, III. 

res. at Lodi, O., for a time, and then rem. to 111. He m. Sally Tuttle, 
Nov. 25, 1807, b. Mar. 13, 1789, d. Jan. 28, 1843. Chil. : 

1066. Lucina," b. Sept. 13, 1S09, m. Arvis S. Chapman, May 21, 
1S28, d. about 1880. Their chil. were : I. Everett C, b. Mar. 30, 1829, d. 
at Waco, Tex., 1890, leaving a wife, two sons m., and one dau. not m. ; 2. 
Sarah E., b. Jan. 22, 1834, d. Sept. 10, 1S35 ; 3. J ' ulia S., b. Nov. 15, 

1S36, d. Jan. 19, 1S3S ; 4. Arvis, m. Fisher and has one son and two 

daus. living in Chicago ; he m. 2d, , and lives at Salt Lake, Utah ; 5. 

Ann Elizabeth, lives at Salt Lake, not m. 1067. Elizabeth Ann," b. 
Feb. 16, 1812, m. Dr. William Converse, Nov. 7, 1833, chil. : I. Lucius 

B., m. , no chil. ; 2. Sarah, m , had one son, Kelsey Reed, d. net. 

six yrs. ; and 2. Gertie, d. ast. thirteen yrs. ; 3. James, not m. ; 4. Charles, 

m. , has one dau. ; 5. Edmund, m. , has one dau. ; 6. Anna, m. 

Cadwalader, had two daus. and one son. Dr. Converse d. at Pasa- 
dena, Cal. ; his w. Elizabeth Ann, d. in Princeton, 111., Dec. 1, 18S3. 
1068. Alpha Riley, 8 b. Aug. 28, 1814, was so named because he was the 

first child born in Harrisville, Medina Co., O. ; m. , no chil., d. at 

Ottawa, Kan., June 10, 1885. 1069. Sophronia, 8 b. Apr. 25, 1S19, m. 
Apr. 26, 1840, H. V. Bacon, b. Aug. 16, 1S13. Chil. : I. Helen A., b. 
Feb. 28, 1841, m. E. M. Peck, Dec. 19, 1862, and has four sons ; 2. Henry 
K., b. Oct. 21, 1842, m. S. S. Skinner, Nov. 20, 1S65, and has one dau ; 3. 
Lucy E., b. Mar. 3, 1848, m. Egbert Towell, Dec. 13, 1S69, and had two 
daus. not now living ; 4. Clara M., b. Nov. 28, 1853, m. R. W. Barney, 
Nov. 30, 187 1, no chil. ; 5. Walter C, b. Sept. 20, 1855, d. Jan. 3, 1861. 
Sophronia the m. d. at Princeton, 111., June 7, 1884. 1070. Uriel 
Tuttle, 8 b. Dec. 25, 1821, d. at Lodi, O., Jan. 13, 1843. 

Justus the f. d. at Princeton, 111., Jan. 26, 186 1. 

GEORGE BURR, 7 [430] of Lodi, O., 

was b. in Torringford, Ct. He m. Mehitable Hannahs of Goshen, Ct., 
May, 1811, b. May 27, 1790. He with his w. and brother, Russell, Jr., 
immediately moved into the wilderness of Ohio ; his nearest neighbor, 
except Joseph Harris, being twenty-five miles away. This little colony of 
two families held their own amid the hostile Indians, only once leaving 
their home for a few months for safety. They also with eight others 



362 THE BURR FAMILY. 

organized the first Christian church of that Co. (Medina), to which he 
belonged till his death, Apr. 16, 1870, in his eighty-second year. Their 
chil. were : 

1071. Jerusha Emeline, H b. Aug. 12, 1812, m. Thomas Jefferson 
Dewey, Apr. 30, 1835, d. at Parkersburg, West Va., May 6, 1858. Her 
chil. were : I. Caroline Louisa, b. Jan. 26, 1837, m. Samuel Romine, June 

26, 1862, and res. at Lubeck, Wood Co., W. Va., and has a son, S. E. 
Romine, living at Parkersburg ; 2. Catherine Almira, b. Apr. 7, 1S39, m. 
David Hackett and res. at Rutland, Montgomery Co., Kan. ; 3. George 
Burr, b. Feb. 14, 1841,111. Susan Emeline Romine, Nov. n, 1S66, and 
res. in Whatcom, Whatcom Co., Washington ; 4. Elizabeth Adeline, b. Mar. 
17, 1843, m. Thomas Coleman Truman, Nov. 28, 1867, d. Dec. 2^, 1883, 
at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan. ; 5- Merron Spencer, b. Apr. 17, 
1846, m. John Hebrank, Feb. 3, 1874, and res. at Independence, Kan. ; 6. 

Thomas J- 'efferson, Jr., b. July 2, 185 1, m. , and res. at Rutland, Kan. 

1072. Louisa H.," b. Dec. 2, 18 19, m. Rev. Samuel F. Porter, July 4, 
1836, d. at Quincy, Mich., June 29, 1885, no chil. ; 1073. Sarah Almira," 
1). Apr. 29, 1822, m. Rev. Willard Burr, son of Salmon Burr, of Winsted, 
Ct., Aug. 27, 1843, and has five chil. (see record of Rev. Willard Burr) ; 
1074. Adaline Elizabeth," b. Mar. 28, 1830, m. Matthew L. Worcester, 
June 13, 1853, d. May 27, 1S69, at Kingston, 111. Chil : I. Alma M., b. 
Aug. 24, 1854, d. Dec. 31, 1854, at Burbank, O. ; 2. Matthew Burr, b. 
Dec. 30, 1856, at Kingston, 111., d. Sept. 26, 1882, at Los Angeles, Cal. ; 
3. Louisa Worcester, b. Aug. 13, 1859, d. Oct. 7, 1859, at Kingston ; 4. 
Louis Worcester, b. Aug. 13, 1S59, d. Oct. 1, 1859, at Kingston ; 5- Ltta 
May, b. July 12, 1862, m. Eugene H. Olmstead, Nov. 29, 1S83, and has 
three chil. : 1. Clarence Eugene, b. Mar. 8, 1888 ; 2. Floy J Samuel, b. Dec. 
2S, 1889, and 3. Maynard George, b. June 6, 1900, res. at Genoa, 111. ; 6. 
Emma Porter, b. July 14, 1865, d. Sept. 21, 1865 ; "]. Benjamin, b. May 

27, 1S69, m. June 1, 1890, to Mary Shelley, res. at Kingston, 111. 
Mehitable, George Burr's 1st \v., d. Sept. 2, 1S43, and he m. 2d, 

Celinda Fitts, Feb. 12, 1845, '>• May 13, 1824. Their chil. were : 

1075. George, Jr., 8 b. Jan. 5, 1850 ; 1078. Bertha/ b. Apr. 13, 
1856, m. S. W. Nettleton, of Medina, O., Oct. 1, 1SS9 ; and has chil. 1. 
Lucius Burr, b. Dec. 19, 1894 ; 2. Derwin Burr, b. June 23, 1897 ; IO79. 
Chester H.," b. July 28, 1859. Celinda Fitts, George Burr's 2d w., d. 
Apr. 19, 1883. 

RUSSELL BURR, Jr., 7 [431] of Harrisville, O., 

m. Mar. 22, 18 13, Elizabeth Birge, b. in Torringford, Ct., Mar. 8, 1788, 
Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 363 

1080. Mary Ann, 8 b. May 18, 1814, m. Amos Witter, Jan. 24, 1830, 
d. in Harrisville, O., Oct. 31, 1843 ; one child, Ann Eliza, b. July 17, 1833, 
d. Aug. 14, 1834, at Read, O. : 1081. Clarrissa, 9 b. June 2, 1816, m. 
Sewell W. Dewitt, May 24, 1832, and had two chil. : I. Elizabeth Greville, 
b. Apr. 22, 1837, m. Homer Morgan and had two chil. : 1. Homer, and 2. 
Edwin, res. at Toledo, O. ; 2. Sewell W., Jr., b. in Harrisville, O., Dec. 
27, 1840, m. Flora Ritchey and had the following chil : 1. Harry R., 2. 
Howard, 3. Lucien, 4. Jessie, 5. Belle, and 6. Zada, res. at Jennings 
Ordinary, VV. Va. Sewell W. Dewitt, Clarissa's 1st hus., d. June 20, 1840, 
and she m. 2d, William S. Moore, May 23, 1844, by whom she had three 
chil. : I. Elizabeth L., b. July 2, 1845, d. Apr., 16, 1864 ; 2. Elliot y oh n, 
b. Nov. 25, 1848, m. Matilda J. Park, Jan. 30, 1S72, and has chil. : 1. 
Clarence y., b. Feb. 16, 1873, d. Apr. 30, 1S90 ; 2. Clara Belle, b. Sept. 5, 
1876, and 3. Eugene R., b. Feb. 7, 18S8, all of Alaiedon, Ingham Co., 
Mich. ; 3. Addella C, b. Aug. 18, 1853, d. Mar. 16, 1863. 1082. Allen 
R., e b. Apr. 22, 1818 ; 1083. Augustus T., 8 b. May 3, 1822. 

Russell Burr the f. d. in Harrisville, O., June 29, 1S33, and his w. 
Elizabeth Oct. 12, 1847. 

TIMOTHY BURR, 7 [432] of Lodi, O., 

m. Julia Caldwell, Feb. 21, 1792. He was the executor of the estate of 
Russell Burr, his father, and one of the foremost Abolitionists of his sec- 
tion — his home being a station on the " Underground R. R." as long as 
he lived. He d. Apr. 10, i860, and his w., Julia, Aug. 25, 1856. They 
had four sons, all dying young : 

IO84. Lucius, 9 b. Mar. 26, 1814, d. July 26, 1835 ; 1085. Hiram 
M., 8 b. Feb. 21, 1816, d. Aug. 16, 1817 ; 1086. Francis M., 8 b. Aug. 7, 
1818, d. July 14, 1835 ; 1087. Almond C., 8 b. Feb. 23, 1S25, d. Aug. 7, 
1835. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [434] of Lodi, O., 
m. Laura Cook, May, 1822 ; she was b. Apr. 3, 1803. Chil. : 

1088. Hiram L., 8 b. May 3, 1823 ; 1089. Laura Ann." b. June 24, 
1826, m. Joseph S. Brown, Apr. 7, 1842, and res. at Fostoria, O.; 1090. 
Ellen, 8 b. Sept. 3, 1S30, d. Dec. 13, 1845 ; 1091. Mary Ann, 8 b. 
June 23, 1836, m. William Kennedy, Feb. 22, 1862, and res. near Friends- 
ville, O. 

William, the father, d. Jan. 14, 1880, and his wife Laura, Feb. 20, 1880. 

HIRAM BURR, 7 [435] of Princeton, III., 

m. Almira Cook, Jan. 25, 1825. He d. at Princeton, 111., May 13, 1873. 
Chil. : 



364 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1092. Francis," b. Dec. 22, 1825, d. 1862 ; 1093. Gillet," b. Sept. 9, 
1827 ; 1094. Charles N., v b. June 12, 1830 ; 1095. Penfield," b. July 31, 
1831 ; IO96. Joseph H., 8 b. Apr. 9, 1833, d. Jan. 9, 1834. 

NATHAN BURR, 7 [442] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Feb. 13, 1822, Miriam, dau. of Dea. Stevens. No. chil. Mr. Burr d. 
1S62. 

JAMES BURR,' [449] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Nancy Wells, of Bloomfield. Their chil. are : 

IO97. Osman/ b. July 10, 1815, unm., res. in Bloomfield; IO98. 
Thedy, 8 b. Apr. 13, 1817 ; 1099. Emerson," b. Oct. 22, 1819 ; 1100. 
Emily," b. Sept. 30, 1S22, m. Hayden Battles, and has one son, Dwight, 
set. 25 yrs.; HOI. Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 13, 1S24, m. Chester Noble, of Sims- 
bury, Ct., and has chil. : I. Lottie, 2. Alice, 3. Warren, 4. George, 5. Bertie. 

1102. Mary, 8 b. Apr. 23, 1826; 1103. Dwight," b. July 13, 1830; 
1104. Rollin," b. May 24, 1833 ; 1105. Maria," b. Oct. 16, 1835, ra. 
Rufus Fuller, of Philadelphia, Pa.; II06. Addie," b. Aug. 4, 1S42, res. in 
Hartford. 

James the f. d. Aug. 3, 1866 ; his wid. d. May 6, 1875, aat. 78 yrs. 

DANIEL BURR, 7 [461] of Frederica, Del., 

m. Cyrena Steere, b. Oct. 9, 1814, in Chenango Co., N. Y. Chil. : 

1107. Urania," b. July 29, 1846. 1108. Daniel," b. Apr. 6, 1848, 
1109. Evangeline S.," b. Mar. 29, 1853. 1110. John C., 6 b. Oct. 2, 
1856, d. Oct. 3, 1S62. 

AMOS BURR, 7 [462] of Chenango Co., N. Y., 
m. June 1, 1S43, Hannah Grover. Six chil., names unknown. 

ERASTUS BURR, 7 [468] of Norfolk, Ct., 

m. Nancy, dau. of Christopher Potter, of Canaan, Ct., Mar. 24, 1847. 
Chil.: 

1117. Mary E., 8 b. Feb. 9, 1848. 1118. Ralph C," b. July"2i, 
1854. 1119. Frank E.," b. Feb., 1863, d. in inf. 1120. Eben E., 8 a b. 
Feb. 2, 1867, d. in inf. 

CHARLES M. BURR, 7 [470] of Wahoo, Neb. 

Served in the Union army during the Civil War, and lost a limb at the 
battle of Cedar Creek, Ya. He m. June 5, 1870, Lydia Barton, of Frede- 
rica, Del. Chil. : 

1120a. Frank D.," b. Feb. 28, 1872. 1121. Harry/ b. Mar., 1875. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 365 

MOSES CAMP BURR, 7 [472] of Great Barrington, Mass., 

m. Mary VV. Briggs, of Great Barrington, May 1, 1838. 

Chil. : 1122. Henry S., 8 b. May 26, 1839. 1123. Lois A., e b. 

Jan., 4, 1842. 1124. George Warren," b. May 24, 1846. 1125. 
Francis A., 8 b. May 12, 1849, d. Dec. 21, 1849. Mrs. Moses Burr d. 
July 27, 1874. Moses Burr d. Apr. 7, 1890. Lois A. [1123] was m. in 
Cedar Falls, la., Dec. 26, 1S60, to Dempster J. Coleman (Attorney-at-Law). 
Chil. : I. Mary iV., b. Nov. 5, 1862. 2. Clinton Burr, b. Dec. 1, 1865. 
3. Fannie, b. June 1, 1S71, d. Feb. 12, 1S82. 

Mary N. Coleman (i) was m. March 28, 1894, to Frederick A. Rem- 
mington. Chil. : 

1. Donald Coleman, b. Jan. 6, 1897, d. Mch. 15, 1898. 2. Dempster 
Coleman, b. Nov. 24, 1899. 

Clinton Burr (2) was m. Sept. 17, 1894, to Josephine McDonald. 
Their chil. are : 1. Louisa, b. Nov. 16, 1895. 2. Donald J ' ohn, b. March 
29, 1897. 

Dempster J. Coleman, the f., d. in Great Barrington, Feb. 10, 1900. 

LUCIEN U. B. BURR, 7 [482] of Campton, III., 

m. Oct. 15, 1840, Susan Warne, b. at Mt. Pleasant, New Jersey, Apr. 17, 
1817. One child : 1126. Frank Warne, 8 b. Nov. 16, 1855. 

Lucien, the f., d. in Campton, Aug. n, 1861. Susan, his wife, d. Nov. 
2 5, 1S55. 

JAMES O. BURR, 7 [484] of St. Charles, III. 

Rem. from the old homestead at Cazenovia, N. Y., with his father's 
family in 1836, and located on a farm five miles northwest of St. Charles, 
111. Three years later this farm was occupied by Lucien U. B. Burr, a 
brother of James O., the rest of the family settling on a farm in Campton 
Township, some seven miles southwest. Soon after James O. Burr took 
up a farm of 342 ^~\ acres adjoining Lucien's on the south. The three 
farms each contained over half a section of land, and were deeded direct 
to them from Government by a patent signed by President John Tyler 
March 10, 1S43. 

James O. Burr and Mary, dau. of Roland Lee and Mary (Stowell) Lee, 
his wife, were m. in 1841. They had four chil. : 

1127. Clark C., 8 b. Mar. 7, 1842. 1128. Grace I., 8 b. Aug. 18, 1844, 
II2Q. Algernon A., H b. Aug. 1 r, 1846. 1130. Elma I., H b. Apr. 9, 1848. 

James O. Burr d. June 17, 1872. Mary, his wife, d. Feb. 14, 1869. 

Of the daus., Elma I. (1130) m., Nov. 4, 1875, Jay K. Lowry, and has 



366 THE BURR FAMILY. 

two sons : I. Robert Burr, b. Sept. 15, 1876, and 2. Walter J ay, b. May 3, 

1878. 

MARSHALL BALDWIN BURR 7 [485] of St. Charles, III., 

m. Oct. 25, 1845, to Mary L. Cowles, b. Oct. 25, 1827, in Belchertown, 
Mass. No chil. Mr. Burr d. Dec. 3, 1SS3. The editor of his home 
paper truly said of him : " In all his relations of social and domestic life 
his word was a bond of confidence and trust." 

BENJAMIN F. BURR, 7 [486] of Campton, III., 

m. Jan. 1, 1844, at Union Grove, 111., Adelia S. Barber. Their chil. were : 
1131. Amanzel DeForest/ b. Jan. 20, 1845. 1132. Carlos Cal- 
vin,- b. Aug. 15, 1846. 1133. Lionel Calvert, 6 b. July 7, 1848. 1134. 
Marshall/ b. Mar. 5, 1850. 1135. Atwell L./ b. Aug. 15, 1852. 
1136. Clara A./ b. Dec. 9, 1855. 1137. Lizzie A./ b. June 7, 1858. 

Of the daus., Clara A. (1136) m. Frank L. Sheldon, of New York City, 
and has two sons : I. Louis and 2. Paul. They res. in New York City. 
Benjamin F. Burr and his three sons, Amanzel, Carlos, and Lionel C, 
enlisted in the Union army during the Civil War, and served honorably 
through the conflict. He d. at Lincoln, Neb., May 20, 1898. 

LORIN BURR, 7 [500] of Windsor, O., 

m. Betsey Cook in 1825. Chil. : 1138. Calista/ b. in 1826, d. in 1848 ; 
1139. Margarette/ b. in 1828, d. in 1850. Mr. Burr d. in Windsor, 
1866. 

HENRY H. BURR, 7 [501] of Cal., 

m. Amarillis Beebe, in 1817. Chil. : 1140. Augustus/ b. at Ravenna, 
O., 1818. 1141. Lester/ b. 1820. 1142. Samuel/ b. 1822. 1143. 
Erastus/ b. 1824. 1144. Franklin/ b. 1827. 1145. Lucy A./ b. 
1830. 1146. Henry B./ b. 1834. Henry Burr, with most of his family, 
rem. to Cal. abt. 1858. 

ADOLPHUS BURR, 7 [502] of Laporte, Ind., 

in. Amanda Haines in 1825. Chil. : 1147. Harlo/ b. at Windsor, O., 
1827. 1148. Helen," b. 1829. 1149. Daniel/ b. 1831. 1150. Will- 
iam/ b. at Bloomfield, O., 1833. 1151. Jane/ b. 1836. 1152. Mary/ 
b. 1839. 1153. Selden/ b. 1842. 1154. Catherine/ b. 1844. Mr. 
Burr d. in 1857. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 367 

WILLIAM M. BURR, 7 [506] of Windsor, O., 

m. Philena Brooks, in 1840. Chil.: 

1155. Amadeus, 8 b. 1841; 1156. Martha A., 8 b. 1843, d. 1845; 
1157. Walter S., 8 b. 1845, d. 1S49; 1158. Mary, e b. 1847, d. 1852. 

Mrs. Philena Burr d. in 1849, and in 1850 her husband set out for 
California by the overland route, and d. on the journey. 

ELISHA S. BURR, 7 [508] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Helen Fonda and had chil.: 

1159. Abner, 8 b. 1824; 1160. Hannah, 8 b. 1827, d. 1861. 
Elisha Burr d. 1827, aet. 27 yrs. 

ELI R. BURR, 7 [510] of Cuba, N. Y., 

m. Susannah Monogal. Their chil. are : 

1161. Howard M. 8 ; 1162. Gilbert J. 8 ; 1163. Mary S. 8 ; 1164. 
Elliot R. 8 

Mr. Eli Burr d. in Cuba in 1842. 

ELIAS G. BURR, 7 [511] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. in 1839, Ann C. Leonard, of Kingsboro, and d. in 1850, leaving six chil.: 
1165. Willard R., 8 b. 1840; 1166. Remus D., 8 b. 1842 ; 1167. 
Amelia P., 8 b. 1844; 1168. Marcellus G., 8 b. 1846; 1169. Mary F., 8 
b. 1848; 1170. Josiah L., 6 b. 1850. 

WAREHAM BURR, 7 [515] of , III., 

b. Oct. 25, 1795, d. Sept. 6, i86r, m. Nancy Cummins, Sept. 12, 1822. Chil.: 

1171. Vorintha, 8 b. Oct. 30, 1824, d. unm. Aug. 1, 1865 ; 1172. 

Sally, 8 b. Feb. 10, 1826, m. Lemuel Short, Dec. 31, 1844. Chil.: I. j^ames, 

, 2. Ware/iam Eissel, 3. Alvina,r\o\v Mrs. Gaffney, of Hamilton, Kan.; 

4. William, d. in inf.; 5. Lemuel, res. Hamilton, Kan. 1 173. Ulysses, 8 
b. Feb. 3, 1828, d. Feb. 6, 1847; H74- Eunice, 8 b. Sept. 25, 1829, d. Feb. 
1, (835; 1175. Corinya, 8 b. June 19, 1831, m. Charles C. Smith, July 24, 

1850. Chil.: I. Barton , res. Toledo, O.; 2. Emma jf ., now Mrs. 

Unland, Kansas City, Kan.; 3. William T., of Charmahon, 111.; 4. Ella 
M., now Mrs. Douglas, Moorheacl, Minn. ; 5- Charles W., Charmahon, 
111. ; 6. Lucy M., now Mrs. Miller, Joliet, 111.; 7. Cora A., now Mrs. Hicks. 
Joliet, 111.; 8. Eva S., unm., Charmahon, 111.; 9. Edgar, d. in inf.; 10. 
Floyd N., res. Charmahon, 111. 1176. Melissa, 8 b. Mar. 7, 1833, d. Apr. 
8, 1839; 1177. Ira, 8 b. Jan. 8, 1835, m. Lydia Wallace, Oct. 3, 1858; 



368 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1178. Albert"; 1179. William"; 1180. Ida"; 1181. Nancy'; 1182. 
Frank " ; 1182a. Selina," b. Nov. 22, 1837, m. Charles J. Longmire, 
June 28, 1855. Cb.il.: I. Ira, 2. Charles, 3. Alvin, 4. Corinya, $. William, 
6. Emmett, 7. Edward. 

1183. William Bissel," b. Mar. 14, 1840, d. unm., on battlefield of 
Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863 ; 1184. John Alvin," b. Nov. 20, 1843, d. 
in inf. 

CHAUNCY H. BURR, 7 [520] of Middletown, Ind., 

m. Jane Williams, of Union Co., Ind., Sept. 14, 1S30. Their chil. are : 

1185. Almira J., 8 b. Aug. 5, 1831, m. Dr. Bradbury, now lives at 
Muncie, Ind.; Il86. Vorintha B., h b. Nov. 11, 1833, was m. Nov. 24, 
1854, to William W. Cotterell, and res. at Garden City, Kan. Has four 
chil., viz.: I. Emma J., b. Aug. 9, 1S56, m. to Milton Brown, July 16, 
[878, and has a son, Chauncy C, b. 1881 ; 2. Chauncy Frank, b. Apr. 9 
i860, a physician, is m. and has one son, a^t. two yrs.; 3. Jolui H., an 
attorney, b. Sept. 18, 1862; 4. CJiarlcs Burr, b. June 14, 1864. The sons 
all res. at Guthrie, Oklahoma. 1187. Eunice B., 8 b. Oct. 8, 1836, m. 
George D. Noffsinger, Apr. 9, 1S56. Their chil. are : I. Elizabeth J ., 
2. Laura C, 3- John Chauncy, 4- Louie Sarah, 5- Chas. H., 6. Willie 
Orin, 7. Walter Burr. She now lives at Kokomo, Ind. Il88. Zerelda," 
b. June 14, 1838, m. John Summers, of Middletown, Ind. Their chil. 
are: I. Orin, 2. Jennie. Zerelda Burr Summers died at Stockton, Mo., 
Sept. 22, 1882. 1180. Chauncy S., s b. June 10, 1840; 1190. Miles H.," 
b. Oct. 27, 1841; 1101. La Fayette J.," b. Dec. 15, 1845; HQ2. John 
Q.," b. Jan. 4, 1849, d. at the age of 17 yrs. serving as a volunteer in the 
17th Ind. Mounted Inf., after one year's service ; II93. Walter B., b. 
May 13, 1850. 

Chauncy H. Burr, after his marriage, as shown above, settled in Middle- 
town, Henry Co., Ind. He was appointed the first postmaster of Middle- 
town, and in 1839 he was elected magistrate, which he continued to fill 
until 1882, except about one term, — a period of over forty years. Mr. Burr 
was a tanner and leather merchant by trade, an uncompromising Repub- 
lican in politics, and inclined to be liberal in religion. He died at Muncie, 
Ind., on Feb. 3, 1891, while on a visit to one of his daughters. 

ALVIN S. BURR,' (522] of New Castle, Ind., 

b. July 16, 1810, in Co., Pa. He d. at his home at New Castle, Ind., 

Feb. 12, 1883; was a tanner by trade. He was a Justice of the Peace for 
many years before his death. Chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 369 

1194. Elizabeth Jane, 8 b. Sept. 24, 1833 ; 1195. Lycurgus Lor- 
enzo, 8 b. Nov. 24, 1835; 1196. Margaret Marilda, 8 b. Oct. 9, 1838, d. 
Oct. 2S, 1S40; 1197. James, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1839, d. in inf.; 1198. Wil- 
liam Gaylard, 8 b. June 27, 1843; 1199. Mary Helen, 8 b. Jan. 24, 1847, 
d. Sept. 11, 1864; 1200. Lydia Annie, 8 b. Dec. 20, 1849. 

Elizabeth Jane [lI94],of Pendelton, Ind., was m. Apr. 4, 1853, to J. A. 
Windell, M.D., b. Sept. 6, 1826. ChiL: I. Josephine E., b. Feb. 8, 1854, 
m. Sept. 21, 1S70, to Oliver H. Thomas, of Pendelton, Ind. ChiL: 1. 
Frank, b. Ayr. 19, 1873 I 2 - Lena M., b. May 16, 1876 ; 3. Percy D., b. 
Nov. 6, 18S1. 2. Katharine, b. Sept. 18, 1855, d. Oct. 15, 1875, m. Edward 
Longnecker on Nov. 30, 1872. Chil.: 1. Josephine, b. Sept. 24, 1873, d. 
Aug. 13, 1885. 3. Adda, b. Apr. 10, i860, m. Dec. 28, 18S1, to Julius 
Cook. 4. Volney C, b. Feb. 9, 1S64. 5. Harriet L., b. Jan. 29, 1862, m. 
Aug. 22, 1882, to Oliver Barrett. ChiL: 1. Ora Josephine, b. May 19, 
1883. 6. John A., b. July 19, 1858, d. Oct. 14, 1859. 7. James Burr, 
b. Feb. 22, 1868, m. Sept., 1890, has one child. Lydia Annie [l200] m. 
Nov. 2, 1869, Harry H. Hoover, of Richmond, Ind., printer. ChiL: I. 
Herbert Burr, b. June 8, 187 1, telegrapher; 2. Howard Lata re nee, b. Mar. 
4, 1879; 3- Wilfred Homer, b. Feb. 8, 1884. 

MYRANDA L. BURR, 7 [523] of Lamar, Mo., 

m. Emily Ellis, Dec. 21, 1834. Their chil. are : 

1201. Surrellous W., 8 b. Oct. 3, 1835; 1202. Zerelda A., 6 b. Sept. 
12, 1837, m. 1st, James N. Huffman, had chil.: I. Theodosia F., 2. James 
L., who d. in inf.; 2d, she m. John B. Selder, and has chil.: 3. Emily, 4. 
Oliver A., 5. Robert L., 6. Harvey C, 7. Thomas Burr, 8. Nellie B., 9. 
Hattie B., 10. George IV., II. Garry L. She res. at Hume, Bates Co., Mo. 

1203. Voranza B., 8 b. March 19, 1839; 1204. Lewis R., 8 b. Nov. 
20, 1843, d. in U. S. Army, Jan. 7, 1862 ; 1205. Leander Z., 8 b. Jan. 
26, 1845; 1206. Rezin W., 8 b. Aug. 10, 1849. 

Myranda L. Burr first settled on the Bissell Burr farm in Shelby Co., 
Ind., in which vicinity he resided until the autumn of 1856, when he rem. 
to Muscatine, Iowa. Disliking Iowa, he returned in the spring of 1S57 to 
Shelby Co., Ind., bought a farm, where he resided until the year 1869, 
when he rem. to Lamar, Mo., where he resided until his death, which 
occurred May 4, 1889. He was a Republican in politics and a consistent 
member of the Christian (Disciple) Church. 

SYLVESTER R. BURR, 7 [524] of Macon City, Mo., 

m. Elizabeth Rodgers, Sept. 26, 1844. Their chil. are: 

24 



3/0 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1207. Sarah J., 8 b. Aug. 3, 1845, m. in 1S72 to J. A. Hogan, lives in 
St. Louis, Mo. ; 1208. Eunice M.," b. Apr. 24, 1848,111. in 1868 to James 
R. Midcap, lives in St. Louis, Mo. ; 1209. Essex W.," b. June 27, 1S49, 
d. July 3, 1849 ; 1210. Estes A./ b. July 29, 1850, d. July 8, i860 ; I2II. 
Orinda R.,~ b. Mar. 23, 1852, m. in 1872 to Thos. Wiggins, d. Nov. 7, 
1874 ; 1212. Lizzie E., H b. Dec. 31, 1853, m. in 1873 to J. R. Howe, lives 
at Macon City, Mo. ; 1213. Uva N., 6 b. May 19, 1856, m. in 1S75 to 
Thomas Wiggins, lives near Macon City, Mo. ; 1214. William B.," b. 

Mar. 4, 1859 ; 1215. Alda V., H b. Nov. 17, 1862, m. , and res. in 

Iowa. 

Mr. Burr moved from Ind. to Iowa, where he resided until the year 
1867, when he rem. to Macon City, Mo., where he resided until his death, 
Aug. 10, 1881. He was a builder and architect by trade, a Republican in 
politics, and in religious views inclined to be liberal. He has twenty-two 
grandchildren, but we have been unable to get a record of their names 
and births. 

NATHAN F. BURR,' [527] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Azubah P. Ciles in 1833, and has chil. : 

1216. Lucius F., h b. Dec. 7, 1833 ; 1217. Stephen N.,~ b. May 21, 
1835; 1218. i haddeus G., 9 b. Oct. 4, 1S36 ; 1219. Julius H., s b. 
Apr. 28, 1838, d. 1839 ; 1220. Ellen C., H b. Mar. 2, 1840 ; 1221. Julius 
H.,' b. Aug. 26, 1841 ; 1222. Wilbur J., 8 b. May r, 1843 ; I22 3- Hattie 
M., e b. Apr. 8, 1S45, m. Apr. 1867, Frank Hall, of Thompson, Pa. They 
have one child. : I. Howard IV., b. Jan. 25, 1S68, at Thompson, m. Apr. 5, 
1888, Anna Bowhall, of Amsterdam, N. V., has six chil. : 1. Frances E., 
b. 1889 ; 2. Leon II., b. 1891 ; 3. Bessie M., b. 1894 ; 4. Franklin />'., b. 
1896 ; 5. Howard IV., b. 1898 ; 6. Albert E. Leon H. (2) m. Jessie Sour- 
wine of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Frank Hall d. Mar. 4, 1878. His widow re- 
sides at Amsterdam, N. Y. 

1224. Samuel G.," b. 1847 ; 1225. Mary L.,~ b. Aug. 7, 1848, d. 
Apr. 23, 1870; 1226. Nathan H., N b. Aug. 16, 1850, d. 1872; 1227. 
Charles L., 8 b. Sept. 20, 1852, d. 1866 ; 1228. Maggie D., H b. June 20, 
1854, d. 1866 ; 1229. Frank L.," b. Feb. 13, 1858. 

Nathan Burr d. June 18, 1885 ; Azubah, his wife, Mar. 30, 1879. 

LUCIEN J. BURR, 7 [539] of Handsboro, Miss., 

m. Sarah Dudley in 1833, rem. to Handsboro, Miss., where he d. in i860, 
leaving two chil. : 

1230. Allison D., J b. 1847 ; 1231. Sarah L.," b. 1852. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 37 1 

HORATIO L. BURR, 7 [540] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. 1st, in 1836, Betsey Hosmer, of Kingsboro, who d. in 1845, ar) d 2d, in 
1850, Lucina Summer, of Broadalbin, N. Y., by whom he had chil. : 

1232. Mary H., e b. 185 1 ; 1233. Alice C., 8 b. 1852 ; 1234. Frank 
L., 9 b. 1855; I2 35- George C., 9 b. 1858; 1236. James S., 9 b. i860; 
1237. Horatio L., 8 b. 1862. 

JAMES H. BURR, 7 (542) of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. Azubah Warner in 1841. Chil. : 

1238. Harvey W., 8 b. 1842 ; 1239. Caroline, 8 b. 1844; 1240. 
Julia A., 8 b. 1848. 

Mrs. Azubah Burr d. Feb. 16, 1890, and Mr. Burr, m. 2d, Nov. 15, 
1892, Mrs. Kittie C. Young, of Albany, N. Y. Mr. Burr was a mem. of 
the New York Legislature in 1862. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 7 (543) of Washington, D. C. 

Mr. Burr is a well-known citizen of Washington, where he has resided 
for many years. He is liberal in religious belief, and has published several 
controversial pamphlets in defence of his opinions, which evince much in- 
genuity and scholarship. 

He m. in 1850, Miss Julia A. Simonton, of Coxsackie, N. Y., who d. in 
1867, leaving a dau. : 1241. Jennie, 9 b. in N. Y. in 1855. In 1869, Mr. 
Burr m. Miss Victoria Osborne, of N. Y., his present wife. 

FRANCIS BURR, 7 [544] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. Elsina Corwin in 18&7. She d. in 1848, and in 1852. he m. 2d, 
Frances Briggs. He d. in 1854, no chil. 

DAVID M. BURR, 7 [545] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. Emily Corwin in 1857. Chil.: 

1242. Comie, 8 b. 1857 ; 1243. Alice, 8 b. i860. Mr. Burr d. 1861. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [546] of Aurora, Neb., 

m. Harriet Castle, of Cayuga Co., N. Y., and rem. to Indiana in 1838, to 
Ohio in 1842, to Iowa in 1853, to the gold mines of Montana in 1864, re- 
turned to Missouri in 1867, and moved to Kansas in 1876. His wife d. in 
1884, after they had lived together 51 years, and he rem. to the home of 
his son, where he d. Sept. 1, 1890. His chil. were: 1244. Edwin M. H ; 
1245. George 9 ; 1246. a dau. d. in inf. 



372 THE BURR FAMILY. 

MILO SEYMOUR BURR, 7 [566] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Emelyn Gould, of Thetford, Vt., had three sons : one is living. 1247. 
M. Allen Burr," of Boston. Mrs. Gould d. Feb. 18, 1845, and one year 
later Mr. Burr m. 2d, Sarah M. Perry, dau. of Henry Farnam, of Boston. 
Mr. Burr was a wholesale druggist in Boston and gained a fortune. He 
d. June 4, 1888. 

BRADLEY BURR, 7 [576] of Lebanon, N. H., 

m. Apr. 1836, Hannah S. Read, of Thetford, Vt., one dau. : 1248. Mary 
M., h who m. Dec. 2, 1S69, Orlando J. Richardson, and has one son, I. 
Leon Burr, b. Apr. 14, 187S. 

WARREN BURR, 7 [577] of , 

m. Sarah Eastman. Chil. : 1249. George," dec. ; 1250. Ellen e ; 1251. 
John," dec. ; 1252. Frank'; 1253. Frederick/ 

EBEN BURR, 7 [584] of Keene, N. H., 

in. Hannah E. Morris. Chil. : 

1254. Frank Willis," b. Nov. 17, 1855 ; 1255. Farley Morris," 
b. Aug. 19, 1857, d. Dec. 2, 1885 ; 1256. Edith Evelyn, 6 b. Dec. 31, 
1864, d. July 8, 1881. 

WILLIAM G. BURR, 7 [597] of , 

m. Polly Curtis ; no rec. of chil. 

CHARLES BURR, 7 [600] of Madtson, O., 

m. Polly Bestor, of Ct. ; they had chil. : 

1257. Almira J., 8 b. 18 19, m. J. S. Taylor, and had : I. Charles B., 
2. Susan, 3. Ada. 1258. Emily C," b. 1821, m. George Willard ; and 
has chil. : I. Clara E., 2. Myra C, 3. Alice H., and 4. Francis G., res. 
in Ironton, Ohio. 1259. Emeline P., 8 b. 1822, m. A. P. Teachout ; and 
had : I. Alma P., 2. Willis A., 3. Charles B., and 4. Kate. 

1260. Arvilla H./m.B. Phillips ; their chil. are : I. Nellie, 2. Bush, 
and 3. Villah. 1261. Harriet E.,' 1). 1828, m. Thomas Card ; they had 
five chil. : I. George, 2. Edward Burr, 3. Julia, 4. Harry, and 5- Ida, 
1262. Aurelia H., e b. 1830, m. Lewis Opper ; and had: I. Frederick, 
2. Anna, 3. Harriet, and 4. Emma. 1263. Carroll C., 8 b. 1832, unm. ; 
1264. Barton H./ b. 1835 ; 1265. Ellen/ b. 1838, m. A. B. Fink, and 
had chil. : I. Halsey Burr, 2. Charles, and 3. Harry. 1266. Halsey 
C., H b. 184.. 

Mr. Charles Burr d. in 1858. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 373 

AUSTIN BURR, 7 [601] of Dorset, O, 

m. Dec. 28, 1826, Sarah Houghton, b. May 16, 1809, at Keene, N. H. 
Their chil. are : 

1267. Charles A., 8 b. Nov. n, 1S27 ; 1268. Mary G., 9 b. Mar. 16, 
1829, m. Oct. 15, 1846, Rev. John Palmer, a Bapt. clergyman, and had : 
I. Manila, b. Mar. 8, 1848, d. Jan. 5, i860 ; 2. Weyland Francis, b. Jan. 
n, 1850, d. Jan. 15, i860 ; 3. Austin Fenelon, b. Feb. 27, 1853 ; 4. Mary 
Almira, b. Feb. 23, 1857 ; 5. Delia Ethleen, b. Apr. 17, 1859, d. May 21, 
i860 ; 6. John Charles Fremont, b. Jan. 25, 1861 ; 7. Alice Josephine, b. 
Sept. 12, 1863 ; 8. Frederick Adelbert, b. Apr. 10, 1866 ; 9. Harry Eugene, 
b. May 17, 1872 ; 10. "James Franklin, b. Dec. 22, 1875, d. May 4, 1880. 
They res. at Riverbank, Cal. 

1269. Elmira D., 8 b. Feb. 21, 1832, m. Dea. Joseph Miller, of New 
Lyme, O. Their chil. are : I. Maynard E., b. June, 1863 ; 2. Austin B., 
b. May, 1867 ; 3. Mina E., b. Aug., 1870 ; 4. Joseph H., b. Oct., 1872. 

1270. Lydia R., 8 b. Apr. 3, 1835 ; 1271. John F., 8 b. Sept. 29, 
1839 ; 1272. Rufus H., e b. July 17, 1841 ; 1273. Sarah C., 8 b. Apr. 20, 
1844, m. Riley G. Allen, of Dorset, O., and had I. Marshall Burr, b. 
Nov. 21, 1872, d. Oct. 27, 1890; 2. Rufus Riley, b. July 12, 1875 ; 3. 
Corlia S., b. Apr. 26, 1884, d. Apr. 6, 1894 ; 4. Arthur A., b. July 9, 1882 ; 
5. Austin J '., b. Apr. 27, 18S5. 

FREEMAN BURR,' [6ll] of St. Laudry's Parish, La., 

m. Eugenie, dau. of Col. Jno. Thompson (a man of great prominence in 
the early hist, of La.) and Sydalise Delachaise, dau. of Count Delachaise, 
who was one of the many forced to emigrate from Acadia to escape the 
impositions laid upon them by the British government on the capture of 
that province. To this lady Longfellow's famous poem would have de- 
tailed only what she had seen and experienced in her own person, for she 
was one of the band of exiles whose wrongs and sorrows the poet so vividly 
portrays. 

To Freeman and Eugenie Burr were b. six chil. : 

1274. Sydalise, 8 b. Aug. 23, 1849, d. Jan. 12, 1864; 1275. Charles 
F., 8 b. Jan. 26, 1850; 1276. Mary, 8 b. Aug. 28, 1S52 ; 1277. Hiram 
H., fl b. Mar. 12, 1854; 1278. William, 8 b. Mar. 8. 1866 ; 1279. Syda, 8 
b. Dec. 8, 1869, d. July 26, 1S72. 

Freeman Burr d. . 

SOLOMON BURR, 7 [613] of River Falls, Wis., 

m. 1 st, Eunice Childs. Their chil. were : 

1280. Edward 8 ; 1281. Elizabeth 8 ; 1282. David C. 8 , 1283. 



374 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Eunice A/ ; 1284. Solomon " ; 1285. Charles J. ' ; all dec. except 

Elizabeth. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Lucinda Barnard. They have three chil. : 
1286. Albion B. 6 ; 1287. Lucinda E. B ; 1288. Carrie H. k 
Elizabeth [1281] m. Mr. White and has chil. : I. Willie, 2. Mary, 3. 

George, 4. Katie, 5. Edith, all res. at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

LYMAN BURR, 7 [620] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. Oct. 16, 1828, Harriet Stebbins, who was b. Dec. 1, 1804. Chil. : 

1289. Harriet E./ b. May 28, 1829, d. Sept. 20, 1843 ; 1290. Ben- 
jamin F./ b. July 6, 1831 ; 1291. M. Julena/ b. July 7, 1836, m. to C. 
C. Goldsmith, of Milford, Mass., Jan. 1. 1857, d. Apr. 30, 1879. No chil. 

1292. Mary H./ b. May 30, 1839, d. Sept. 18, 1841. 

Lyman Burr d. Nov. 11, 18S0. He was a carpenter and a farmer, and 
with his wife a member of the First Cong. ch. of Ludlow. His wife 
Harriet d. Dec. 4, 1895. 

LYMAN E. BURR, 7 [630] or McHenry Co., III., 

m. Fanny Kelsey, of Killingworth, Ct., in 1824, and rem. to Genesee Co., 
N. Y., in 1S37, and to McHenry Co., 111., in [843. He d. in 1849. He 
was a mem. of the State Legislature in Conn, two sessions, and a farmer 
by occupation. His w. d. in McHenry Co., 111., in 1859. Their chil. 
were : 

1293. Fannie M./ b. in Haddam, Ct., Jan., 1825, m. Horatio G. 
Willis, a farmer in 111., in 1844, now res. in Clear Lake, la., has nine chil. 

1294. Olive P./ b. in Had. Mar., 1827, m. in 1847 Rev. Samuel M. 
Fellows, founder and pres. of Cornell Coll., la., and res. in San Francisco, 
Cal. She has had three chil. 1295. Davis/ d. in inf.; 1296. Lyman,- 
b. in Had. Dec, 1832, d. in 1864, while a soldier in the Union Army. 
1297. Eunice P.,' b. in Had. Mar., 1834, was liberally educated, m. in 
l8 57, James N. Flollister, d. in Mt. Vernon, la., Oct., 1S63, leaving three 
chil. 1298. Cyrus/ b. in Had. Apr., 1837 ; 1299. John/ b. June, 
1839 ; 1300. William A./ b. June, 1840 ; 1301. Davis," b. July, 1843, 
enlisted in the 8th 111. Cavalry in the fall of 1S61, d. in hospital, N. Y. City, 
in July, 1862, set. 19 years. 1302. Flora J./ b. in Apr., 1846, grad. at 
Cornell Coll., la., in 1867, m. Rev. Rufus D. Parsons in 1868, d. of con- 
sumption in Las Animas, Col., Jan., 1875, leaving two chil. 

All of this fam. are Meth. in religious faith, and nearly all have been 
liberally educated. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 375 

ISAAC P. BURR, 7 [633] of Mt. Vernon, Ia., 

m. Aug. 27, 1833, Emma L. Quinley (who was b. Mar. 4, 181 2) of Had- 
dam. Ct. They had chil. as follows : 

I303- Janette E., e b. Aug. 5, 1834, at Haddam, Ct., m. Jan. 15, 
1863, Latham Coffin, of Nunda, N. Y., and had chil: I. Mary y., b. 
July 27, 1S66, at Nunda, N. Y., m. Jan. 1, 1890, Wesley Marsh, and has 
one child, Forest L., b. Oct. 26, 1890. Mr. Marsh is a jeweller at Nunda, 
N. Y.; 2. Emma Z., b. Nov. 13, 1868, at Nunda, N. Y.; 3. Lucy Anna, b. 
Aug. 29, 1878, at Nunda, N. Y. Mrs. Coffin is a graduate of Genesee 
Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y. 1304. Isaac P., e b. Jan. 2, 1S36, at 
Haddam, Ct.; 1305. Emma L., 8 b. Jan. 23, 1838, at Haddam, Ct., d. 
Jan. 3, 1S58, of typhoid fever, while a student at Genesee College, Lima, 
N. Y. ; 1306. Charles W., 8 b. Jan. 6, 1840, at Perry, N. Y. ; 1307. 
Coleman C., e b. Oct. 26, 1841, at Perry, N. Y.; 1308. Electa M.; b. 
May 26, 1843, at Perry, N. Y.; 1309. John K., 8 b. May 22, 1S45, at 
Perry, N. Y.; 1310. Hester A., 8 b. May 5, 1847, at Portage, N. Y., m. 
Wm. Wallace, July 30, 1S71, and had nine chil. : I. Emma C, b. May 14, 
1872 ; 2. William J., b. Mar. 31, 1874 ; 3. Thomas S., b. Apr. 10, 1876, 
d. Sept. 21, 1S77 ; 4 and 5. Mary and Joseph (twins), b. Dec. 3, 1877 ; 
6 and 7- Elizabeth and Lydia (twins), b. Dec. 6. 1879, d. in inf.; 8 and 9. 
John JV., and Charles IV. (twins), b. June 25, 18S1. Wm. Wallace the f. 
d. July 26, 1882, and his wid.rn. 2d, in 1890, Church Austin, of Colesville, 
Mich. 

I3II. Wealtha A., 8 b. Oct. 20, 1849, at Portage, N. Y.; has been for 
some years a successful teacher ; 1312. Mary F., 8 b. Mar. 8, 1852, at 
West Sparta, N. Y., m. Aug. 27, 1883, Wm. H. Norton. Mr. Norton is 
professor of Greek in Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, la.; Mrs. Norton is also 
adjunct professor of mathematics in the same institution ; 1313. Estella 
J., 8 b. Apr. 2, 1855, at West Sparta, N. Y., d. Nov. 3, 1872, of typhoid 
fever while a student at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia. 

Mr. Burr removed in 183S to Genesee County, N. Y., and in 1S70 
came to Mt. Vernon, la., where he lived the rest of his life. He was a 
man of the straight Puritan type, and possessed great strength of character. 
He was loyal to the right, and never compromised a wrong. In business 
affairs he possessed rare judgment, and was often sought, for counsel and 
advice. Nothing so well describes him as the remark of one with whom 
he was long intimate in business. He said : "I never knew a man more 
conscientiously honest than was Mr. Burr." Though all his life a farmer, 
in addition to rearing and educating a large family, he made for himself 
a competence. He d. Dec. 24, 1887, of apoplexy, in the 79th yr. of 
his age. 



3/6 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOHN K. BURR, 7 [634] of Durham, Ct., 

joined the M. E. ch. in Burr District, Had dam, at the age of 18 yrs., and 
while on probation was appointed class leader, in conjunction with his bro. 
Isaac P. Burr ; this position he held for 13 yrs., became a teacher at the 
age of 21 yrs., and an exhorter in the M. E. ch. at the age of 29. His 
license, bearing an honored name in Methodism, will be found interesting, 
and is as follows : 

' This is to certify that after due examination into the gifts, graces, and 
usefulness of John K. Burr, we judge him a proper person to officiate as 
an exhorter on Madison Circuit, and accordingly authorize him so to do. 
— Signed in behalf of the class at Burr District. This license is subject to 
renewal at the time of the annual renewal of licenses. 

" Edmund O. Bates, Circuit Preacher." 

This license was renewed by order and in behalf of the Quarterly 
Meeting Conference for Madison District, held the 1 6th day of May, 
[840, by Heman Bangs, presiding elder of the New Haven District. 

Mr. Burr m. in 1S34 Julia S., dau. of Stephen Johnson, of Haddam, 
Ct., and had by her two chil. : 1314. J. Fletcher, 8 b. 1839, d. in i860, 
while a student at Claverack Coll., on the Hudson. The other child died 
in inf. 

He m. 2d, Susan E., dau. of Wm. A. Vale of Clinton, Ct. ; she d. child- 
less, and he m. 3d (May 5, 1846), Emeline B., dau. of Linus Norton, of 
Killingworth, Ct. Their chil. are: 1315. Susan S.," b. Mar. 4, 1847 ; 
1316. Andrew K., H b. May 20, 1S49, d. in inf. ; 1317. Ellen M., J b. 
Apr. 4, 1S51 ; 1318. Emeline R., w b. Apr. 12, 1853, d. in inf.; 1319. 
Emeline R.," b. Apr. 21. 1856, d. Oct. 2, 1882 ; 1320. Everett C., B b. 
June 22, r868. 



ELEAZER P. BURR, 7 [635] or Haddam, Ct., 

m. Rebecca Brainerd, of Haddam. Their chil. were : 

1321. Ellison W. s ; 1322. Electa Ann/ m. James E. Bailey, of 
Durham, Ct., Jan. 3, i860. Their chil. are : I. Frederic B., b. Jan. 27, 
1861 ; 2. Jennie It., b. June 6, 1863 ; 3. Rosie S., b. Nov. 15, 1S65 ; 4. Katie 
E., b. Mar. 31, 1869; 5. /. Frankiin, b. Nov. 14, 1871 ; 6. George If., b. 
July 6, 1874. 1323. Sarah R., H b. Mar. 24, 183S, m. Fletcher Clark, of 
Haddam, Ct., June 10, i860. Their chil. are: I. Mansfield S., b. Sept 
\<>. [866 ; 2. Arthur E., b. Jan. 1 1, 1869 ; 3. Alice M., b. May 21, 1873. 
1324. Juan H. 8 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 377 

WILLIS S. BURR, 7 [636] of Selma, Ala., 

fitted for coll. at Wilbraham, Mass., grad. at Wesleyan Univer. in 1836. 
Taught in Ct. about a year, rem. to Ala. and opened a school at Sparta 
and began the study of law ; was admitted to practice and rem. to Selma, 
where he became prominent in his profession but unfortunately formed a 
partnership with a lawyer by the name of Holcomb, who absconded with 
the funds of the firm and a considerable sum of money belonging to the 
State, for which they were agents, leaving Burr penniless, with nothing but 
his untarnished character and reputation with which to begin anew. Later 
he became enthusiastically interested in the building of railroads in the 
South, and it was mainly though his influence and efforts that his adopted 
city was thereby connected with the neighboring cities and the country 
generally. He is said to have been more thoroughly posted in everything 
pertaining to railroads than any other man in the South, and by public 
addresses and writing aroused an intense interest in all that section. 

Previous to the breaking out of the Civil War he had embarked all his 
interests in railroads and was treasurer of one or more important lines. 
The war bankrupted the railroads, and at its close he was left again 
penniless, with broken health and small means of retrieving his fortunes. 
Prostrated with sickness in the fall of 1869, and having no family to care 
for him, his friend, Col. John Lapsley, with whom he had been intimately 
associated in railroad matters, took him to his plantation situated near 
Colera, Ala., where he died of typhoid fever Oct. 16, 1869, and lies buried 
on the crest of a hill in a primeval pine forest, surrounded by a number of 
unmarked graves, his own unmarked and now unknown and undistinguish- 
able from the others. 

CHARLES S. BURR, 7 [637] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Rebecca A. Fordham, of Essex, Ct. Chil. : 

I325- Jane," who m. Alfred Guriseler, of Meriden. 1326. Fred- 
erick,' d. in inf. 

Mr. Burr d. at Middletown, Ct., Aug. n, 1889. 

PHINEHAS BURR, 7 [639] of Killingworth, Ct., 
no return ; is a far. and mem. M. E. ch. ; has several chil. 

FREEBORN G. BURR, 7 [640] of Killingworth, Ct., 
no return ; he is a farmer and has several chil. 



3/3 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOHN ISL'RR, 7 [647] of Brighton, O., 

m. Feb. 2, 1834, Margaret J. Backus, dau. of John and Mary (Chase) 
Backus, of Hoosac, N. Y. Their chil. were : 

1327. Louisa Jane," b. Feb. 15. 1835, m - Feb. 28, 1856, Mortimer 
Peet, and has chil. : I. Ella Belinda, 2. Charles Burr, 3. Lilly May. 
1328. Charles Henry," b. Oct. 22, 1S37, d. June 26. 1850 ; 1329. Mary 
Belinda," I). Feb. 17, 1839, m. Oct. 4, 1866, Edward E. Danforth. One 
child, May, b. May, 14, 1875, d. in inf. ; 1329a. Clarissa," b. June 27, 
1843, m. Mar. 2, 1864, Franklin B. Case. No chil. Mr. Case d. Aug. 
9, 1887. 1330. Martha Melvina," b. Jan. 6. 1846, in May 15, 1871, 
Daniel M. Hall. One child : I. Clarence Burr, who m. June 26, 1901, 
Nora Bell Bradley. 

1331. Almina," b. Nov. 8, 1847, m. Nov. 1, 1882, Siias Crowell, no 
chil. ; 1332. Walter Harvey," b. Dec. 14, 1851, d. Jan. 20, 1890, unm. 

John Burr removed to Ohio in 1840, when twenty-one years of age, from 
Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y., to Lorain Co., on the Western Reserve. He 
was one of the first, with his family, to locate in what is now known as 
Brighton township, and in the wilderness cut out and cultivate a farm. 
An Indian trail passed the foot of the hill on which he built a comfortable 
log-house. He was often heard to speak of the Indians that passed, but 
they were of the friendly tribes. The log-house was built on a beautiful 
roll of ground, or hill, commanding a view for miles to the south. In 
later years the village of Brighton Centre sprang up about one mile north. 
He built a substantial frame-house on the site of the log-house in 1849. 
He was prosperous in his vocation as a farmer. He was prominent among 
his neighbors and was frequently solicited to accept office, but, being of a 
retiring nature, would not accept, but was always found in council with 
others for the benefit and welfare of all. 

Walter H. [1332] went to Kansas 1878. was in that State several years 
and then went to Colorado, located at Leadville, and entered the mining 
business. He was overseer of a large mining plant at the time of his 
death. He died Jan. 20, 1890. His remains were brought to Ohio and 
interred at Brighton by the side of his father and mother. Four of the 
daughters married men who served their country for the preservation of 
the Union. Clarissa to Franklin S. Case, Mar. 2, 1864. At the age of 
twenty years Mr. Case assisted in recruiting Company H., 2d Ohio Vol. 
Cav. He refused the office of Captain, but on earnest solicitation of his 
most intimate friends and schoolmates he accepted 2d Lieutenant. The 
regiment was sent to the frontier and served with distinction during the 
year 1862, in Southern Kansas, Indian Territory. Missouri, and Arkansas. 
Was then assigned to the Army of the Ohio under General Burnside. Mr. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 379 

Case at this time was promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and in one of the 
charges during a battle in the gap of the Cumberland Mountains, in 
Kentucky, he was struck by a pistol ball fired from the hand of a rebel 
soldier, only a few feet from him. The ball entered the right breast, 
passed through the lung, entirely through the body, coming out just 
beneath the shoulder-blade. He was left behind with others, and was 
in the hands of the enemy six weeks, when he made his escape to the 
Union lines. After recovering sufficiently to do so, he rejoined his regi- 
ment in Virginia, taking part in all the battles the regiment was engaged 
in, until in the battle of Reams Station he was again taken prisoner and 
thrown into Libby Prison, where he was held until the close of the war. 
The hardships and privations there endured, together with the effect of the 
wound he received and which never ceased to trouble him, made him an 
invalid for life, and eventually caused his death. He located at Belle- 
fontaine, Ohio, after the close of the war, 1866, and entered the drug 
business, which he carried on extensively until about a year before his 
death, Aug. 9, 1887. Mr. Case held a number of offices of trust. He 
was appointed Colonel of the 7th Regt. Ohio National Guard, was a mem- 
ber of Gov. Foster's staff, as Quartermaster General, and President of 
Logan County Agricultural Society. Elected County Treasurer of Logan 
Co. two terms, 1884 and 1886, his term not having expired at the time of 
his death. 

Martha to Daniel M. Hall, May 15, 1S71. Mr. Hall enlisted with the 
2d Ohio Vol. Cav., but after a few months was discharged on account of 
disability. After recovering from his disability he again entered the army, 
this time with the 12th Ohio Vol. Cav., taking part in all the battles the 
regiment was engaged in, and was discharged with the regiment at the 
expiration of its term of service. He is located at Brighton, Lorain Co., 
where he is engaged in the dry-goods and grocery business, and is Post- 
master, the office being located in his store. Also holds office of Justice 
of the Peace, and Township Treasurer. 

Mary to Edward E. Danforth, Oct. 4, 1866. Mr. Danforth enlisted 
with the 41st Ohio Vol. Inf. (Gen. Hazen's Regt.) and took part with the 
regiment in the battle of Shiloh, and was in the service one year when 
sickness unfitted him for duty and he was discharged from service. He 
has never fully recovered. He is a tinner and works at his trade. Located 
in Springfield, Ohio. 

Almina to Silas Crowell, Nov. 1, 1882. Mr. Crowell, at the age of 
eighteen years, enlisted with the 93d Ohio Vol. Inf. and took part in all 
the battles and skirmishes with his regiment (fifteen in all) in Kentucky, 
Tennessee, and Georgia, until wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, 



380 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1864. Taken prisoner at the battle of Stone River, and in the hands of 
the enemy thirty-five days, ten days of the time in Libby Prison. Was 
wounded in right knee, causing amputation. Mr. Crowed learned the 
cabinet trade after the war. Was custodian of Ohio battle-flags and relics 
at the State capitol, Columbus, Ohio, under Cov. J. B. Foraker's adminis- 
tration, four years. Located in Springfield, 1879. 

1 333- George Aimer," b. Feb. 7, 1855, m. Mar. 6, 1878, Alice M. 
Jones. Chil. : 1334. Clifton J., a b. Dec. 27, 1880; and 1335. Harry 
S.,' b. Sept. 22, 1886. 

Mr. John Burr d. at Brighton, Apr. 8, 1886. Mrs. Burr d. Dec. 25, 1888. 

HARVEY BURR, 7 [649] of Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 

m. Mar. n, 1851, to Florida Lane, b. June 20, 1S32. Their chil. are : 
1 33&- Charles L., 8 b. Aug. 22, 1S53 ; 1337. Anderson H., 8 b. July 

19, 1856 ; 1338. Clara E.," b. Sept. 16, 1858 ; 1339. Clarence E.," b. 

June 26, 1861 ; 1340. Ida May," b. Dec. n, 1S62 ; 1341. Laura B., M 

b. Dec. 31, 1868. 

Of the daus. Clara E. m. July, 1S78, Meruth Hain. Has two chil. : I. 

Florilla E., 2. Annie B. Ida May m. May 29, 18S9, William Fradenburgh. 
Mr. Burr is still living [189 1] on the old homestead at Champion 

where he has lived for forty years. 

DAVID BURR, 7 [650] of , 



m. 1st, in 184K, Catherine Osborn, and had two chil. : 

1342. Alice Ellen/ b. Mar. 4, 1S50, m. Mar. 6, 1S72, Irvin M. 
Adams, of Martinsburg, N. Y., b. June 19, 1S49, d. Nov. 19, 1879. They 
had no chil. 1343. Benjamin Franklin," b. May 17, 1S52, m. Oct. 3, 
1872, Mary Ellen Adams, of Martinsburg. No chil. 1344. Charles 
Daniel," 1). Oct. 3, 1857, d. Mar. 31, 1S89, unm. 

CHARLES C. BURR, 7 [654] of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Sarah Sloat, Dec. 28, 1S43. Chil. are : 

1345. Charles E. H. C," b. Oct. 26, 1844, d. Mar. 17, 1846; 
1346. John A./ b. Feb. 24, 1846 ; 1347. Nathan M./ b. Mar. 28, 
1848, d. Apr. 27, 1849; 1348. George A.," b. Dec. 23, 1849; 1349. 
Chloe E., 8 b. Aug. 29, 185 1, d. Sept. 28, 1852 ; 1350. Henry U., fi b. 
Aug. 7, 1853 ; 1351. Sarah J.," b. July S, 1855, m. George A. Cloward. 
Their chil. are : I. George E. f b. Feb. 24, 1875 ! 2 - Emma J., b. June 17, 
1876 ; 3. Oral J. 1 b. July 9, 1878, d. Dec. 12, 1882 ; 4. Elmer C, b. Apr. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 38 1 

25, 18S0, d. July 1, 1885 ; 5« Minna L., b. Apr. 13, 1883 ; Infant, b. July 
12, 1885 ; d. July 13, 1S85. 

1352. Miron L., 8 b. Aug. 10, 1857 ; 1353. Laura A., 8 b. Apr. 26, 
i860, m. George B. Waters. Their chil. are : I. George A., b. Aug. 23, 
1880 ; 2, Delos C, b. July 2, 1882 ; 3. Sidney C, b. Feb. 28, 1887 ; Infant, 
b. July 8, 1891. 

JARED BURR, 7 [658] of Haddam, Ct., 

was a young man of superior education and accomplishments, respected 
and beloved by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. After follow- 
ing teaching for some years he engaged in merchandise in his native town. 
Having just completed a new store for the enlargement of his business, 
he started on the 30th Sept., 1839, to go to New York to purchase goods, 
intending to take a boat at Chester, where he had some business to trans- 
act. On his way thither he was waylaid by a vagabond by the name of 
Thomas, shot and robbed, and his body concealed in a neighboring 
swamp. The murderer was arrested, but with the money taken from the 
victim's pocket three prominent lawyers were feed, who contrived to get 
upon the jury some universalists who did not believe in the penalty of 
death for crime, and the result was acquittal. He was rearrested, and as 
he could not again be tried for murder he was indicted for robbery, and 
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary, where he 
afterwards confessed his crime to the father and sister of the murdered 
man. 

DR. HORACE BURR, 7 [659] of Wilmington, Del., 

m. Dec. 13, 1S47, Nancy Louisa Hungerford, b. at E. Haddam, Ct., Oct. 
4, 1820. 

When twenty-one Dr. Burr began the study of medicine, and graduated 
from the Medical Department of Yale College in February, 1842. He 
immediately began practice at Westbrook, Conn., and soon acquired a 
large practice. At the age of fifty years, finding that his practice had 
largely outgrown his strength, he was compelled to relinquish it 
altogether, and removed to Wilmington, Del., where, after his health was 
somewhat improved, he resumed practice, and continued in it until his 
death. Dr. Burr always held that literary pursuits and work outside 
of one's profession, if properly pursued, did not detract from usefulness in 
it, and always had some work in hand as a recreation and mental stimulus. 
In this way he acquired a more or less thorough knowledge of French, 
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, Low Dutch, 



382 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, and Russian, with many of the dialects. Dr. 
Burr's linguistic attainments were shown most strikingly in his translation 
of the " Historical Records of the Swedes of New Jersey," for the Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society, and in his " History of Trinity Parish 
(Swedish), Wilmington, from the Landing of the Swedes in 1638 to the 
Present Time." He also published various monographs on natural 
history, and addresses medical and otherwise. Dr. Burr d. Jan. 10. 1899; 
his w. d. Jul}' 31, 1896. His chil. are: 

1354. Ellen Louise/ b. Nov. n, 1848, m. Joseph Tatnall. Jr., 
of Wilmington, Del. (b. May 31, 1849), Oct. 5, 1880. Their chil.: I. 
Horace Burr, \s. Aug. 20, i88r, d. Feb. 17, 1882: 2. Horace Joseph, h. 
Dec. 17, 1883; 3. Louise Hungerford, b. March 25, 1885. Joseph Tat- 
nall, Jr., d. March 2, 1X87. 

1355. Anna Elizabeth,' b. Aug. 7,0, 1851, d. Dec. 31, 1S62; 1356. 
Mary Sophia," b. Nov. 24, 1S53 ; 1357. Lilian Emeline, 8 b. Aug. 2, 
1856, m. John Ponder, of Milton, Del. (b. Apr. 25, 1855), May 27, 1880. 
Their chil. are: I. Anna Louise, b. Feb. 22, 18S1; 2. James, b. July 29, 
1882; 3. William Hungerford, b. Dec. 24, 1884; 4. Lilian Burr, b. Oct. 
28, 18S6; 5. Sarah Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1888; 6. Horace Burr, b. Jan. 

12. 1890, d. Sept. 15, 1890; 7- Louisa Hungerford, b. Jan. 12, 1890, d. 
Sept. 25, 1890. Mrs. Ponder d. March 28, 1891. 

1358. Clara Amelia/ b. March 26, 1858; 1359. William Hun- 
gerford," 1). Dec. 17, 1859; 1360. Alice Spencer," b. May 24, i86r, m. 
John Woodruff Shepard, of Brooklyn, N. V. (b. July 18, 1858), Sept. 3, 
1890. Chil.: I. Frederic Burr, b. Dec. 18, 1891; 2. Ralph LLunger- 
ford, b. May 12, 1899. 

1360a. Eliza Hooker," b. Aug. 9, 1S63, m. Alfred R. Jones, of Wil- 
mington, Del. (1). Aug. 7, 1863), June 11, 1891. Chil.: I. Raymond Burr, 
b. July 6,. 1895. 

NOAH BURR, 7 [661] of Hadda.m, Ct., 

m. Polly Kelsey, Apr. 12, 1846, who was b. March 18, 1826, in Killing- 
worth, Ct., and d. Dec. 17, 1863. Their chil.: 

1360b. Orlando," b. March r, 1847: 1361. Horace," b. Sept. 14, 
1848; 1362. Wyllys K.," b. March 3. [850; 1363. Mary J., h b. July 

13, 1852, d. March 10, 1879; J 3^4- Ella V.," b. July 16, 1S54. Gradu- 
ated at Wesleyan University, fitted for a trained nurse in Bellevue Hospi- 
tal, and is engaged in that calling in New York. 1365. Buckley," 
1). Aug. 29, 1856; 1366. Rosabel," b. Sept. 26, 1858, m. Austin C. Burr, 
Oct., 1 88 1. Had one child, Ethel, b. May 7, 1887, d. May 9, 1887. 1367. 
Abby," b. Oct. 4, r86o; 1368. Arthur," b. Sept. 9, 1862, d. Dec. 9, 1863. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 383 

Mr. Burr pa. 2d, Amelia M. Bonfoey, b. July 29, 1826. Had one child: 
1368a. James A., 8 b. Oct. 14, 1869. 

Noah Burr is a farmer in his native town. 

JARVIS BURR, 7 [663] of Durham, Hancock Co., III., 

m. 1st, Thankful Buell, of Killingworth, Ct, and rem. to Durham, 111., 
and 2d, Johanna B. Oilman (b. July 17, 1835), in York Co., Maine, Feb. 
1, i 860. Their chil. : 

1369. Dennis Ray, 8 b. Oct. 27, 1863; 1370. Lulu May, 8 b. Dec. 26, 
t86S; 1371. Clara Wilcox, 8 b. Dec. 15, 1870; 1372. Olive Gilman,* 
b Dec. 9, 1873; 1373. Florence Ellen,' b. July 16, 1876. 

Jarvis Burr is a successful farmer and banker. 

EDWARD BURR, 7 [664] of Haddam, Ct., 

in. Eliza Hough, of Haddam. Chil.: 

1373a. Edwin Ely, 8 b. Feb. 9, 1855; 1374. Rebecca Isabel, 8 b. 
March 26, 1857, m. Charles Dwight Perry, of Hartford, Ct. They have 
one child, Alice Adaline, b. Sept. 26, 1S85. 1375. Elizabeth Abigail, 3 
b. Apr. 12, 1859, m. Levi O. Chittenden, of Guilford, Ct.; 1376. Augusta 
Frances, 8 b. Sept. 12, 1861, m. Myron Gideon Lane, of Killingworth, 
Ct. Their chil. are: I. Helen Maria, b. May 18, 1883; 2. Elbert Nathan, 
b. March 13, 1891. 1377. Irving Howard, 8 b. Aug. 2, 1864; 1378. 
Anna Edith, 8 b. Feb. 12, 1867, m. Ezekiel Shailer, of Haddam, Ct. 
Have one child, Paul Raymond, b. Nov. 25, 1S89. 1379. Susie 
Amelia/ b. Nov. 20, 1872; 1380. Robert Hamlin, 8 b. Oct. 7, 1874. 

Edward Burr m. 2d, Eleanor A., widow of Harmon Burr. He lives 
on the old homestead in Haddam, and farms the homestead of his great- 
great-grandfather, the father of Sarah Porter, wife of Nathaniel Burr. 

HENRY C. BURR, 7 [665] of Haddam, Ct., 
m. Harriet Beebe, of E. Haddam; no chil. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 7 [667] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Clarissa Beebe, of E. Haddam, and had chil.: 

1384. Adariah, 8 d. set. 22 years; 1382. David, 8 unra.; 1383. 
Charles," d. set. 12 yrs. 

STEPHEN D. BURR, 7 [668] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Sept. 7, 1847, Fanny A. Lane, of North Guilford, Ct., b. Sept. 10, 1817, 
and had chil.: 



384 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1384. Walter/ 1). July 10, 1849; 1385. Cleaman," b. Oct. 18, 1851; 
1386. Frank O., b. Oct. 25, 1853; 1387. Ida R.," b. Dec. 23, 1856. 

LEANDER BURR,' [672] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Adeline A. Lane, b. May 12, 1831, in Killingworth, Ct.; they had one 
child: 

1388. Eugene," b. May 12, 1855, res. in Middletown, Ct. 

WILLARD K. BURR, 7 [673] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Sept., 1847, Mary S. Boardman, b. May 12, 1810, and had chil.: 

1389. Washburne F., 8 d. set. 23 yrs.; 1390. Asa," unm., res. in 
Meriden; 1391. Ira," d. set. 18 yrs.; 1392. Orriette," d. Mar. 23, 1877. 

He m. 2d, Maggie E. Chambers, of N. Guilford, Ct., Nov. 13, 1872, 
and had by her one child : 

1393- Jennie," b. Apr. 19, 1874. 

NATHAN D. BURR,' [674] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Eliza Gaylord, of Killingworth, Ct. They have one dau.: 

1394. Nellie/ m. Dec. 25, 1878, Frank A. Cortis. They have one 
dau., Alice, b. Apr. 23, 1881. They res. at Meriden, Ct. 

Mr. Burr was a successful and practical blacksmith. He d. May n, 
1S96. Mrs. Burr d. July 12, 1S97. 

JOSEPH BURR, 7 [679] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Irene Hubbard, of Haddam, Ct. They have two chil.: 

1395. Jane O.," who m. Irwin Beardsley, and res. in Meriden. 

1396. Monroe," who m. Miss Richmond, and res. in Killingworth, Ct. 
Mr. Joseph Burr d. June 7, 1875. 

ASHER BURR, 7 [682] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Sept. 20, 1837, Maria Skinner, b. Oct. 13, 1816, and has chil.: 

1397. Augusta," b. Sept. 9, 1839, m. Oct. 31, 1869, A. H. Preston, 
and has chil.: I. Hattie M., b. Oct. 5, 1873; 2. Jennie A., b. June 2, 
1876. 1398. Martha A.," b. Ma\ 23, [842, in Johnstown, N. Y.; 1399. 
Mary," b. May 20, 1844, d. Apr. 6, 1S74; 1400. Harriet M.,' b. June 
30, 1847, d. Dec. 25, 1870; 1401. Elgin A.," b. May 3, 1849; 1402. 
Richard M," 1). Aug. 13, 1852; 1403. William E.," b. Apr. 16, 1856; 
1404. Robert M.," b. June 3, 1862, d. Mar. 22, 1865. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 385 

JABEZ BURR, 7 [684] of New Britain, Ct., 

m. Myrtie Fowler, of Killingworth; they had no chil. He d. in New- 
Brit., Aug. 13, 1S72. 

RICHARD BURR, 7 [685] of Leroy, Kan., 
m. , and rem. to Leroy, Coffee Co., Kan. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [688] of New Britain, Ct., 

m. Tamson Spenser, of Haddam; they had a son : 
1404a. Henry, 8 who d. in inf. 

BELA BURR, 7 [689] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. 1 st, Cynthia, dau. of Stephen Tibbals, of Haddam; their chil. were : 

1404b. Stephen T., e b. Oct. 11, 1829 ; 1405. Nathan P., 8 b. Aug. 
21, 1831; 1406. Davis P., 8 b. Sept. 2, 1833. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Hannah H. Rutty, of Killingworth; chil.: 1407. 
Levi H., 8 b. July 13, 1837, d. Dec, 1861; 1408. Francis W., 8 b. Sept. 
6, 1839 ; enlisted in Co. G, 16th Regt., Conn. Volunteers, mustered in 
Aug. 24th; he was under Gen. Burnside, in the Army of the Potomac, at 
the battle of Antietam was severely wounded, Sept. 17, 1862; died of his 
wounds at Sharpsburg, Md., Dec. 11, 1862. 1409. L. Addie, 8 b. July 
19, 1 84 1, m. Sidney Oldershaw, Oct. 5, 1863, b. in Stapleford, Eng., July 

23, 1836; their chil. are: I. Francis L., b. Sept. 1, 1868, m. Nov. 12, 
1886, Charles M. Templeman, of New Britain ; 2. Ira Olin, b. Oct. 10, 
1877. Mr. Oldershaw is a successful merchant in New Britain, Ct. 1410. 
Bela L., 8 b. June 10, 1844 ; 1411. Emily A., 8 b. Jan. 14, 1S46 ; 1412. 
Orville D., 8 b. Oct. 11, 1848, res. at Chester, Ct. 

Bela Burr d. Mar. 24, 1857. He was a millwright by trade, and a 
worthy and industrious man. Mrs. Hannah Burr d. Sept. 25, 1885. 

ALFRED BURR, 7 [690] of Durham, Ct., 

m. Apr. 10, 1827, Huldah, dau. of Joseph Brainerd, of Haddam, b. June 
30, 1 8 10, a mem. of an old colonial family of note. They raised a family 
of children remarkable for business energy and success, as will appear; 
these chil. were : 

1413. Dennis A., 8 b. Dec. 27, 1830 ; 1414. Russell J., 8 b. Apr. 16, 
1833; 1415. John B., 8 b. March 20, 1835; 1416. Margaret A., 8 b. Apr. 

24, 1837, d. Apr. 29, 1851 ; 1417. Mariah H., 8 b. Dec. 6, 1839, m. Ed- 
ward P. Ames, of Springfield, Mass., where she res.; she has one dau.: 

I. Elizabeth Z., b. Feb. 4, 1867; m. Seth E. Hotchkiss, of Meriden, Dec. 

25 



386 THE BURR FAMILY. 

r.8, 1890. Mr. Ames was in the far West at the outbreak of the war. 
His patriotism stirred him to volunteer in the 4th Wisconsin Regt., Co. D. 
He served until its close, in the Department of the Mississippi, passing 
through many battles from Cairo to New Orleans. At times he was de- 
tailed to the Commissary Department and the Post Office; this last he 
filled at New Orleans, La., for some time. At the close of the war he was 
employed in the U. S. Postal Service between New York and Boston for 
several years, up to the time of his death, Sept. 15, 1872. 

1418. Mary E., s b. Sept. 22, 1842, m. John Watrous, Dec. 25, 1865. 
Chil.: I. Katie R., b. Nov. 9, 1869, d. of diphtheria, Sept. 9, 1877; 2 - 
Newton A., b. Jan. 28, 1S73, d. of diphtheria, Sept. 15, 1877; 3. Charles B., 
b. June 12, 1879 ; 4. Ruth A/., b. July 28, 1883 ; 5. Ralph E., b. Feb. 1, 
i ■ > i. Mr. Watrous was a volunteer in the late war for the Union. In 
answer to the call for nine- months men, he enlisted in Co. I. 27th Regt. 
Conn. Volunteers, mustered in 22d Oct., 1862. Was assigned to the Army 
of the Potomac. At the battle of Chancellorsville, under Cen. Hancock, 
lasting several days, on the 12th May, 1863, was taken prisoner. The 
command to fall back did not reach the 27th Conn, at the front. Their 
force was surrounded and captured while fighting. Hence to Libby Prison 
at Richmond, after a time was paroled, and returned North to Annapolis, 
and was honorably discharged at the end of the term. 

Mrs. Burr, the mother of these chil., d. July 13, 1849, of consumption; 
for seven years before her death she was confined to the house by paraly- 
sis, and during her protracted illness evinced that fortitude and resigna- 
tion to the Divine Will which becomes the Christian. She was an earnest 
and devoted Methodist, and met death as a conqueror. Her loss was 
mourned by a large circle of friends. Mr. Burr m. 2d, Dec. 2, 1849, 
Hannah M. Reed, b. Sept. 22, 1829, in Durham; the chil. by this marriage 
were : 

1419. Ellis A.," b. Sept. 27, 1S50, m. George W. Stephens, of Hig- 
ganum, Ct., Mar. 4, 1869. Their chil. are : I. Arden A., b. Oct. 23, 1870; 
2. Clarence C, b. Apr. 2, 1874; 3. Grace /''., b. Aug. 30, 1879. 1420. 
Wilbur M.," b. July 12, [853; 1421. Archer H., 9 b. July 26, 1855; 
1422. Dora A.," b. Apr. 13, 1864, m. Leveret Stephens of Higganum, 
Ct., Dec. 13, 1884. Their chil. are: I. Walter L., b. Jan. 4, 1886; 2. 
Elmore, b. Feb. 2, [888. Alfred Burr, the f., d. in Nov., 1898, aged 91 
years and 7 months. 

MOSES BURR, 7 [691] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Celestin A. Belden, of Rocky Hill, Ct. ; they res. in Meriden ; he is a 
far. and mem. M. E. ch. They have chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 387 

1423. Martha M., 8 b. Feb. 4, 1832, m. Dec. iS, 1853, Frederick 
Hotchkiss, of Meriden. Their chil. are or were : I. Emma £., b. Feb. 7, 
1855, d. Jan. 25, 1864; 2. Fred. Z., b. Aug. 4, 1856, m. Ida E. Dayton, 
May 25, 1886, of Meriden, where they reside; 3. Louis B., b. Aug. 19, 
1859, d. Apr. 16, 1876; 4. Josie M., b. Feb. 26, 1864, m. Frederick Haf- 
ner, of Meriden, Ct.,Sept. ro, [890. They have one infant son, Louis H. 
They reside at Meriden, Ct. 5. Alice S., b. Mar. 11, 1867 ; 6. Seth IV., 
b. Apr. 17, 1870, m. Elizabeth L. Ames, of Springfield, Mass., where they 
reside. 

Mr. Hotchkiss was a blacksmith by occupation, and d. at Meriden, 
Jan. 24, 1887. 

1424. Leveret C., 8 b. Dec. 12, 1833, d. set. 20 yrs. ; 1425. Dudley 
F., 8 b. Oct. 8, 1835. 

Moses Burr d. Oct. 3, 1881 ; Mrs. Burr d. April 2, 18S5. 

CHAUNCEY BURR, 7 [693] of New Britain, Ct., 

m. Susan A. Bradford, b. Sept. 20, t8i6, dau. of Perez Bradford, of 
Haddam, Ct. Their chil. were as follows : 

1426. Alpheus, 8 b. Jan. 31, 1837, d. Sept. 23, 1858; 1427. Lydia 
A., 8 b. June 16, 1S44, m. Feb. 13, 1868, Charles H., son of Wm. Bartlett, 
of Milford, Ct. They have one son, Clarence E. P., b. July 13, 1869. 
Lydia A. d. Oct. 13, 1875, at New Britain, w^here they resided. 1428. 
Edgar E. P., 8 b. Oct. 17, 1848, d. July 23, 1854; 1429. Milli- 
cent A., 8 b. Feb. 19, 185 1, m. Apr. 25, 1870, Elijah Wm. Smith, of 
Rockville, Ct. Their chil. : I. Adelbert J- '., b. May 15, 1871, d. Jan. 12, 
187S ; 2. Lucy A., b. Mar. 9, 1886. Mr. Smith is a farmer, and resides at 
Berlin, Ct. 

Mr. Burr was a farmer, and later a miller, and acquired a handsome 
competence; he d. in New Britain Oct. 18, 1877, of typhoid fever. His 
wife, Susan A., d. Sept. 29, 1895. 

ISRAEL S. BURR, 7 [694] of Wallingford, Ct., 

m. Susan A., dau. of Benai Nettleton, of Rockland, Ct., Apr. 19, 1843, b. 
Apr. 29, 1824. Their chil. are: 

1430. George D., R b. Mar. 20, 1846, unm., res. at Killingworth, Ct. ; 
1431. Emmagene M., 8 b. Dec. 23, 1848 ; 1432. Nelson G., 8 b. Sept. 
17, 1852. 

Emmagene M. Burr m. Ira G. Smith, son of George Smith, of Madison, 
Ct., Sept. 30, 1877. Mr. Smith is a farmer and resides at Killingworth, 
Ct. (No chil.) Nelson G. Burr [1432], of Killingworth, Ct., m. Harriet 
W., dau. of John Hill, of Madison, Ct., Apr. 5, 1876. Their chil. : 1433. 



388 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Susan M., 1 b. Jan. 20, 1880 ; 1434. Edith H., 6 b. July 13, 1883. Israel 
Burr m. 2d, Julia A., dau. of John Graham, of Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 4, 
1855. Their chil. are : 1435. Emma C," b. Jan. 11, 1S56 ; 1436. John 
N., 8 b. Aug. 15, 1857 ; 1437. Milo E., 8 b. Apr. 7, 1S63 ; 1438. Cora 
M., h b. May 6, 1864. 

Mrs. Julia A. died at Wallingford, August 25, 187 1. 

Emma C. Burr m. Turhand Cook of Wallingford, Ct., June 13, 1877. 
Mr. Cook d. June 23, 1883. Emma C. m. 2d, George F. Pardee, of Che- 
shire, Ct., May — , 1891. Mr. Pardee was a representative in the Legis- 
lature during the session of 1887. Mr. P. is a farmer by occupation and 
resides at Cheshire, Ct. 

JONATHAN H. BURR, 7 [704] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Apr. 26, 1S40, Margaret Dennison, of Deep River, Ct., b. Dec. 23, 1812, 
and has chil. : 

1439. Harriet E., H b. June 4, 1842, m. Rev. David B. Hubbard, of 
Haddam ; a grad. of Hart. Theo. Sem., and at present pastor of the 
Cong. Ch., Canton Centre, Ct. Their chil. were : I. Emma, 2. Lena, and 
3. Hattie. 1439a. Calista," b. Aug. 15, 1844 ; 1440. Randolph, 6 b. 
June 1, 1847 ; 1441. Mary E., 8 b. Sept. 17, 1849 ; 1442. Alice K., 8 b. 
Dec. 29, 1854. 

EDWARD BURR, 7 [709] of Durham, III., 

m. Julia A. Wilcox, May 18, 1836. Their chil. are : 

1443. Jonathan E., 8 b. Aug. n, 1S37 ; 1444. Julia C., e b. Nov. 10, 
1838 ; 1445. Esther A., e b. June 3, 1841 ; 1446. Orpha D., w b. Feb. 
14, 1S45 ; 1447. Emma C., e b. Apr. 15, 1851 ; 1448. Demis V., 1 " b. 
Dec. 14, 1854 ; 1449. Oscar H., 8 b. Feb. 4, 1858. 

Mr. and Mrs. Burr were married in Connecticut and moved to Illinois, 
May 1, 1839, the journey occupying several weeks. Of the chil., Jonathan 
m. Sarah Terrel, and res. at Durham. Julia m. William H. Avis, and res. 
at Altoona, Polk Co., Iowa. Esther m. Harvey B. Pershian, and res. at 
East Portland, Oregon. Orpha m. Seth E. Harkness, and res. at Aurora, 
Neb. Emma C. m. Daniel C. Toof, and res. at the same place. Demis 
V. m. Edwin Burr, of Durham ; is dec. Oscar m. Mahala C. Potter, and 
res. at Durham, 111. Edward Burr the f. d. June n, 1895, ret. 80 yrs., 9. 
mos. 17 days. 

ANDREW BURR, 7 [712] of Prairie City, III., 

m. Aug. 14, 1849, Harriet E. Dickinson, b. Dec. 15, 1824, in Tompkins 
Co., N. Y. Mr. Burr rem. to Durham in 1849, an d from there to Prairie 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 389 

City, McDonough Co., 111., in 1856, where he engaged in merchandising 
for many years. Chil. : 

1450. Albert H., 8 b. Aug. 19, 1850 ; 1451. Ellen M., e b. Sept. 14, 
1851, m. George A. Rood, Aug., 1877 ; one child, Ralph Burr, b. Oct. 20, 
1878. Mrs. Rood d. in Cincinnati, O., Oct. 20, 187S. 

1452. Julia L., 8 b. Sept. 23, 1853, m. May 27, 1879, Lewis G. Hop- 
kins, of Cincinnati, O. ; chil. : I. Russell B., b. Jan. 4, 1883 ; 2. Helen, b. 
Mar. 29, 1885. 1453. Charles S., 8 b. July 13, 1857; 1454. James 
E., 8 b. Feb. 3, 1859, unm. ; res. in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. Harriet 
Burr d. Jan. 19, 1S92, and Mr. Burr m. 2d, Sept. 16, 1894, Cordelia Jane 
Thorne {ne'e Phillips). 

PHILANDER BURR, 7 [719] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Caroline Spencer, of Haddam, and had chil. : 

1455. Washington W., s who d. , of small-pox in Middletown, 

Ct. ; 1456. Abigail F. 8 ; 1457. Levi P. 8 ; 1458. Adelbert 8 ; 1459. 
Elisabeth'; 1460. Geneva. 8 

DR. ELLSWORTH BURR, 7 [720] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Maria T. Haling, of Chatham, Ct., b. Nov. 27, 181S. Their chil. 
were : 

1461. William E., 8 b. June 14, 1842, d. at sea of yellow fever, Aug., 
1878 ; 1462. Lozena M., 8 b. May 18, 1844; 1463. Jeannette M., 8 b. 
Dec. 6, 1845 ; 1464. James C., 8 b. Jan. 22, 1S47 ; 1465. Ella J., 8 b. 
Aug. 3, 1849, m. Geo. T. Meach, of Middletown, and has a son, George, 
b. Nov. 14, 1874; 1466. Nora E., e b. Jan. 12, 1852; 1467. Gertrude 
E., 8 b. Mar. 8, 1854 ; 1468. Lillie H., 8 b. Sept. 25, 1856 ; 1469. Fred- 
erick P., 8 b. Nov. 2, 185S. 

Dr. Burr was a physician of extensive practice, and for a term of years 
Prof, in the Worcester, Mass., Medical Coll. His first diploma was given, 
May 10, 183S, by the Thompsonian Soc, of Ct. Dec. 1, 1849, he received 
a second from the Wor. Med. Coll. He began the practice of medicine in 
Middletown, in 1838, and res. there until his death. He was a rep. from 
Middletown at several sessions of die Legislature, and held other important 
offices in the town. 

DR. HARRIS BURR, 7 [723] of Killingworth, Ct., 

a grad. of Wor. Med. Coll. and commenced practice in 1844, in New 
Haven, Ct. In 1847, he rem. to Killingworth, Ct., where he remained in 
the practice of his profession until his death in 1861. He held many 
important offices in the town, was its rep. for several sessions in the 



390 THE BURR FAMILY. 

legislature, and for six years high sheriff of Middlesex Co. Dr. Burr was 
a man of piety and worth, a devoted mem. of the M. E. ch., Haddam, and 
Supt. of its Sabbath-school. He m. Apr. 29, 1844, Clarinda Blatchley, of 
Killingworth, b. July 2, 1S19. They had five chil. : 

1470. Eugene H., e b. May 5, 1845 ; 1471. Frank L.," b. Sept. 7, 
1847; 1472. Mary E., e b. Mar. 23, 1850, d. Apr. 23, 1S67 ; 1473, 
Myron S.,' b. Oct. 2, 1852 ; 1474. Collin I., 8 b. Dec. 6, 1856, d. Dec. 
27, i860. 

Dr. Burr d. Sept. 29, 1861 ; his w., Clarinda, d. Feb. 2, 1876. 

STEPHEN H. BURR, 7 [725] or Haddam, Ct., 

m. Antoinette M. Hubbard, b. Feb. 26, 1827. Their chil. were : 

1475. Isabella M.,* b. Nov. 28, 1850; 1476. Adela J., b. Aug. 1, 
1852, grad. at the State Normal School in 1873, and now a teacher in the 
public schools of Middletown ; 1477. Arthur S., k b. Oct. 8, 1855; 1478. 
Austin C., c b. Oct. 30, 1856; 1479. Ralph H., 8 b. Feb. 15, 1S60; 1480. 
Kate E., 8 b. June 6, 1862; 1481. Mary A., 8 b. Apr. 12, 1865. 
Stephen H. Burr d. Apr. 12, 1901. 

Isabella M. Burr [1475] m. Albro W. Harris of Haddam, Conn., and 
had seven chil.: I. Sarah E., 2. Anna /., 3. Ella M., 4. Edith /.. 5- Wal- 
lace B.,6. Mildred A., J. Mabel A. She d. March t, 1901. 

GEORGE VV. BURR, 7 [729] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Anne E. Sage, of Cromwell, Ct. They have two chil.: 

1482. Annie M.,' b. Apr. 13, 1871 ; 1483. George B., k b. Aug. 7, 
1S76. 

George W. Burr was born in Haddam, Apr. 12, 18 16, the son of a 
farmer, to which calling his early years were largely devoted, while acquir- 
ing his education at the common schools of his native town. At the age 
of seventeen he passed a successful examination before the board of edu- 
cation in Middletown, where he was for a time employed in teaching. Two 
years later he engaged in selling books by subscription in the eastern coun- 
ties of New York State, and at the age of twenty went to Charleston, S. C, 
and thence to Augusta, Ga., spending one year in Southern Georgia in the 
book trade. Returning North on the decease of his father, he arranged 
the settlement of the ancestral estate, and afterwards returned South, 
travelling and selling books in most of the Southern States. He subse- 
quently came back to Connecticut and located at Middletown, where he 
became a director of the Meriden Bank, trustee of the Middletown Sav- 
ings Bank, and director of the Middlesex County Bank. He was elected 
president of the Middletown Savings Bank, and during his incumbency 




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of the office, covering a period of twenty years, the deposits in that institu- 
tion increased under his wise and careful administration from $1,700,000 
to $6,000,000. He was afterwards elected president of the Middlesex 
County National Bank, having been on its board of directors for thirty 
years. 

DE WITT C. BURR,' [732] of Cromwell, Ct., 

m. Lucretia Hubbard. They have two chil.: 
1484. De Witt C. 8 ; 1485. Florence A. 8 

ALBERT BURR, 7 [734] of Forrestville, Ct., 

m. Abigail Curtis, dau. of Samuel Curtis, of Bristol, Ct. Their chil.: 
i486. George A., 8 b. Sept. 14, 1S54; 1487. Edwin E.,° b. Mar. iS, 

1856, d. Sept. 18, 1858. 

Mrs. Abigail Burr d. July 3, 1856. Albert Burr the f. d. Sept. 1, 1890. 

DIODATE BURR, 7 [740] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth A. Kelsey, of Killingworth, b. Apr. 27, 1825, and has chil.: 

1488. Georgiana C., 8 b. Dec. 13, 1847, m - Sept. 22, 1870, Levi Burr, 
and res. in New Britain; 1480. Frederick E., 8 b. Dec. 30, 1S50; 1490. 
Florence A., 8 b. Feb. 17, 1855, m. Oct. 14, 1S75, Myron S. Burr [1473]; 
1491. Carrie E., 8 b. Aug. 9, 1S58; 1492. Lillie A., 8 b. Apr. 24, 1S62; 
1493. Gertrude, 8 b. Mar. 15, 1S67. 

REV. JONATHAN K. BURR, 7 [741] of Trenton, N. J., 

graduated at Wesleyan University in 1845, and for several months there- 
after was a teacher of languages in Adelphian Academy, Mass. In 1846 
studied in the Union Theological Seminary, New York City. With the 
exception of the last two years of his life, when his health was much 
impaired, he was actively engaged in the ministry of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, occupying several of the most important pulpits of the 
New Jersey and Newark Conferences. His appointments were : 1847, 
preached on Clinton Circuit, N. J.; 1848, joined New Jersey Conference, 
Methodist Episcopal Church, appointed to Circuit of Rome, N. Y., and 
Wantage, N. J.; 1849, stationed at Milford, Pa.; 1851-2, First Church, 
Orange, N.J. ; 1S53-4, Union Church, Burlington, N. J.; 1855-6, First 
Church, Hoboken, N. J.; T857, Union Street, Trenton, N. J.; 1858, trans- 
ferred to Newark Conference; 1858-9, stationed at Clinton Street, Newark, 
N. J.; 1860-1, First Church, Orange, N. J.; 1862-3, Market Street, Pat- 
erson, N. J. ; 1864-6, First Church, Hoboken, N. J. ; 1867-9, Central 



392 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Church, Newark, N. J.; 1870-2, Morristown, N. J.; 1873, First Church, 
Hobokcn, N. J.; 1874-6, Madison, N. J.; 1877-8, Montclair, N. J. 

From 1871-81 he was Trustee of Wesleyan University; 1866-82, Trus- 
tee of Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, N. J.; 1872, Delegate 
to General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church; 1867-8, Professor 
Extraordinary of Hebrew and Exegetical Theology in Drew Theological 
Seminary, Madison, N. J. He was a member of the American Committee 
of Revision of the New Testament, a member of the " Society of Biblical 
Literature and Exegesis," and author of the Commentary on the Book of 
Job in the Whedon Series. He wrote the articles upon "Incarnation" 
and ''Krishna" in McClintock & Strong's Biblical Cyclopaedia, and also 
made occasional contributions to the religious journals. 

In 1872 the degree of S. T. D. was conferred upon him by Wesleyan 
University, his alma mater. He married March 28, 1857, Miss Pamela 
C. Brown, daughter of Joseph M. Brown, of Jersey City, N. J. Their 
children were : 

1494. Joseph Brown," b. July 10, 1862 ; 1495. John Kelsey," b. 
Sept. 19, 1869. 

Rev. Jonathan K. Burr died at Trenton, N. J., April 24, 1882, and was 
buried at Morristown, N. J. His wife died Aug. 21, 1882. 

LINUS E. BURR, 7 [746] of Cameron, Mo., 

m. Lucy M. Gaylord, of Stowe, O., Apr., 1857. Chil.: 

1496. Albert," b. Apr. 13, 1859; 1497. Anna," b. Nov. 23, 1S60; 
1498. Bessie, 8 b. May, 1876. 

Mr. Burr is a dealer in hardware in Cameron, Mo. 

WILBUR F. BURR, 7 [748] of Middle-town, Ct., 

m. Sept., 1866, Helen McKinstrey, of Wis. Chil.: 

1499. Mary H.," b. July 9, 1869; 1500. Willie," b. Aug., 1S72; 
1501. Linus J., B b. Aug., 1874; 1502. Leroy," b. Oct., 1876 ; 1503. 

Monroe Van Viecke/ b. ; 1504. Le Grand Abbe," b. June 24, 

1885. 

REV. EDSON W. BURR, 7 [749] of Elizabeth, X. J., 

grad. at Wesleyan Univ., class of i860. After graduating he accepted a 
position as tutor in private family on a plantation near Port Gibson, Miss., 
but left at the outbreak of the war. In 1861 he became principal of 
Brainerd Acad, Haddam, Ct.; 1862-3, teacher of Ancient Lang, and 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 393 

German in Pennington Sem., N. J.; 1864, joined the N. J. Conf., M. E. 
Ch., and was stationed at Moorestown, N. J.; 1865-6, Union Ch., Bur- 
lington, N. J.; 1867-8, Trinity Ch., Bordentown, N. J.; 1S69, transferred 
to the Newark Conf. of the M. E. Ch.; 1869-71, Englewood, N. J.; 1872- 
4, Centenary Ch., Jersey City; 1875-7, Bloomfield, N. J.; 1S78-80, Lafay- 
ette Ch., Jersey City; 1880, travelled in Europe in summer; 1881-3, 
Hackettstown, N. J.; 1884-6, Centenary Ch., Jersey City (2d term); 
18S7-8, Market St. Ch., Paterson, N. J.; 1889-94, St. James, Elizabeth, 
N. J.; 1894-97, Montclair. Resigned on account of impaired health 
1897. 1890, received the degree of D.D. from Wesleyan University; 1882- 
1897, Sect, of Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University; Trustee of Cen- 
tenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, N. J., 1 882-1 899. 

He m. May n, 1870, Josephine E., daughter of John Lee Hill, of 
Redding, Conn. They had two chil: 

1505. Harriet, 6 b. June 14, 1872; 1506. Eugene W., 8 b. Oct. 14, 
1875. Mr. Burr d. at Island Heights, N. J., May 19, 1900. 

The following appreciative sketch of his life and work is from the pen 
of the Rev. H. M. Simpson: " No multiplication of words can give any ade- 
quate conception of this honored man to those who were not personally 
acquainted with him. Of all his professional work he loved the preaching 
of the Gospel the most. He was an able expositor of God's word. He 
rejoiced to be a minister in a Church whose doctrines are preachable. He 
believed that the Christian minister is set for the defense of the truth. The 
question with him was not so much what men said about the Bible, as what 
the Bible said. Much as he loved his preaching, it is universally acknow- 
ledged that he was a/ phenomenal pastor. He was the friend of sinners, 
while he hated sin. He was a benediction in the sick chamber. He loved 
children, and they reverenced him. He made the welfare of his friends 
his own concern, and the feeling was reciprocal. He has served more 
than one church the members of which exhibited almost as great concern 
about the disposal of their retiring pastor as about who was to succeed 
him. He carried the sorrows and suffered for the sins of others. He was 
almost too sensitive for a world like this. He had the martyr spirit. He 
laid down his life for the Church of Christ. He knew what vicarious suf- 
fering was. It has been said that sooner or later every true man will become 
a martyr to his work. If asked for the immediate cause of the sickness and 
death of Edson Burr, I would say, without hesitation, it was the taking the 
cause of Christ and his Church so much to heart. His faithful life has its 
pathetic lessons. The Conference is poorer and heaven is richer for the 
transfer. I can think of no soul to whom heaven will be more congenial 
than to this one who spent himself in leading other souls to heaven." 



394 TIIE BURR FAMILY. 

GEORGE E. BURR, 7 [750] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. May, 1866, Rachel T. Wright. Their cliil. are: 

1507. Mabel," b. July 1, 1867; 1508. Fannie,' b. Apr. 13, 1S69; 
1509. Elbert,' b. July n, 1871; 1510. Frank," b. June 15, 1874. 

MARTIN L. BURR, 7 [751] of Killingworth, Ct., 

m. Lucretia M. Kelsey, of K., b. Nov. 13, 1811. Their chil. are: 

1511. Harmon," b. Aug. 31, 1836; 1512. Whitney," b. Oct. 7, 
1838; 1513. Harriet, 6 b. July 5, 1841; 1514. Edward," b. Oct. 27, 
1S44; 1515. Martha J.," b. Mar. 31, 1847, m. Randolph Burr, of 
Killingworth, Ct. 

DAVID C. BURR, 7 [752] of Killingworth, Ct., 

m. Martha Miller, of Middletown; one child: 

1516. Charles W.," b. Nov. 13, 1848. 
David Burr d. Aug. 31, 1S72. 

WILLIAM M. BURR, 7 [753] of Middlesex Co., Ct. 

m. Elizabeth Brainerd, of Haddam, Ct. Chil.: 

1517. Catherine"; 1518. Martha'; 1519. Anna." 

William Burr d. Mar. 6, 1S75. 

SYLVESTER BURR, 7 [755] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Apr. 7, 1847, Flora, dau. of Asa Burr. Chil.: 

1520. Willoughby F.," b. Oct. 26, 1848. 

AARON BURR, 7 [759] of Haddam, Ct., 

in. Jane E. Spencer, of Haddam. Chil.: 

1521. Stella," b. Aug. 16, 1857; 1522. William/ b. Aug. 30, 1867. 
Aaron the f. d. Sept. 10, 1874 (Tomb. Had. b. g.) 

TIMOTHY BURR, 7 [760] of Trumansburgh, N. Y., 

m. Mary Ann, dau. of Dr. Jehiol Halsey, of Trumansburgh; he was a 
mer., d. in i860, leaving two sons: 

1523. Charles," now living in Brooklyn, N. Y.; 1524. James," who 
d. of fever in the Union army, under General Burnside. 

ALBERT CHAPIN BURR, 1 1 763] of Rochester, N. Y., 

went to Rochester early in life, and served an apprenticeship witn Mr. 
Cook, a jeweller and watchmaker of that city. In [820 he went into busi- 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 395 

ness for himself on the corner of Buffalo and State streets. In 1832, when 
the cholera raged so fiercely, nurses were almost unattainable, and he vol- 
unteered as a humanitarian. While discharging his duties he was attacked 
by the disease and fell a victim to it. His last words were, " I know that my 
Redeemer liveth." He was soon to have m. an estimable young woman of 
Rochester. With all his Christian virtues he was said to have been a man 
of great personal beauty. 

ALEXANDER J. BURR, 7 [764] of Rochester, N. Y., 

learned the watchmaking business with his brother Albert, and, after the 
latter's death, succeeded to his business. He d. in 1836. Hem. 1st, Miss 
Julia Pratt, of Rochester, and 2d, Miss Lucinda Smith, a niece of Rev. Dr. 
Cox, of Rochester. He had no chil. 

HENRY L. BURR, 7 [766], of New York, 

at the age of 12 yrs. entered the store of his cousins, Messrs. Calvin and 
George Burr, in Ludlowville, N. Y., became a partner in due time, and was 
very successful; in 1848, he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, 
Mr. A. S. Barnes, in the book publishing business, the firm being known 
as Barnes & Burr. He died in June, 1865, ast. 53 yrs. He spent the last 
years of his life travelling in Europe with his uncle, Edwin Burr, of New 
York. 

JAMES A. BURR, 7 [767] of Ithaca, N. Y., 

rem. from his native place (Watertown), to Rochester, by sail on Lake 
Ontario, when the present city was but a village of a few frame buildings. 
He began life as a clerk in the store of William Burr, of Cazenovia; in 1840 
went into business there with his cousin, Mr. Edward C. Chapin, of Hart- 
ford, under the firm name of Burr & Chapin, and kept a general dry-goods 
store. In 1844 rem. to Ludlowville as successor to his brother, H. L. 
Burr. He m., in 1841, Charlotte Lyon, of Rochester, who d. at Ludlow- 
ville in 1866. He m. 2d, Helen Salisbury, dau. of Major James M. Sted- 
man, of Newark, N. J. He had three chil.: 

1525. Emily Thorpe"; 1526. James Albert"; 1527. Mary 
Chapin. 6 

In 1887 Mr. Burr rem. to Ithaca, N. Y. 

CORNELIUS A. BURR, 7 [768] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Mary L. Lyon, Sept. 23, 1847. Their chil. are : 

1528. Mary L., 8 who m. Howard Gibbs, of Brooklyn, Oct. 27, 1874, 



396 THE BURR FAMILY. 

and has cliil.: I. Mary L., and 2. Howard; 1529. Charlotte L. B ; 
1530. Emily Chapin," m. Edward I)e Forest, of Birmingham, Ct., Feb. 
3, 1875; I 53 I - Cornelius A."; 1532. Annie M.," m. Jan. 25, 1888, 
Horace M. Gulick, of New York. They have chil.: I. Horace, b. Dec. 
31, 1889; 2. Millard Burr, b. Apr. 28, 1892; 3. Henry Burr, b. July 2, 
1S96. Mr. Gulick is a member of the well-known firm of Andrews, 
Gulick, & Silcocks, manufrs. of flavoring extracts. 1533. Henry L. ; 
1534. Edmund L., 8 d. Apr. 17, 1865. 

Mr. Burr d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 4, 1863. 

WILLIAM M. BURR, 7 [775] of Cazenovia, N. Y., 

m. March 2, 1853, Emily K. Wilkinson, dau. of John Wilkinson and Mary 
Holden, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. She was b. Feb. 5, 1S35. They have 
six chil., all b. in Cazenovia: 

1535. Mary Louise," b. Feb. 22, 1855, m. June 28, 1888, Dr. William 
M. Gibson, of Utica, N. Y. Their chil. are: I. William Burr, b. Apr. 12, 
18S9; 2. Annie Katharine, b. July 22, 1891. 1536. Jacob H. Ten 
Eyck," b. Oct. 3, 1S56; he is a banker in Cazenovia; Feb. 12, 1885, he 
m. Katharine Stebbins, dau. of John Stebbins and Katharine Fairchild, of 
Cazenovia, N. Y.; 1537. Catharine Ten Eyck, s b. March 10, 1859, 
m. Sept. 17, 1885, Richard Fitz-Hugh Ledyard, son of George S. Led- 
yard and Anne Fitz-Hugh, and grandson of Gen. J. D. Ledyard, one of 
the founders of Cazenovia; 1538. Anna Hubbard/ b. Feb. 28, 1867, d. 
Sept. 30. 1867; 1539. William M., 8 b. Nov. 6, 186S, d. in New York 
City, April 5, 1891; he was already established in a successful business, 
and was in every way a youth of great promise; 1540. Margaret Wen- 
dell, 8 b. Jan. 22, 1871. Mr. William Burr d. in Apr., 1891. 

CHARLES P. BURR, 7 [779] of Auburn, N. Y., 

m. Frances Powers Beardsley, in 1868. Their chil. are: 
1541. Nelson B. K ; 1542. Calvin." 

EDWIN A. BURR,' [782] of Sacramento, Cal., 

m. May 15, 1845, Elizabeth Olcott, of Hartford. They have two chil.: 
1543. Charles; 1544. Richard." 

GEORGE S. BURR, 7 [784] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Elizabeth Atherton, of Hartford. Chil.: 

1545. Sidney"; 1546. Harry"; 1547. Howard"; and three d. in 
inf. 



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EDWARD BURR, 7 [8oi] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Jane A. Greenieaf, and has chil.: 

1548. William Rolling m. Emily Randall, of Maynard ; 1549. 
Edward Lewis"; 1550. Junius Jason" ; 1551. Ella Jane, 8 m. Ly- 
man P. Alexander, of Chelsea, Mass. Chil.: I. Lulu; 2. Cora; 3. Joseph 
E. 

JASON L. BURR, 7 [802] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. in 1854, Eliza J. Stoddard, of Litchfield, Ct. Their chil. are: 

1551a. Ida L., 8 d. 1855; 1551b. Ellen L., h m. A. T. Litchfield, has 
one son; 1552. William J. 8 ; 1553. Frederick"; 1554. Eleanor 
E., 8 m. W. J. Williams, has one dau. 

WILLARD F. BURR, 7 [805] of St. Louis, Mo., 

m. Louise Truslee. Their chil. are: 

I 555- Charlotte Carleton 8 ; 1556. Emma Bell 8 ; 1557. Frank 
Edson 8 ; 1558. Kate 8 ; 1559. Frank 8 ; 1560. Lillie May. 8 

Of the daughters Emma Bell m. A. D. Rude, of Cleveland, O. Has 
no chil. Lillie May m. William McCaughen, of Chicago, has chil.: I. 
Louada ; 2. Calvin Burr, and 3> Walter W. 

J. CALVIN BURR, 7 [809] of St. Louis, 

is an art restorer and member of the corporation, the St. Louis Art Co., 
dealers in artist materials, etc. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [816] of Newton, Mass., 

m. 1827, Lucretia Isham, of Colchester, Ct., b. Feb. 3, 1807, ar >d has chil.: 
1561. Henry W., 8 b. Oct. iS, 1S29; 1562. Horace H., 8 b. June 
14, 1832; 1563. Katie, 8 d. in inf.; 1564. Katie I., 8 b. Mar. 22, 1840, m. 
Dec. 21, 1859, Joseph C. Hammond, of Colchester, Ct., now res. in Rock- 
ville, Ct.; has two chil.: I. William Churchill, b. Nov. 25, i860; 2. 
Charles H.,b. Sept. 16, 1863. William C. Hammond (i) is a famous or- 
ganist. The following account of him is from the Musical World : 

" William Churchill Hammond was born at Rockville, Conn., Nov. 
25, i860. He studied piano and theory with B. F. Leavens of Hartford, 
Conn.; organ and theory with N. H. Allen of Hartford ; piano with Mrs. 
N. H. Allen; organ and piano with Samuel P. Warren of New York. He 
was organist of the Congregational Church in Rockville ; then of the 
Pearl St. Church, Hartford ; and in 1885 he was engaged as organist and 
choir-master at the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke, Mass. In 



398 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1890 was appointed instructor of the organ at Smith College. He resigned 
this position in 1900 to take the professorship of music at Mount Holyoke 
College. Mr. Hammond is one of the founders of the American Guild of 
Organists. The fifteenth of March 1901 Mr. Hammond gave his 300th 
organ recital at the church in Holyoke. The 100th was given June 1, 
1894, the 200th, Dec. 3, 1S97. Three hundred and fifty composers have 
been represented. Bach led, and there were three recitals devoted 
wholly to works of that master. Mr. Hammond has also given many 
other recitals, as fifty at Smith College, twenty-five at the Mount Holyoke 
College." 

1565. Laura E.," b. Jan. 1, 1843, d. Feb. 15, 1869. 

Lucretia, w. of Henry Burr, d. Feb. n, 1857, and he m. 2d (May 5, 
i860), Sarah E. Clarke, of Colchester, Ct.; their chil. were : 

1566. Jennie M., H b. in Newton, Mass., Apr. S, 1S61 ; 1567. 
Frankie, 8 b. Dec. 26, 1865, d. June 2S, 1866. 

Mr. Henry Burr, d. in Colchester, Ct., July 11, 1S66. 

WILLIAM H. BURR,' [819] , 



m. Dec. ir, 1839, Irene, dau. of Rev. Isaac Hadley, b. May 2, 1817. 
Their chil. were: 

1568. Catherine L., rt b. Sept. 14, 1S40, m. H. M. Utley. Chil.: 
I. Irene, 2. Fannie, 3. Jennie. 1569. William H.," b. Dec. 8, 1843 ; 
1570. Charles A., 8 b. May 7, 1846, m. Oct. 26, 1888, Lucy Butterfield, 
no chil.; 1571. Joel H., 8 b. June 20, 1848; d. Dec. 12, 1S54; 1572. Irene 
H., M b. Sept. 28, 1857; 1573. Henry H., 8 b. Aug. 21, i860, m. Nov. 26, 
1885, Nellie Sing, no chil. 

MELANCTHON BURR, 7 [821] of Clinton, Ct., 

m. Euphemia J. Cooper. Their chil. are: 

1574. Maria Abernethy," dec, m. to Isaac Smith. One child: 

I. Monroe Burr, who m. Sarah Wheeler Rogers, and has one dau., Eliza 
Hobart. 

1575. Melancthon, Jr. H ; 1576. William Henry'; 1577. Euphemia 
Cooper," unm. ; 1578. Elizabeth Hinsdale," dec. ; 1570. Charles 
Abernethy" ; 1580. George Monroe," dec. 

Mr. Burr was a retired banker, and resided at Clinton, Conn. 

GEORGE EDWARD 1TRR; [823] of Mexico, 

became a physician, m. and moved to the City of Mexico. His chil. are: 

1581. Emanuel Edward," b. in City of Mexico Jan. 8, 1858. Mr. 

Burr is a commission merchant doing business at 28 Liberty St., N. Y. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 399 

City. He is an energetic and successful business man, and an accom- 
plished linguist, speaking, in addition to English, German, Spanish, and 
French perfectly. Is m., has no chil. 

1582. Aaron Burr," b. Dec. 23, i860, in City of Mexico, and is a 
merchant there. 

1583. Mary, 8 b. May 2, 1865. 

GEORGE BURR, 7 [826] of Springfield, Mass., 

m. Emily A. Bush, of Springfield. Chil.: 

1584. Emma C., 8 b. Nov. 5, 1852, m. Everett Bennett, of Florida. 
One dau., Nora. 1585. Charles Eugene, 3 b. Mar. 22, 1855, d. June, 1859. 

Mr. Burr was in Burnside's expedition against Newbern, N. C, and 
in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., where his regiment lost half its men. 
Was wounded by a shell in front of Petersburg, Va., June 30, 1864, and 
after suffering amputation of one leg, d. at Point Lookout Hospital sud- 
denly, July 12, 1864, — a brave soldier and true patriot. 

FRANCIS W. BURR, 7 [820] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Annie Chapin, of Hartford. Chil.: 

1586. Louis C., s b. 1867 ; 1587. Bessie/ b. 1875. 

WILLIAM O. BURR, 7 [825] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Angie S., dau., of Gilbert Lincoln, of Hartford, May 21, 1874 ; has one 
dau.: 

1588. Florence Lincoln, 8 b. Apr. 29, 1875. 

Mr. Burr is proprietor and editor of the Hartford Times. 

PLATT R. BURR, 7 [838] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Feb. 7, 1838, Nancy Verity, of Oyster Bay. His chil. are: 

1590. Charles M., 8 b. Sept. 9, 1839; 1591. Alfred J., 8 b. Oct. 25, 
1841, res. in Port Jefferson, L. I.; 1592. Franklin P., 8 b. Apr. 11, 185 1. 
Mr. Burr was a conspicuous member of the M. E. Ch., Comac, and 
held the offices of Trustee, Steward, and Treasurer many years ; the lat- 
ter office, up to his death, being a period of thirty years. 

GEORGE W. BURR, 7 [839] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Oct. 24, 1849, Alice L. Prout, of Comac. Has chil.: 

1593- George M., 8 b. Mar. 25, 1859 ; 1594. Moses P., H b. Oct. 25, 
1861 ; 1595. Caroline P., 8 b. Feb. 4, 1856 ; 1596. Alice A., 8 b. Aug. 
17, 185 1, d. Aug. 27, 1855 ; 1597. Ruth, 8 b. July 8, 1865 ; 1598. Net- 
tie J., 8 b. Jan. 16, 1S68. 



400 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Mr. Burr is a farmer, and from his youth has been a leading member 
of the M. E. Ch. at Comae. 

Caroline P. 8 [1595] m. Mar. 19, 1882, Geo. W. Drake, of Babylon, L. 
I., and has. chil.: I. Stephen Burr, b. July 18, 1883 ; 2. Caroline Precilla, 
b. Jan. 19, 1886. The m. d. Feb. 4, 1886. 

MAURICE B. BURR, 7 [841] of Smithtown, L. I., 

m. May 28, 1854, Margaret Ruland. He is a merchant. Has chil.: 

1599. Julius N., 8 b. Aug. 17, 1859 ; 1600. Aaron M., e b. Aug. 25, 
1867; 1601. Isabelle C., 8 b. June 5, 1857, d. Sept. 18, 1858; 1602. 
Mary E., 8 b. Sept. 26, 1861, d. Aug. 19, 1863 ; 1603. Lillian M., 8 b. 
July 10, 1865, m. Mr. Hart, of Norlhport, L. I.; 1604. Alice L., fl b. Apr. 
17, 1870, d. July 22, 1870. 

WARREN C. BURR, 7 L842] of Green Lawn, L. I., 

m. June 7, 1869, Josephine Clark, of Ravens Nook, L. I. He is a farmer. 
His chil. are : 

1605. Warren F., B b. June 7, 1869 ; 1606. Hattie J., 6 b. Nov. 

13, l8 7i- 

AARON M. BURR, 7 [843] of New York City, 

was a lawyer of considerable note, and a man of great energy and force 
of character. At the age of sixteen he became a teacher in a school in 
Hempstead, L. I., and held the position for several years, winning the 
confidence of all, and making many warm friends both among parents 
and scholars. 

At the age of twenty-two lie came to New York, and began the study 
of the law ; and in 1854 was admitted to the Bar of New York. In 1858 
he m. Isabella Hubbs, of Huntington, a lady of rare excellence of char- 
acter, who bore him two chil.: 

1607. Willie, 8 who d. in 1S61 ; 1608. Eddie, 8 b. , d. in 1865. 

Mr. Burr was a very successful lawyer, a true patriot, a warm-hearted 
and generous friend. 

He d. in the city of New York, Feb. 29, 1868, of consumption. His 
wife d. in 1863. 

EZRA BURR, 7 [844] of Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Ct., 

was m. to Catharine Ann Hall, of N. Y. City, July 16, 1849, by Rev. John 
C. Smith, of the M. E. Ch. Chil.: 

1609. Augustus H., 8 b. June 22, 1850 ; 1610. Alonzcy b. May 
8, 1852; 1611. Sophrania, 8 b. Nov. 7, 1853, d. in inf.; 1612. 
Orison," b. Aug. 25, 1855. Mr. Burr m. 2d, Mrs. Anna E. Tucker, of 




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Rockaway, L. I., and has a dau.: 1613. Nettellie P., 6 b. in Greenwich, 
Conn. 

Mr. Burr has until recently followed the sea, as commander of vessels 
engaged in the coasting trade. In politics he is a Democrat, in religious 
belief an Episcopalian. His daughter, Nettellie P., is a young lady pos- 
sessing both musical and literary talent, being a member of the Episco- 
pal Church Choir, and a regular contributor to the local press. 

CARL S. BURR, 7 [862] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Emma F. Case, granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Case, of the War of 
1812, Nov. 26, 1857. Their chil. are : 

1614. Carl S., 8 b. Sept. 26, 1858 ; 1615. Tunis B., 8 b. Apr. 3, i860 ; 
1616. Edward E., 8 b. Mar. 24, 1863, d. Jan. 8, 1S65. 

Mr. Burr's name is a familiar one to those interested in the higher 
development of the horse, he having devoted his life largely to the breed- 
ing and development of that noble animal, in which he has been very 
successful. Mr. Burr's developing stables at Comac comprise about 
forty head of the most valuable trotting families in this country. In 1873, 
his patrons were so many that Mr. Burr refused 112 horses. This branch 
of his business is distinct in its character, the higher education of the 
horse at the trotting gait alone being sought. Mr. Burr's patrons in the 
past have been Robert Bonner, W. H. Vanderbilt, Charles Backman, 
ex-Governor Leland Stanford, and others. Some of the greatest celeb- 
rities of our day have been sheltered at the Burr stable, prominent among 
them Maud S., the queen of the trotting turf. In connection with Mr. 
Charles Backman, Mr. Burr owned the trotting gelding Prospero that was 
sold for $20,000 at three years old in 1873. The breeding establishment, 
known as the "Indian-Head Farm," consists of 350 acres, and has 
about forty royally bred horses. Mr. Burr has so conducted this business 
that he has enlarged and perfected its results and added dignity to its 
practice. He is a Republican in politics, and has been often proposed 
as the nominee for different offices in his county, and was waited upon by 
a committee which besought him to run for Congress, which, however, he 
refused. He has been, and still is, an active member of the " Suffolk Co. 
Republican Committee." He was a delegate to the Gubernatorial Con- 
vention at Saratoga which nominated Folger for Governor, a delegate 
from the 1st N. Y. Dist. to the Pres. Conv. at Minneapolis, Minn , 1892, 
and Pres. Elector of the 1st Dist. in 1896. Mr. Burr has entertained 
under his hospitable roof many notabilities. Among others may be men- 
•tioned Chester A. Arthur, late President U. S., ex-Governor Leland Stan- 
ford (later U. S. Senator), of California, Wm. C. Whitney, ex-Secretary of 

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402 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the Navy, Wm. H. Vanderbilt, Robert Bonner, etc. At the Centennial 
Celebration in Huntington July 4, 1876, lie was a member of the Execu- 
tive Committee, having charge of ceremonies. 

GEORGE P. BURR, 7 [868] of Comac, L. I., 

was m. Nov. 5, 185 1, to Mary 1). Richards, of Comac. They have chil.: 
1617. George S., 8 b. Nov. 8, 1855 ; 1618. Lester H.,~ b. June 10, 
1859; 1619. Darius R., 8 b. Sept. 13, 1862 ; is a real-estate broker in 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 1620. Pascalina," b. Aug. 26, 1852. 

BREWSTER R. BURR, 7 [872] of Comac, L. I., 

was m. Nov. 10, 1869, to Miss Rosalie N. Le Roy, of Liberty, Sullivan Co., 
N. Y., by Rev. I. Bryant Smith, pastor Presbyterian church, Northport, 
L. I., by whom he had : 

1621. Clara Rosalie," b. Sept. 14, 187 1, m. March 25, 1890, Welling- 
ton R. Wooster, a lumber merchant of Livingston Manor, N. Y. 

Mrs. Burr d. Feb. 22, 1872. Mr. Burr is a Rep. in politics, and was 
Tax Collector of the town of Huntington in the years 1874 and 1875. 

CAPT. GEORGE HANFORD BURR, 7 [882] of Bayshore, L. I., 

m. Apr. 1, 1844, Deidamia R. Thurber, of Bayshore, by whom he had: 

1622. Aranzas R., R b. Feb. 15, 1845 ; 1623. Hanford Wait," b. 
Sept. 28, 1847; 1624. Desire F.," b. Feb. 9, 1851; 1625. Leander 
Thurber," b. Aug., 1856; 1626. Georgie E.," b. May, 1859. 

Capt. Burr was commander of a schooner, the R. A. Johnson, engaged 
in the coasting trade, plying between New York and the Virginia ports. 
On March 20, i860, Capt. Burr, with two of his crew, were murdered off 
the New Jersey coast, while on a voyage to Virginia, by Albert Hicks, a 
notorious and desperate felon of that period. He was arrested in Provi- 
dence, R. [., brought to New York City, tried, and convicted as a pirate. 
He was executed on Bedloe's Island, N. Y. Harbor, July, i860. It is one 
of the famous trials in N. Y. criminal annals. His widow died Nov., 
1873. Capt. Burr and wife were both members of the M. E. church of 
Bayshore. 

Aranzas R. [1622] and Hanford W '. [1623] are engaged in the jewelry 
business at Bayshore under the firm name of Burr Bros. Hanford Wait 
Burr, prior to entering into the jewelry business, served thirteen years as 
station agent and telegraph operator for the L. I. R. R. Co. From 1881 
to 1 SS4 he acted in the capacity of boatswain, or rather clerk, on the U. S. 
revenue cutter Vanderbilt, commanded by Capt. McLellan, and stationed 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 403 

in the Great South Bay. He is a prominent and enthusiastic Republican, 
and was elected, in April, 1891, Excise Commissioner of the town of Islip, 
receiving a majority of 378 over his opponent, which is good evidence of 
his deserved popularity in the town. Desire F. [1624] was m. Feb. 18, 
1877, at Bayshore, by Rev. E. H. Dutcher, of the M. E. church, to Seth 
R. Piatt, of New York City. Their chil. are : I. Stanley Burr, b. June 9, 
1878; 2. Raymond Percy, b. Apr. 20, 1881. Mr. Piatt is a Democrat, and 
has been for several years Justice of the Peace for the town of Islip. 
Georgie E. Burr [1626] m. Norman E. Smith, son of E. Burr Smith, of 
Bayshore. No issue. 

ANSON BURR. 7 [884] of Crescent City, Cal. 

In 1849, Anson Burr emigrated to California, settling first at San 
Francisco. From thence he moved to Crescent City, Delnort Co., an 
enterprising town near the Oregon border, and engaged in the lightering 
business, in which he was successful. He subsequently became a mer- 
chant, continuing in said business till his death. In March, 1870, he was 
elected on the Republican ticket Sheriff of the county, serving his term 
and giving entire satisfaction to his constituents. Was employed during 
the Civil War by U. S. Government in transporting stores, provisions 
etc., to various points on the Pacific coast. He died in Smith River 
Valley, April 4, 1879. 

Edward P. Burr 7 [885] was a sailor, and disappeared during the cholera 
epidemic in New York City, -and was never heard from. 

ANDREW JACKSON BURR, 7 [886] of Islip, L. I., 

m. June 4, 1854, Lucinda A. Rhodes, of Bayshore, by whom he had: 

1627. Elmey A., 8 b. May 23, 1855 ; 1628. Susan M., 8 b. Nov. 13, 
1858; 1629. Minnie L., 8 b. Apr. 2, 1867; 1630. George S., 8 b. May 17, 
1869, d. in inf. M. 2d, Nov. 21, 1873, Deborah A. Benjamin, by whom 
he had: 1631. Anna A., 8 b. Sept. 26, 1875, d. March 12, 1890. 

Mr. Burr enlisted in 1861 in the First U. S. Sharpshooters; was 
wounded and honorably discharged in winter of 1862. He took part in 
the following battles: Yorktown, Westpoint, Hanover Court House, Me- 
chanicsville. Mr. Burr was in Fitz John Porter's corps, Col. Berdan's 
regiment. He is a public-spirited citizen, a well-known Republican, and 
held the office of Overseer of the Poor for the town of Islip during the 
years 1885 and 1886. Also member of the M. E. church, and for many 
years Treasurer of the Sunday-school. 



404 THE BURR FAMILY. 

PHILETUS BURR, 7 [890] of Washington, 

m. , had one son : 1632. Montroville A/; rem. to Washington, 

Terr., and engaged in ship-building; had a large fam. 

HENRY BURR, 7 [892] 

m. 1 st, Maria Nelson, of Huntington, L. I.; 2d, Susan Whitson, of Hunt- 
ington, by whom he had: 

1633. Preston," b. 1S51, a sea captain; 1634. Ruth," b. 1S53; 1635. 
George," b. 1859, d. 1888, a sea captain. 

CHARLES W. BURR, 7 [894] 

m. Mary Ross, of Virginia, daughter of a sea captain. Issue : 

1636. William H., r b. 1849; 1637. Warren J., 8 b. July 15, 1852, at 

Comae, L. I.; 1638. John E., e b. March 15, 1854, at Comae; 1639. 

Worthington S.,' b. 1856; 1640. Mary A.,' 1641. Frederica/ both 

d. in childhood. 

Mr. Burr was a far. and mem. M. E. Church. In politics Rep. He 

d. "883, his w. Jan., 18S4. 

WORTHINGTON BURR, 7 [896] 

m. Elizabeth Orchard, dan. of Rev. Mr. Orchard, a well-known M. E. 
divine of Brooklyn. No issue. 

Mr. Burr was a sea captain, getting his first lessons on a whaling voy- 
age to the Polar regions. He afterwards commanded vessels sailing 
between New York and South American ports. He was a prominent 
member and officer of M. E. Ch., Brooklyn. D. 1864 of cholera ; his w. 
also d. 1864. 

JACOB BURR, 7 [898] of Oakdale, L. I., 

m. Elizabeth Crowsen, of L. I. Chil. : 

1642. Seymour,'!). 1853; 1643. Terry, 6 b. 1855; 1644. Adelia/ 
b. 1859 ; 1645. Amanda, 8 b. 186 1, m. James Green, of Oakdale, L. I. 

Jacob B. is a farmer, and prominent member of M. E. Ch., Oakdale. 

EDWARD M. BURR, 7 [902] of Cleves, Ohio, 

m. Aug. 19, 1852, Frances B. Richey, of Cincinnati, O. Their chil. are: 

1646. Edward," b. in Rockport, May 29, 1853; 1647. William C.,' 

b. in North Bend, O., Oct. 9, 1S55; 1648. Bessie," b. in Rockport, May 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 405 

14, 1859; 1649. Robert A., e b. Aug. i, 1861 ; 1650. Frank, 8 b. March 
14, 1865. 

Edward M. Burr emigrated from the old homestead at North Bend, O., 
in 1852 and settled at Rockport, Ind., where he engaged in farming until 
the spring of 1861. July 4th of that year he enlisted in the 1st Indiana Cav- 
alry as regimental Com. -Sergeant and served in that capacity until April, 
1862, when he was appointed 1st Lieut, and regimental Quartermaster of 
the 46th U. S. C. I., being the first regimental quartermaster of colored 
troops commissioned under the call of the President. 

Mr. Burr's record as a regimental quartermaster is an enviable one. 
During the seige at Vicksburg it became his duty as a quartermaster and 
commissary of subsistence not only to provide for his own regiment but 
for several regiments, but although he issued many thousands of tons of 
rations, he rendered to Government a strict and correct account of all 
the stores thus handled, and received certificates of non-indebtedness from 
all the departments with which he dealt. Owing to ill health superin- 
duced by a fall sustained by him at Duvall's Bluff he resigned and re- 
turned to his home in Sept., 1864, having been in the continuous and 
active service of his country for three years and six months. After 
Mr. Burr's return to his home he engaged in the coal business and lati~T in 
merchandising and farming. He retired from business in the fall of 1893 
and removed with his family to Chicago, Ills. He now resides at " Fair- 
view," the old family homestead near North Bend, O. 

Mr. Burr has never been an office seeker but has the distinction of 
having the office seek him. He has served his town as President of the 
Board of Trustees and has held other elective and appointive offices. 

TOWNSEND BURR, 7 [929] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. July, 1877, Ella. Stevens, of Brooklyn, by whom he had: 

1651. Ella May, 6 b. May 22, 1878; 1652. Ethel, 8 b. Oct. 26; 1885. 
The following obituary is copied from an issue of the Brooklyn Eagle, 
April 16, 1891. 

' Townsend Burr, a resident of the Bedford section, died after a lin- 
gering illness at his home 208 Monroe St. Mr. Burr had conducted 
a harness manufacturing establishment on Bedford Av. near Putnam for 
nearly twenty years. He was born at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., forty 
years ago. Deceased during his residence in Brooklyn had taken an 
active interest in local politics. He was a prominent member of the 
' Twenty-third Ward ' Republican association, and also of the ' Union 
League Club.' Mr. Burr was particularly well known in church circles 



406 THE BURR FAMILY. 

in this city. He was at one time a deacon of the ' Central Baptist Church,' 
and at his death was a member of the ' Marcy Av. Baptist Society.' " 

EITERT W. BURR, 7 [931] of Cold Spring Harbor, L. L, 

m. ; chil. : 

J 653. Frank ' ; 1654. William B (both soldiers in the late Civil 
War) ; 1655. Elbert/ 

WILLIAM H. BURR,' [936] 

m. Oct. 31, 1851, Lucinda L . Issue : 

1656. Sarah E., 6 b. May 9, 1S52; 1657. Marietta/ b. Jan. 23, 
1854 ; 1658. Samuel E./ b. Aug. 4, 1856, is a shoe merchant, Fulton 
Street, Brooklyn ; 1659. George W./ b. Mar. 9, 1853. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Elvira Fowler, of New York City, Sept. 30, 1859; chil: 
1660. Charles Francis/ b. June 26, i860, is an artist ; 1661. Theo- 
dore," b. Dec. 9, 1861 ; 1662. Newton H., 8 b. Nov. 20, 1863; 1663. 
"Wilfred/ b. Jan. 26, 1868, is an architect and builder, doing business 
in the city of Brooklyn. 

Newton H. Burr is a local preacher of the M. E. Church; also Trustee, 
Class Leader, and Supt. of the Mission Sunday-school of Bushwick Av. 
M. E. Church. 

JOSHUA VAN TASSEL BURR/ [944] 

m. 1st, Hannah Cheshire, of Oyster Bay, L. I., April 22, 1838. Had one 
son: 

1664. Theodore H./ b. Nov. 4, 1839. M. 2d, Elizabeth Dickinson, 
of Oyster Bay, L. I. Had two chil.: 

1665. Fanny/ b. 1844 ; 1666. George/ b. 1846. Both died in 
childhood. 

Mr. Burr d. Sept. 10, 1S46. 

EDWIN BURR/ [945] of Mexico, 

m. Susannah Pickering, of Cincinnati, O., Aug. 31, 1842. Chil.: 

1667. George M./ 1). June 18, 1844, d. in inf.; 1668. Charles E./ 

b. Dec. 8, 1S45; 1669. Anna M./ b. Jan. 24, 1849. 
Mr. Burr d. in Mexico, Feb., 1854. 

JOHN A'. BURR/ [947] of Dai/ion, Mass., 

m. Sarah C. Skidmore, of Oyster Bay, L. I., Feb. 1, 1846. Have seven 
children: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 407 

1670. Mary L., 8 b. Mar. 2, 1847 ; 1671. Thomas S., 8 b. June 15, 
1849 ; 1672. James W., 8 b. July 13, 1851 ; 1673. Susan F., 8 b. Nov. 

2, 1855 ; 1674. Eva M., 8 b. Oct. 27, i860 ; 1675. Emma D., 8 b. Nov. 
19, 1862; 1676. John V., Jr., 8 b. Dec. 6, 1864. 

Mary Louisa Burr m. Nelson A. Burrill, of Utica, N. Y., Nov. 23, 
1876. Have three chil. : I. Arthur, 2. Herbert, twins, b. May 13, 1878 ; 

3. Sadie, b. Oct. 3, 1880. Res. at Utica, N. Y. Susan Frances Burr, m. 
Alfred Soule, of Albany, N. Y., May 25, 1882. Had one child: I. Edna, 
b. Apr. 2, 1884; d. in infancy. Res. at Syracuse, N. Y. Eva May Burr, 
m. Irving W. Harris, of Albany, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1884. Have three chil.: 
I. Ina, b. Mar. 22, 1885; 2. Rena, b. July 8, 1886; 3. Gordon, b. Jan. 2, 
1 89 1. Res. at Ithaca, Mich. Emma Devan Burr, m. Frank W. Knight, 
of Syracuse, N. Y., June 18, 1889. Have one child: I. Ethel, b. Aug. 7, 
1890. Res. at Syracuse, N. Y. 

JAMES TOWNSEND BURR, 7 [948] 

d. Dec, 1853. 

m. Mary M. James, of New York, Jan. 22, 1850. Had one son: 
1677. James M., 8 b. Feb. 19, 1851. 

STEPHEN HENRY BURR, 7 [949] of New York, 

m. Sarah Eliza Doughty, of New York, June 14, 1853. Has been for 
many years an active worker in and supporter of various religious and 
benevolent organizations ; was one of the organizers and the first Chair- 
man of the Harlem Branch of the Y. M. C. A. of N. Y. City, was a mem. 
of the Ex. Board and of the Finance Com. of the American Baptist Home 
Mission Society, and of the Ex. Board of the N. Y. Baptist City Missions, 
and a Deacon of the Mount Morris Baptist Church of N. Y. City. Chil.: 
1677. Anna M., 8 b. Jan. u, 1855; 1678. Edwin H., 8 b. Sept. 5, 
1856, res. in N. Y.; 1679. Frank R., 8 b. Sept. 4, 1858; 1680. Everett 
D., 8 b. Jan. 15, 1861. 

WILLIAM O. BURR, 7 [957] of Smith Centre, Kan., 

m. Margaret Johnson. Child : 

1681. Bertie. 8 Mr. Burr d. Oct. 4, 1888. 

CHARLES C. BURR, 7 [958] of Ellisburg, N. Y., 
was a soldier in the war with Mexico, and d. there July 28, 1846 ; unm. 



408 THE BURR FAMILY. 

M< IRRISON C. BURR, 7 [959] of Smith Centre, Kan., 

111. Hannah M. Pugh, May 4, 1852. Chil. : 

1682. Charles C," b. Dec. 3, 1853 ; 1683. Nancy E.," b. Aug. 31, 
1S55 (m. Jacob D. Dewald, 1S70 ; has 11 chil. : I. Minnie, b. 1S72, m. 
John Murray ; chil.: 1. Earl, 2. Charles, 3. Burns, 4. Nancy, 2. Earl, 
b. 1874; no chil. 3. Maud, m. Elza Frazer ; one child: 1. Pearl. 4. 
Pearl; 5- fva ; 6. Orcoit j 7- Dotta ; 8. Philura j 9. Elsie, and 10. 
Eivie (twins); II. Jacob Bur 7); 1684. Lydia,* b. Apr. 14, 1858 (m. Paul 
Arnold, Aug. 16, 1877, has 9 chil. : I. Edna, b. Dec. 7, 1878, m. John 
Guering, June, 1900, has one son, 1. Paul ; 2. Clyde, b. Apr. 26, 1880 ; 
3. Edith, b. June 9, 1882 ; 4. Harvey, b. Nov. 25, 1885 ; 5. Ward, b. 
Jan. 5, 1 <S S 7 ; 6. Elsie, b. Dec. 21, 1S90 ; 7. Carrie, b. Mar. 5, 1892 ; 8. 
Helen, b. June 21, 1894 ; 9. Roger, b. May 10. 1899). 

1685. Philura A., 8 b. Aug. 18, 1865 (m. John Everett Rorabaugh, 
Feb. 26, 1884, one dau. 1. Esta Ethel, b. Jan. 28, 1885) ; 1686. George 
Morrison," b. July 19, 1870. 

Morrison C. Burr was one of the Commissioners that laid out the town 
of Smith Centre, appraised the lots and improvements, and divided the 
lots among the residents ; he was Township Trustee, Assessor, and Over- 
seer of the Poor of Centre Township from 1875 t0 1881. 

JOSEPH BURR, 7 [964] of Smith Centre, Kan., 

m. Ruth A. Lupton, Oct. 27, 1864. Four chil. : 

1687. William A. 8 ; 1688. Agnes," b. Oct. 14, 1867 (m. Feb. 26, 
1890, William F. Mathes, chil. : 1. Lloyd, b. Feb. 27, 1893 ; 2. Ralph, b. 
Oct. 4, 1900) ; 1689. Alice L., r b. Dec. 25, 1S69 (m. William Brock, 
Nov. 9, 1893, has one dau.: 1. Hessie, b. Apr. 26, 1894); 1690. Hiram 
A., 8 b. July 4, 1880. 

JONATHAN BURR, 7 [967] of Pulaski, N. Y., 

m. Abigail Tryon, d. Mar. 17, 1895. Chil. : 
1691. Lorina"; 1691a. Anna/ 

AARON N. BURR, 7 [973] of Pulaski, N. Y., 

m. . Mr. Burr enlisted as a private in Co. C, 147th N. Y. Yols., 

Aug. 21, 1862, and was mustered into U. S. service Sept. 23, 1862 ; was 
in the battle of Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va., Apr. 29 and 30, 1863 ; in camp 
winter of 1863 and 1864 ; was in battle of the Wilderness, May 5th, 6th, 
and 7th, 1S64 ; in battle of Spottsylvania, May 8th, and was wounded in 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 409 

left hand, loosing middle finger ; he was in Campbell Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D. C, at the time of the death of President Lincoln, and viewed his 
remains as they lay in state in the Capitol ; was discharged from the service 
May 12, 1S65. 

ELISHA BURR, Jr., 7 [947] of Pulaski, N. Y., 

m. Caroline E. Jones, one dau. : 1691b. Nellie I. 8 
Mr. Burr was a mem. of Co. C, 147th, N. Y. Vols. 

ADELBERT H. BURR, 7 [975] of Pulaski, N. Y., 

m. Maria Valentine. Chil. : 1691c. John'; 1692. Harry 4 ; 1692a. 
Hattie K ; 1693. Frank W. 8 Mr. Burr was in the Civil War, a mem. of 
Co. I, 184th N. Y. Vols. 

ORCOTT BURR, 7 [977] of Ellisburg, N. Y., 

m. Minerva Richardson. Chil. : 1694. Ira Truman s (d. in IoWa) ; 
1695. Adaline Eliza 8 ; 1696. Ernest 8 ; 1697. Netta 8 ; 1698. 
Minnie. 8 

HARLOW BURR, 7 [980] of Ellisburg, N. Y., 
m. Laura Taylor. Chil.: 1699. Harry 8 ; 1700. Rose Nina. 8 

ORREN BURR, 7 [983] of Orange, Tex., 

m. Helen Walker. Five chil. : 1701. Nellie 9 ; 1702. Walker 8 ; 1703. 
Tina 8 ; 1704. Harry 8 ; 1705. Perry Roy. 8 

NEWMAN BURR, 7 [985] of Cannon River Falls, Minn., 

m. Bertha Robertson. Chil.: 1706. Roy 8 ; 1707. Verna 8 ; 1708. 
Myrta 8 ; 1709. Winnifred. 6 

WILLIAM H. H. BURR, 7 [997] of Wilbraham, Mass., 

m. Laura Street of West Springfield, Mass. Intentions posted Nov. 8, 
1833. Chil. : 1710. Mary Albina, 8 b. Apr. 30, 1836 ; 1711. James 
William, 8 b. Apr. 30, 1838 ; 1712. Charles Henry, 8 b. Aug. 6, 1841 ; 
1713. Ransom Shepherd, 8 b. Nov. 18, 1843. 

WILLIAM A. BURR, 7 [1014] of Rochester, N. Y., 

m. . Chil. : 1714. Ida, 8 m. Cary, d. ; 1715- Ada, 8 m. 

Hill, and res. at Lindley, N. Y. ; 1716. Franklin, 8 m. and d. in 



Colo., 1898. 1717. William, 8 who grad. at Cornell Univ., and is a suc- 
cessful lawyer in Rochester, N. Y. Mr. William A. Burr d. in 1882. 



410 THE BURR FAMILY. 

FRANKLIN H. BURR, 7 [1015] of , 

m. . Chil. : 1718. Margaret,' m. , Shields, res. at Bloss- 

burg, Pa. ; 1719. William," res. at Eldred, Pa.; 1720. Judson/ res. at 

Blossburg, Pa. ; 1721. Estella/ m. Soper, and res. at Elmira, N. Y. 

.Mr. Franklin H. Burr d. 1898. 

ELMER G. BURR, 7 [1016J of Lindley, N. Y., 
m. . Chil. : 1722. Pliny," res. in Michigan ; 1723. Dora," m. 



Bigelow, and res. in Chicago, 111. ; 1724. Frederick/ res. in Lindley ; 
1725. May," res. in Lindley, N. Y. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

AUGUSTUS BURR/ [1027] of Macon, Ga., 

m. Ettiene de la Masten, of St. Johns, New Brunswick ; and had by her 
one son : 

1726. Augustus P.' 

CHAUNCEY S. BURR, 8 [1028] of , III., 

111. Miss Yeoman, of Farmington, Ct., in 181 7. Chil. : 

1727. Augustus"; 1728. Montgomery'; 1729. Sophronia J.,' 
111. E. Leavenworth, and res. in Dongola, 111.; 1730. Julius'; I73 1 - 
Juliette,' 111. Mr. Ralls, and res. at Red Bud, 111. ; 1732. Joseph C./ 
res. at Risdon, St. Clare Co., Wis. ; 1733. Emeline/ res. at Risdon, St. 
Clare Co., Wis.; 1734. Adaline.' 

THEODORE BURR/ [1029] of , 



111. , and d. leaving one son, 

1735- Name not known. 

JASON BURR/ [1030] ok Griffin, Ga., 

m. Nancy J. Howard, in 1828 ; their chil. are : 

1736. Augustus/ d. in inf.; 1737. Melvina A.," m. Robert Falk- 
ner, of Macon, Ga. ; 1738. Sarah J.'; 1739. John H."; 1740. Aaron 
J.," d. in inf. ; 1741. Joseph W./ d. in inf. ; 1742. George W.' ; 
1743. Henry C"; 1744. Theodosia A." ; 1745. Chauncey S." 

Mr. Burr rem. from Connecticut to Georgia in 1825, and has since been 
a resident of that State. He was a prominent Mason, and regarded with 
respect by all. He d. in 1887, at his home in Griffin. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 4II 

RUFUS BURR/ [1033] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. May 9, 1827, Ann S. Hudson, of Torringford, Ct. He d. March 21, 
1863. Chil. of Rufus and Ann S. were: 

1746. Alonzo, 9 b. March 13, 1S28; 1747. Hudson, 9 b. Jan. 23, 1830; 
1748. Frank, 9 b. May 13, 1832; 1749. Adaline, 9 b. May 11, 1834; d. 
Aug. 11, 1834; 1750. Luman, 9 b. March 16, 1836; 1751. John, 9 b. 
March 15, 1838, lost at sea; 1752. Helen, 9 b. Dec. 15, 1840, d. March 4, 
1856; 1753. Annette, 9 b. May 23, 1843, near Havana, N. Y., m. Feb. 28, 
1870, to William G. Cochrane, at Bloomington, 111., now lives in Kansas 
City, Mo. They have three chil., all b. in Bloomington, 111.: I. Robert 
Burr, b. May 2, 1873 '■> 2 - Delia Hudson, b. Nov. 5, 1874; 3. Luman Har- 
rison, b. Nov. 12, 1S78. 1754. Delphine, 9 b. Oct. 31, 1S45, d. Nov. 24, 
1869. 

Rufus Burr was a successful " Yankee schoolmaster," having taught 
over forty successive years. His early reputation for success was such 
that he was frequently employed to take charge of schools where other 
teachers failed to manage rebellious pupils. He never failed to enforce 
good order and promote rapid progress. He first taught in Conn, till 
about 1835, when he went " West," visited Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and 
Milwaukee (insignificant towns at that time), teaching in winter and engaged 
in other business in summer. In spring of 1837 he removed his family to 
near Jacksonville, Tompkins Co., N. Y., about six miles from Ithaca, from 
there afterwards to Havana, Chemung Co. (now Schuyler). In 1846 he 
returned with his family to Torringford, Conn., continuing to teach every 
winter till his death. It is remarkable that the last place in which he 
taught (West Winsted Village), was also where he first taught, and some of 
his last pupils were grandchildren of his first pupils. He died at Bloom- 
ington, 111., while on a visit to his sons, and was buried there. His widow 
and two then surviving daughters, Annette and Delphine, afterwards 
removed to Bloomington. His widow died there in May, 1878. 

SAMUEL BURR/ [1034] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. 1 st, Louisa Flower, Feb. 22, 1831, and by her had two chil.: 

1755. Sarah Jane, 9 b. Jan. 6, 1832; 1756. Mary E., 9 b. Oct. 2, 
1839. Louisa, his w., d. July 20, 1847, aet. 38, and he marrried 2d, Rhoda 
A. Taylor, of Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Ct. They had one son: 1757. 
Lyman S., 9 b. Aug. 24, 1851, a lawyer in New Britain, Ct. Rhoda, 
w. of Samuel Burr, d. Oct. 17, i860, ?et. 46, and he m. 3d, Mary 
J. Robertson, of Wolcottville, Ct., Apr. 21, 1862, who survives him. 
The last marriage was childless. Mr. Samuel Burr d. May 13, 1873, ffit - 7 1 



4 1 2 THE B URR FA MIL J '. 

yrs. He was a mechanic and mem. Cong. Ch. Sarah Jane [1755] m. 
Andrew E. Hull, of Burlington, and d. Jan. 23, 1862, leaving two daugh- 
ters: I. Alice Louisa, b. May 13, 1852, who m. Mr. E. Hempshall, a well- 
known inventor of Hartford, and has the following chil.: 1. Josephine 
Mabel, b. Sept. 16, 1872; 2. Lula May, b. Jan. 1, 1875: 3. Eda Louise, b. 
Feb. 18, 1880; 4. Iva Belle, b. Apr. 28, 1883. 2. Elmore Bu rr, b. June 15, 
1853, who is unm. 

Mary E. [1756] m. Edwin Barber, of Wolcottville, Apr. 20, 1861. 
They have had seven chil.; the three youngest were triplets — a boy and 
two girls — the girls being so much alike that it was necessary to tie a rib- 
bon around the arm of one to guard against their being mixed. 

WILSON BURR,* [1035] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. Morinda Caldwell, May 5, 1829. He d. Nov. 7, i860, leaving one 
dau.: 

1758. Elizabeth," b. Jan. 22, 1831, who m. Midian Griswold, Oct. 30, 
1850, res. at Winsted, Ct. 

REV. WILLARD BURR, - [1038] of Oberlin, O., 

m. Aug. 27, 1S43, Sarah A., dau. of George Burr, who was a son of Russell 
Burr, of Torringford, Ct. Their chil. are: 

1759. Almon Whitney,' b. Jan. 18, 1845; 1760. CeliaE.,'b. Jan. 
20, 1847, grad. from Oberlin Col. in 1870, is a teacher, and res. at Ober- 
lin, O.; 1761. Austin H.,' J b. June 18, 1S49; 1762. Willard, Jr.,' for- 
merly Lyman W., b. Jan. 7, 1852; 1763. Annette J., 9 b. Sept. 10, 1857, 
grad. from Oberlin Col. in 1S78, and res. at Oberlin, O. 

Rev. Willard Burr was born at Winsted, Ct. At the age of twenty he 
taught school in Pleasant Valley, N. Y., and while there became converted 
to Abolitionism by an English tract. Two years later, in 1834, he entered 
the academy at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and soon after attended the first con- 
vention of Abolitionists in the State of N. Y. at Utica. The convention 
was mobbed — the windows of the church being broken with stones and 
the doors smashed, and after adopting a constitution it was obliged to 
disband. 

Driven out of this place with mudballs and brickbats, they proceeded, 
in a sorry plight, to Peterborough, where Gerrit Smith, one of their num- 
ber, lived, and continued their organization. Returning to Poughkeepsie 
Mr. burr was obliged to leave the academy on account of his Abolition 
principles. Being thus adrift in the world he chanced to see in a N. Y. 
paper an advt. of a manual-labor school at Oberlin, O. Returning home 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 413 

he prepared himself for the journey, and in company with an acquaintance 
of Pleasant Valley went to Harrisburg, Penn., the end of the railroad, 
and from there to Oberlin by stages. He entered the college in 1835, and 
completed the four years' course in that department, and the three years' 
course in the theological department. Immediately after this he married, 
and assumed the pastorate of a church in Charlestown, O. He has 
been pastor of churches in Charlestown, Edinburgh, Strongsville, and 
Ravenna, remaining in the latter place about twelve years. Later he 
moved to Oberlin to educate his children and while there preached in 
Brighton and Rochester. With advancing years he occasionally supplied 
for others and carried on a small farm. Mr. Burr was particularly fond of 
music and attended singing-classes of Thomas Hastings and others. As 
soon as his children were of sufficient age he taught them the rudiments 
of music and to read and sing at sight. He has been always foremost in 
anti-slavery, temperance, and other reforms, actively supporting them, and 
carrying on the reform without fear or favor. 

HARMON E. BURR, 8 [1040] of Morrison, 111., 

m. May 1, 1S49, Ann Squire, b. in Devonshire, Eng., Mar. 2, 1S25. ' Their 
chil. are: 

1764. Harmon E., 9 b. Jan. 12, 185 1; 1765. Charlotte Ann, 9 b. 
Mar. 13, 1856, grad. at Oberlin Col., 1878, d. Feb. 27, 18S3; 1766. John 
W., 9 b. Aug. 27, 1862, d. July 23, 1870. 

Mr. Harmon Burr taught school fifty-one years, and was sheriff of 
Lorain Co., O., for four years. 

URI BURR, h [1044] of Burrville, Ct., 

m. Sarah Mix, April 9, 1846; is a farmer and lived on the "Burr Home- 
stead " many years, now res. in Winsted, Ct. They have one child: 

1767. Hattie Emogene, 9 b. Apr. 7, 1854,111. David Lawton, April 2, 
1883. 

LUCIUS BURR/ [1046] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. Sarah J. Woodruff, Sept. 4, 1851, lives on the old "Gillette place" in 
Torringford, Ct. Chil.: 

1768. George A., 9 b. Oct. 19, 1852; 1769. Mary A., 9 b. Sept. 26, 
1856, m. Samuel Andrews, Sept. 15, 1875, and has two chil.: I. Belle, b. 
Oct. 1, 1880; 2, Jennie, b. Jan. 20, 1885. 



414 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JOHN MILO BURR/ [1053] of Burrville, Ct., 

m. Lavinia Hurlbut, of Winchester, Apr. 23, 1855, and res. on his father's 
homestead in Burrville. One child: 

1770. John Hurlbut, 1 b. Sept. 17, tS6o. 
John M. Burr d. Nov. 26, 1897. 

GEORGE BURR," Jr., [1075] of Lodi, O., 

m. Mary I. Fitts, of Oxford, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1872, and res. on the old farm. 
Chil.: 

1771. Myrtle C.,' b. Sept. 7, 1875 : x 77 2 - George Harold,' b. 
Mar. 16, 1890. 

CHESTER H. BURR, 8 [1079] of Lodi, O., 

m. Laura A. Fleming, Nov. 7, 1880, and has one child : 

1723. Luella May,' b. Mar. 12, 1882. 

ALLEN R. BURR, S [1082] of Lansing, Mich., 

m. Feb. 9, 1841, Perlia Rockwell, of Southwick, Mass., b. Apr. 27, 1819. 
They had one child : 

1724. Mary Ann, 9 b. Jan. 9, 1S45, d. in inf. 

Perlia, Allen R. Burr's first wife, d. in Harrisville, O., Feb. 27, 1846, 
and he m. 2d, July 6, 1848, Catherine F. Foote, of Southwick, Mass., b. 
Feb. 27, 1819 ; chil.: 1725. Stella F., 9 b. in Lodi, O., Dec, 7, 1853, and 
m. Apr. 27, 1886, James D. Phelps, b. July 2, 1845, res. Mason, Mich.; 
1726. Colonel B.,' b. Nov. 3, 1856. 

Allen R. Burr was sheriff of Medina Co., 0., and of Ingham Co., Mich., 
from 1 873—1 876. He died in Lansing, Mich., June 2, 1S85. 

AUGUSTUS T. BURR, 8 [1083] of Waterloo, Wis., 

m. Catherine Lucas, Dec. 9, 1843, in Harrisville, O., and has two chil.: 

1727. Theron R., b. Sept. n, 184S ; 1728. Almon A.,' b. Nov. 
3°, " s 5 8 - 

HIRAM L. BURR, 8 [1088] of Big Rapids, Mich., 

m. Emma P. Chittenden, in Wayne Co., O., July 20, 1845. One child : 

1729. Ellen M.," b. Mar. 20, 1847, m. George W. Stone, of Pittsfield, 
N. Y., June 20, 1S69, and res. in Belle Plaine, Iowa. Chil.: I. George H.^ 
b. in Martin. Mich., Sept. 29, 1.871 ; 2. Stella S.,h. in Pine Grove, Mich., 
Dec. 6, 1 S 7 4 ; 3. Charles E., b. in Iowa Co., Iowa, Mar. 29, 1877; 4. 
Mary E., b. in Benton Co., Iowa, Feb. 5, 18S0. Hiram L. Burr m. 2d, 
Ellen M. Dodge, Jan. 28, 1X50. Chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 415 

1730. George C., 9 b. Nov. 8, 1S56 ; 1731. Bryant B., 9 b. Mar. 19, 
1859; 1732. Leroy E., 9 b. Aug. 20, 1861, res. Corning, N. Y.; 1733. 
Kittie C., 9 b. Apr. 16, 1865, m. George C. Mason, July 17, 1885, and res. 
at Big Rapids, Mich. Hiram L. Burr, the father, was an M.D. and a civil 
engineer. He d. at Big Rapids, Mich , Mar. n, 1891. 

GILLET BURR, 8 [1093] of Princeton, III., 

m. Mary A. Crawford, Sept. 18, 1853. Chil.: 

1734. Charles Crawford, 9 b. July 6, 1854 ; 1735. Lucius G., 9 b. 
1857, d. 1857 ; 1736. George A., 9 b. 1859, d. 1859 ; 1737. Ada, 9 b. 
i860, d. i860; 1738. Jennie, 9 b. Jan. 2, 1862. 

CHARLES N. BURR, 8 [1004] of Princeton, III., 

m. L. Maria Delano, June 6, i860. Chil.: 

1738a. Stella May, 9 b. May 29, 1862, m. John H. Garvin, Oct. 10, 
188S ; 1738b. John Delano, 9 b. Mar. 23, 1864, d. 1864 ; 1738c. Harry 
Elmer, 9 b. Aug. 31, 1865 ; I738d. Frank Herbert, 9 b. Dec. 22, 1867, 
d. June 16, 1878. 

PENFIELD BURR, 8 [1005] of Princeton, 111., 

m. 1st, Ellen C. Birge. One child : 

1738c Ella Frances, 9 b. Feb. zt,, 1854. Ellen C, d. June 7, 1859, 

and Mr. Burr m. 2d, Chushy Cauffman. Chil.: I738f. Martin, 9 b. ; 

I738g. May Alma, 9 m. George Stevens, res. Buda, 111. Chil.: I. El- 
bridge, 2. Le Roy, 3. Clara Pearl. 1738I1. Fanny B., 9 m. Mark Vance, 

res. Grand Island, Neb. One child, Burr. 1738L Marvin, 9 b. , d. 

Jan. 9, 1864. 

EMERSON BURR, 8 [1009] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Lodesca Webster. Their chil. were : 

1738J. Charles E., 9 b. Oct. 15, 1843 ; 1738k. Owen, 9 b. May 2, 
1845 ; 1739. William, 9 b. June 3, 1847 ; 1740- Frances, 9 b. Aug. 3, 
1849 ; 1741. Franklin E.,° b. Oct. 13, 1854; 1742. Howard, 9 b. Oct. 
25, 1858 ; 1743. Nellie R., 9 b. June 5, i860. 

DWIGHT BURR, 8 [1103] of Torringford, Ct., 

m. Margaret Hamlin, has one child : 
1744. Orrin, 9 aet. 21 yrs. 

ROLLIN BURR, 6 [1104] of Portchester, N. Y., 
m. Jane Story, res. in Portchester, N. Y. 



41 6 THE BURR FAMILY. 

HENRY S. BURR, 8 [1122] of Waverly, Ia., 

m. in Waverly, la., April 20, 1870, Fannie A. Smilie, of Cambridge, Vt. 
Chil.: 

1745. George, 9 b. Feb. 4, 1871, d. Aug. 30, 1871 ; 1746. Mary 
Alma, 9 b. Oct. 8, 1873 ; 1747. Henry S.," b. Dec. 9, 1875 ; 1748. 
Lois, 9 b. April 28, 187S, d. Aug. 24, 1878; 1749. Clarence Briggs,' 
b. May 21, 1881 ; 1750. Viola Perry,' b. Feb. 14, 1883 ; 1751. Howard 
Bowman, 9 b. Dec. 7, 1885. 

Henry S. Burr d. Sept. 16, 1900. Mrs. Burr d. June 12, 1900. 

Henry S. Burr was Cashier and President of Waverly National Bank, 
of Iowa. 

Mary Alma [1746] was m. Dec. ^1, 1900, to Leon L. Thompson, Att. 
at Law. of Waverly, Ia. 

CxEORGE WARREN BURR, 8 [1124J of Ludlow, Vt., 

was m. in Pittsfield, Mass., May 12, 1872, to Mary E. Smith, of New 
Marlboro, Mass. Child: 1753. Adeline M. Flora, 9 b. June 23, 1873, 
was m. in New York City, Dec. 25, 1893, to William H. Anderson, of 
Webster, Mass. 

FRANK WARNE BURR, 8 [1126] of Monrovia, Cal., 

m. Feb. 1, 1880, Laura M. Gordon, b. Mar. 9, 1855, in Waynesboro, Pa. 
Their chil. are : 

1754. Walter Gordon, 9 b. Feb. 27, 1SS1 ; 1755. Jay Lester, 9 b. 
Sept. 7, 1882 ; 1756. Myron Carlos, 9 b. Aug. 12, 1884; 1757. Clyde 
Russell, 9 b. Apr. 9, 1887 ; 1758. Gladys Mae, 9 b. May 10, 1889 ; all 
born at La Fox, Kane Co., 111. In October, 18S9, Mr. F. W. Burr and 
family rem. to Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., Cal., where they now reside. 

CLARK C. BURR, 8 [1127] of St. Charles, III., 

m. Jan. n, 1871, to Ellen L., dau. of Henry and Loretta (Allen) Bartlett. 
Chil. : 

1759. James Henry, 9 b. Jan. 31, 1874, and 1760. Charles Clark,' 
b. June 24, 1876, d. Jan. 6, 1894. 

ALGERNON A. BURR, 8 [1120] of St. Charles, III., 

m. Oct. 30, 1872, to Cornelia L, dau. of Henry and Loretta (Allen) Bart- 
lett; one son, 1761. Arthur James, 9 b. Jan. 13, 1876. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. A,\"J 

AMANZEL DE FOREST BURR, 8 [1131] of Lincoln, Neb., 

m. Lucy McManaman, May 10, 1870. Their chil. are : 

1762. Maude Adelia, 9 b. Aug. 18, 1871; 1763. Marshall De For- 
est, 9 b. Mar. 20, 1875; 1764. Harold F., 9 b. Apr. 15, 1882. 

Lucy M. Burr, wife of A. D. Burr, died at Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3, 1900. 

CARLOS C. BURR, 8 [1132] of New York, N. Y, 

m. Mary Smith at Dixon, 111., in 1868. Chil: 

1765. Frank S., 9 aged 31, now a Captain in the regular U. S. Army 
at Manila, P. I.; 1766. Bertie O., 9 m. Beeman Dawes, res. at Marietta, 
Ohio; 1767- Grace, 9 m. Jan. 1, 1895, Ross Parker Curtice, and has chil.: 
I. Norman Burr, b. Nov. 13, 1895; 2 - Helen E. Burr, b. Dec. 21, 1896; 
res. in Lincoln, Neb. 1768. Helen, 9 resides with her parents in New 
York City. 

LIONEL C. BURR, 8 [1133] of Lincoln, Neb., 

m. Aldana Giles at Dixon, 111., Oct. 12, 1868; moved to Lincoln, Neb., in 
1873, and has practised law there since that time. Chil.: 

1769. Charles L., 9 b. July 6, 1869; 1770. Mae A., 9 b. Sept. 9, 1874. 

ATWELL L. BURR, 8 [1135] ° F Denver, Col., 

m. Mary S. Bradford, June 9, 1880, and has three living chil.: 

1771. Carlos Bradford, 9 b. Mch. 23, 1881; 1772. William Frank- 
lin, 9 b. Sept. 5, 1882; 1773. Clara Adelia, 9 b. Aug. 31, 1892. 

AUGUSTUS BURR, 8 [1140] of Ravenna, O., 
m. 1841, Angelina Austin; one child, 1774* Austin, 9 b. 1843. 

LESTER BURR, 8 [1141] of , Cal., 

m. ; has two chil., b. in California. 

AMADEUS BURR, 8 [1155] of , Kan., 

m. Ella , 1865; their chil. are : 

1779. Nellie, 9 b. 1866; 1780. Dora, 9 b. 1870; 1781. Amelia, 9 b. 
1873; 1782. Walter, 9 b. 1876. 

ABNER BURR, 8 [1159] of Mayfield, N. Y., 
m. Elizabeth Van Buren ; their chil. are : 



418 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1783. Antoinette, 9 b. at Mayfield, N. Y., d. ; 1784. Elisha," b. 

at Mayfield, N. Y. 

HOWARD M. BURR/ [ll6l] of , 

m. Ellen Abbott. Chil.: 

1785. Selina 9 ; 1786. Hattie ' ; 1787. Elliott. 9 

GILBERT J. BURR, 8 [1162] of Murphysboro, III., 

m. Belle Swartzcope. Chil.: 

1788. Albert, 9 b. at Murphysboro ; 1789. Howard H. 9 ; 1790. 
Stella A. 9 ; 1791. Shirley. 9 Mr. Burr, the f. d. Feb. 1, 1882. 

ELLIOT R. BURR/ [1164] of Goodland, Ind., 

m. Sarah Voorhies. Chil.: 

1792. Frederick, 9 b. at Goodland, Ind.; 1793. Mary E. 9 ; 1794. 
Susan '; 1795. Annie '•' ; 1796. Howard E. 9 

WILLARD R. BURR/ [1165] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Jerusha Wooster, 1863. Chil.: 

1797. Sarah J., 9 b. 1864, in Kingsboro ; 1798. Willard W.,' b. 
1874; 1799. Mary J., 9 b. 1876. 

REMUS D. BURR, 8 [1166] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

m. Sabra M. Wells, in 1867. Their chil. are : 

1800. John W., 9 b. 1868, in Kingsboro. 

MARCELLUS G. BURR, 8 [1168] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

in. Alice H. Houseman in 1868. Chil.: 

1801. Florence,' b. 1869; 1803. Mary E./ b. 1S70; 1804. Luella,' 

b. .875. 

JOSIAH L. BURR/ [1170] of Kingsboro, N. Y., 

in. Harriet E. Nerselis, in 1875 ; one child: 

1805. Shirley A./ b. 1877. 

DR. CHAUNCY S. BURR/ [1189] of Chicago, III., 

in. Woodnut C. Stilhvell, of Springfield, 0., Jan. 20, 1881. Their chil. are: 

1806. Rachel,' b. Nov. 1, 1881; 1807. Minnie/' b. Apr. 1, 1883; 
1808. Chauncy S., Jr.,' b. Jan. 10, 1885. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 419 

Dr. Burr enlisted in the Union Army at the first call for troops, and 
served one year with the 8th Ind. Infantry as first duty sergeant of Co. E. 
Was discharged at the end of one year, and immediately entered medical 
college at Ann Arbor, Mich.; then at Long Island Hospital of Brooklyn, 
N. Y. He graduated at the latter school, and re-entered the army in the 
medical department and was discharged Jan., 1866, from the 18th Regt., 
111. Infantry, of which regiment he was then the surgeon. At the close of 
the war he located at Anderson, Ind., where he commenced the practice 
of medicine, and continued until 1891, when he removed to Chicago, 
where he has since resided, a well-known and successful physician. 

MILES H. BURR, 8 [1190] of Middletown, Ind., 

m. Mary Isenogle, July 6, 1863. Their chil. are : 

1809. Jennie, 9 b. March 2, 1865 ; 1810. Nellie, 9 b. May 15, 1866 ; 
1811. Chauncy, 9 b. Feb. 3, 1868 ; 1812. French, 9 b. Nov. 27, 1874, d. 
Mar. 6, 1875 I 1813. Ira M., 9 b. Nov. 9, 1876. 

Mr. Miles H. Burr after his marriage settled in the town of Middle- 
town and has continued his residence at that place until now. His father, 
Chauncy Burr, made his home with Miles during the later years of his 
life. 

LA FAYETTE J. BURR, 8 [1191] of Anderson, Ind., 

m. Laura S. Sommerfield, of Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11, 1870. Their 
chil. are : 

1814. Claude S., 9 b. Mar. 6, 187 1 ; 1815. Kenneth M., a b. Oct. 19, 
1872. 

Mr. Burr is at present engaged in manufacturing in Anderson, Ind. 

WALTER B. BURR, 8 [1193] of Selby, South Dakota, 

m. Lizzie B. Nippert, of Montevallo, Vernon Co., Mo., Mar. 31, 1878. 
Chil.: 

1816. Bertha Lee, 9 b. Jan. 14, 1879; 1817. Chauncy N., 9 b. July 6, 
1881; 1818. Ethel, 9 b. Dec. 18, 1884, d. Mar. 8, 1887. 

Mr. Burr is a lawyer by profession, and first commenced the practice 
of law at Stockton, Cedar Co., Mo. He served three terms as Prosecuting 
Atty. of Cedar Co., Mo., closing his last term in 18S2. In 1883 he re- 
moved to Bangor, S. D., and in 1900 to Selby, S. D. He is serving his 
seventh term as State's Atty. of Walworth Co., S. D., and served one term 
as County Judge. He is also a member of the general mercantile firm of 
J. J. Hoven & Co., of Selby. 



420 THE BURR FAMILY. 

LYCURGUS LORENZO BURR, S [1195] of New Castle, Ind., 

m. Aug. 24, 1859, Martha Jane Kerr, b. at Hagerstown, Ind., Dec. 3, 1835. 
He is a retired merchant and land-owner. Chil. : 

1819. Dau., b. May 6, 1861 ; 1820. Annie, 9 b. April 12, 1864, d. in 
inf.; 1821. Horace Lycurgus," b. Jan. 27, 1870, B. S., De Pauw Uni- 
versity; M. Ace, Eastman Business College. The latter is in the general 
insurance, loans, and real-estate business. 

WILLIAM GAYLARD BURR," [1198] of Richmond, Ind., 

m. Sept. 13, 1866, Julia Lakey, of Henry Co., Ind., b. Feb. 7, 1847. Chil: 
1822. Frank Lakey. 9 b. Jan. 10, 1870, carpenter; 1823. Arthur 
A., 9 b. Nov. 4, 1873 ; 1824. Helen, 9 b. Jan. 29, 1S77 ; 1825. Bessie 
Belle, 9 b. July n, 1883. 

SURRILLOUS WOODWORTH BURR/ [1201] of Ianthe, Mo., 

m. Phcebe Lisher, of Shelby Co., Ind., Sept. 18, 1856. Their chil. are : 

1826. Vorintha A., 9 b. Aug. 17, 1857, m. to James Moore, Dec. 13, 
1874. Their chil. were : I. William F.,2, Sarah, 3. Luther Burr j all 
died in childhood. 1827. George B., 9 b. Jan. 8, 1862; 1828. Leander 
Z., Jr., 9 b. Mar. 31, 1865, res. at Ianthe, Mo. ; 1829. Dora R.. 9 b. Mar. 
13, 1868, d. Aug. 9, 1869 ; 1830. Frank L., 9 b. Aug. 12, 1870, res. at 
Ianthe, Mo.; 1831. Cora Jane, 8 b. April 22, 1873, d. Sept. 12, 1875. 

Mr. Burr, after his marriage, settled on a farm in Shelby Co., Ind., 
where he continued to reside until 1868, when he moved to Holt Co., Mo., 
from which place he moved in 1870 to Barton Co., Mo., his present home. 
Mr. Burr is a farmer and machinist by profession, a Republican in politics 
and a member of the Christian Ch. 

REV. VORANZA BLAKE BURR, 6 [1203] of Golden City, Mo, 

m. Barbara B. Boss, Feb. 8, 1866, in Shelby Co., Ind. One child: 

1832. Eva Lea, 9 b. Dec. 26, 1870. 

Mr. Burr became a teacher in the public schools of Ind. before he was 
20 yrs. of age, which profession he followed until about the year 1875, 
when he became an ordained preacher in the Christian Ch., to which work 
he has devoted the more recent years of his life. He moved from Ind. 
to Barton Co., Mo., in the year 1869, where he continues to reside. 

LEANDER Z. BURR/ [1205] of Kansas City, Mo., 
m. Hattie A. Grier, of Lamar, Mo., Mar. 16, 187 1. Their chil. are : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 42 I 

1833. Lena Maud, 9 b. Nov. 16, 1872, m. Dr. John H. Belyea, Dec. 
25, 1890, now res. at Lane, Mo.; 1834. Walter Grier, 9 b. Nov. 23, 1876; 
1835. Bertha Lea, 9 b. Jan. 8, 1883. 

Mr. L. Z. Burr enlisted in the U. S. Army under the first call of Presi- 
dent Lincoln for troops, in the 51st Regt. Ind. Vol. Inf., with which regi- 
ment he served to the close of the war. He participated in every battle 
in which his regiment was engaged. Was a prisoner of war in the summer 
of 1863. At the close of the war he adopted the profession of teaching, 
which had been his chief work until about 1880, when he commenced the 
practice of law in Olathe, Kansas, in which city he was then living. He 
afterward settled in Kansas City, Mo., where he is now actively engaged 
in the practice of law. Mr. Burr is a member of the Christian Ch., and 
an ordained preacher in that denomination. 

REZIN WILLIAM S. BURR, 8 [1206] of Kansas City, Mo., 

m. Belva C. Hunt, of Lamar, Mo., April 3, 1873. Their chil. are : 

1836. Pearl Zerelda, 9 b. April 8, 1S75 ; 1837. Jewell Cindrella, 9 
b. Sept. 21, 1877 ; 1838. Prince Rezin, 9 b. Aug. 3, 1879 I 1838a. Belva 
Myrtle, 9 b. Jan. 25, 1881 ; 1839. Elva Reesa, 9 b. Nov. 18, 1882. 

Mr. R. W. Burr commenced life as a public-school teacher in Indiana, 
removing to Barton Co., Mo., in 1869, where he continued the same busi- 
ness until about 1882, at which time he commenced the practice of law at 
Lamar, Mo. In 1884 he commenced doing a banking business under the 
firm name of Burr, Hunt, & Co. In addition to his own practice he did 
all the legal business of the bank until the year 1888, at which time he 
closed out his interest in the bank at Lamar, Mo., and rem. with his family 
to Kansas City, Mo., where he formed a partnership with his brother, L. 
Z. Burr, for the practice of law under the firm name of Burr & Burr, and 
where he now res. actively engaged in the practice of his profession. 

WILLIAM B. BURR, 8 [1214] of St. Louis, Mo., 

m. Mar. 18, 1884, Mary E. Dewing, and has : 

1840. Mary E., 9 b. May 21, 1885. 

LUCIUS F. BURR, 6 [1216] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. Margaret McPherson, b. in Falkirk, Scotland, 1834, d. 1887. Their 
chil. : 

1841. Mary E.,' b. 1857, d. 1884; 1842. George M.,' b. 1858, in 
Broadalbin, N. Y. ; 1843. Lucius F., 9 b. 1859, d. Aug. 1, 1896 ; 1844. 
Maggie L., 9 b. 1861, d. 1862; 1845. Richard B.,' b. 1865; 1846. 



422 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Maggie A., 9 b. 1869, in Johnstown, N. Y.; 1847. Charles G.,° b. 1871, 
m. Sara Isola Saunders of Dickinson Centre, N. Y. ; 1848. Willie M., 9 
b. 1872, d. 1880; 1849. Albert D., 9 b. 1874, d. 1875. 

Mary E. Burr [1841], m. George C. Bruce of Gloversville, N. Y. 
Their chil. are : I. Wallace A., b. 1879; 2. Grace A., b. 1881. Maggie A. 
[1846], m. F. F. Galbraith of Auriesville, N. Y. Their chil. are: I. 
Mary, b. 1888, 2. Thomas Harry, b. 1890. 

STEPHEN NORWOOD BURR, 8 [1217] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. 1869, Caroline L. Welsh, b. in Grafton, N. Y., 1834. Chil.: 

1850. Adda M., 9 b. July 9, 1870; 1851. Jason L., 9 b. Aug. 23, 
1873 ; 1852. Harlan N., 9 b. Apr. 30, 1877, d. in inf. ; 1853. Eugene 
W., s b. Nov. 11, 1879. 

THADDEUS G. BURR, 6 [1218] of Broadalbin, N. Y., 

m., 1858, Mary C. Cole, b. in Mayfield, N. Y., 1838. Chil.: 

1854. Nellie C., 8 b. 1859 ; 1855. Melvin R.,° b. 1863 ; 1856. Ed- 
ward M., 9 b. 1865. 

WILBUR J. BURR/ [1222] of Susquehanna, Pa., 

m. July 14, 1877, Jennie A. Andrews, b. Mar. 30, 1856. Chil.: 

1857. Flora G., s b. July 10, 1879 ; 1858. Nellie M., 9 b. Feb. 24, 
1880; 1859. Archie Leon, 9 b. Nov. 7, 1883. 

EDWIN M. BURR/ [1244] of Aurora, Neb., 

was educated at Mt. Pleasant, la., m. in 1856, Margaret Jeanette Chan- 
dler of Mt. Pleasant. In 186 1, he enlisted in Co. B., 3d Iowa 
Cavalry, served 3 years, retired in 1864, and began the practice of the 
law in Keytesville, Mo. Rem. to Kansas in 1872, practised law there ten 
years, and then rem. to Nebraska. He now res. at Aurora, Neb., in the 
practice of his profession. His chil. are : 

i860. George L. " ; 1861. Cora A. 9 (m. in 1881, F. F. Coolidge, 
editor of the Blakeman (Kan.) Register, has two chil. : I. Robert, 2. 
Margaret Jeanette); 1862. William R. 9 (on the staff of the Daily Times 
of Seattle, Wash.); 1863. Harriet R. 

GEORGE BURR, B [1245] of Aurora, Neb., 

Studied telegraphy and has held important positions. M. in 

1877. No chil. 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 423 

BARTON H. BURR, 8 [1264] of , 

m. Susan Wilson, and has chil.: 
1864. Alice 9 ; 1865. Fanny. 9 

HALSEY C. BURR, 8 [1266] of Ironton, O., 

m. Harriet Kingsbury; has no chil. He is Vice-President of the First 
Nat. Bank of Ironton, O. 

CHARLES A. BURR, 8 [1267] of Cherry Valley, O., 

m. Almira Perry, May 4, 1854. Chil.: 

1866. Charlotte A., 9 b. Apr. 29, i860, d. July 23, 1864; 1867. Royal 
H., 9 b. Apr. 17, 1862; 1868. Charles H., 9 b. July 27, 1863; 1869. Frank 
A., 9 b. June 17, 1865. 

JOHN F. BURR, 8 [1271] of Dorset, O., 

m. Celestin R. Loomis; has one son: 

1870. Ernest A., 9 b. Sept., 1875. 

RUFUS H. BURR, 8 [1272] of Valley Falls, Kan., 

m. Leonora Platte; they have a dau.: 

1871. Gertrude M., 9 b. June, 1875. 

HIRAM H. BURR, 8 [1277] of Opelousas, La., 

m. Agnes Hayes; has chil.: 

1872. Lester, 9 b. Aug. 17, 1875; 1873. Neta, 9 b. Oct. 26, 1876. 

BENJAMIN F. BURR, 8 [1290] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. Jane Brewer, Mar. 29, 1854; dau. of Daniel and Sarah K. Brewer; she 
was b. Dec. 31, 1832. Chil.: 

1874. Frederick L., 9 b. Feb. 9, 1S62. 

Benjamin F. Burr has held various town and county offices — special 
commissioner, deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, etc. He has always 
been connected with music in Ludlow, having spent his life in that town 
with the exception of one year, and has been a member of the First 
Church choir from his boyhood, and for the past 30 years has been its 
leader — a position which he now holds. 



424 • THE BURR FAMILY. 

CYRUS BURR," L1298] of David City, Neb., 

m. in 1858, ; chil.; 

1875. Carrie 9 ; 1876. Fannie 9 ; 1877. William D. ' ; 1878. 
Flora. 9 

JOHN BURR, H [1299] of McHenry, III., 

m. in i860, ; joined the 50th 111. regimental band in 1861, and 

d. from disease in 1862, leaving one child. 

WILLIAM A. BURR/ [1300] of Denver, Col., 

grad. at Cornell Coll., la., in 1867, and from the Hahnemann Med. Coll., 
Chicago, in 1869, commenced practice in Lincoln, Neb., and rem. to 
Georgetown, Col., in 1874, for the benefit of his health; to Denver, in 
1882, where he now res. in the practice of his profession. Mr. Burr m. 
July, 1S72, Miss Florence A. Peck, of Lincoln, Neb.; they have no chil. 

ISAAC P. BURR, S [1304] of Cedar Rapids, Ia, 

m. Dec. 29, 1868, Ella Fritcher, of Syracuse, N. Y., and had chil.: 

1879. William F., 9 b. Mar. 16, 1874, at Jordan, N. Y., d. Apr. 2, 

1874; 1880. Margaret E., 9 b. Oct. 2, 1878, at Athens, Pa. 

The mother d. Jan. 23, 1887, at Cedar Rapids, Ia. Mr. Burr was 

educated at Genesee College, Lima, N. Y., and is a merchant at Cedar 

Rapids, Ia. 

CHARLES VV. BURR; [1306] of Richmond, Va., 

b. Jan. 6, 1840, at Perry, N. Y., m. , of Petersburg, Va. They 

had two chil., who d. in inf., then 1881. Estella.' 

Mr. Burr was educated at Genesee College, Lima, N. Y. He was a 
student there when the war broke out, and was one of the first, under the 
first call for troops, to enlist. He was in the first battle of Bull Run, and 
thereafter up to the time of the seven days' fight, remained with his regi- 
ment in the Army of Virginia. On the last of the seven days' battle 
he was shot through the left elbow and disabled from service. After recov- 
ery he received an appointment in the commissary department, and was 
with Grant's army in the siege of Petersburg. After the surrender he was 
retained at Petersburg in charge of Government stores furnished for a year 
after the war, to the destitute of that unfortunate city. After the retire- 
ment of that service, President Johnson gave him the office of Assessor of 
the Third District of Virginia, with which office he remained connected till 
the end of the first term of President's Grant's administration. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 425 

COLEMAN C. BURR, 8 [1307] of Chicago, III., 

was, for a term of several years, employed in the Internal Revenue Depart- 
ment of the Government, and served with acceptance through the several 
States of Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. He is a graduate of 
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Is now established in business in 
Chicago, 111. 

JOHN K. BURR, H [1309] of Eagle Pass, Texas, 

came to Texas in 1873, and soon after joined the "big cattle drive," 
at that time projected for the purpose of rounding-up the herds of strayed 
and unbranded cattle that roamed the immense wilderness plains of the 
State. In this drive he obtained an extensive knowledge of the country, 
and when, soon after, the Government organized and equipped a regiment 
of Rangers to drive out the cattle thieves and desperadoes which infested 
the Mexican border and sparsely settled interior, he was employed as trail- 
man and guide. He was with this troop during the whole two years of its 
service. To show the value of Mr. Burr's service we need but to mention 
that the commander of the force for which he was the pathfinder carried 
indictments against over ten thousand fugitives from justice, many of 
whom were arrested and brought to trial. After this, for several years, 
Mr. Burr worked for various ranchmen. In time he secured a small 
" stake " and began business for himself. He is now proprietor of the 
" J. K." Ranch, a sjnall pasture-field of some thirty thousand acres near 
Eagle Pass. 

ELLISON W. BURR, 8 [1321] of Haddam, Ct., 

enlisted in the 19th Mass. Infantry and went south to the Potomac, and 
was there transferred to Battery A, 1st R. I. Light Artillery, in the early 
summer of 1862, and was killed in battle about June 20th the same year. 

JUAN H. BURR, 8 [1324] of Swain, N. Y., 

m. Sarah Carter, Aug. 25, 1867, dau. of Daniel Carter, who m. Electa 
Burr, dau. of John Burr, of Haddam, Ct., therefore a cousin. Their chil. 
are: 

1882. Everett, 9 b. May 27, 1870; 1883. Albert F.,° b. May 5, 1S73; 
1884. Daniel W., 9 b. July 18, 1877; 1885. Hattie E,,°b. June 30, 1880. 

CHARLES L. BURR, 8 [1336] of Springfield, Mass., 

m. Frances E. Adams, of Mt. Hope, N. Y., b. Dec. 13, 1852. Their chil. 
are: 



426 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1886. Ida May, b. Jan. 26, 1881; 1887. Estella G., 8 b. Jan. 10, 
1883; 1888. Harrison H., 9 b. Nov. 24, 1884; 1889. Charles L, Jr., 8 
b. May 26, 18S7. 

Mr. Burr is a practical seedsman and florist, and has established a 
large and rapidly increasing business at Springfield. 

JOHN A. BURR, 6 [1346] of Utah, 

m. Angeline Hancock. Their chil. are: 

1890. John P., 9 b. Dec. 14, 1869; 1891. Juliet, 9 b. Sept. 7, 187 1; 
1892. Charles A., 9 b. Sept. 7, 1873; 1893. Albert D., 9 b. Jan. 7, 1877; 
1894. Lester, 9 b. Jan. 6, 1883; 1895. Laura E., 9 b. Sept., 1885; 1896. 
Nelly, 9 b. July 23, 1887, d. Apr. 8, 1889. 

GEORGE A. BURR/ [1348] of Utah, 

m. Eliza A. Beel. Their chil. are : 

1897. Sarah E.,' b. Nov. 4, 1873 ; 1898. George M., 9 b. Apr. 17, 

1876 ; 1899. Sarah A., 9 b. Dec. 21, 1878 ; 1900. Hattie E., 9 b. Jan. 8, 
1881 ; 1901. David A., 9 b. Aug. 16, 1882 ; 1902. Katy C., 9 b. Nov. 
24, 1883 ; 1903. Ella M., 9 b. Jan. 12, 1885 : 1904. Elias E., 8 b. Apr. 
5, 1888; 1905. Laura, 9 b. May 23, 1890. 

HENRY U. BURR, 6 [1350] of Utah, 

m. Julia C. Bell. Their chil. are : 

1906. Henry S., 9 b. June 27, 1874; 1907, William C., 9 b. Nov. 2, 

1877 ; 1908. Perry A., 9 b. Jan. 8, 1879 ; 1909. Gilbert M., 8 b. Feb. 10, 
1880; 1910. Efne M., 9 b. Apr. 1, 1881 ; 1911. Orson P., 9 b. Feb. 25, 
1885 ; 1912. Retta A., 8 b. June 9, 1887 ; 1913. Ivan J., 9 b. Dec. 9, 1889. 

1913a. Vera E., 1 " b. Jan. 17, 1892 ; 1913b. Leearl, 1 b. May 9, 
1894; 1913c. Lillie C, b. July 6, 1896; 1913d. Nancy N. 1 " b. Sept. 
11, 1898; 1913c Lorenzo,"' b. Oct. 19, 1901. 

MIRON L. BURR, 6 [1352] of Utah, 

m. Frances C. Cloward. Chil. are : 

1914. Chloe C., 8 b. Sept. 11, 188 1 ; 1915. Mary B., 9 b. Dec. 10, 
1884 ; 1916. Miron E.," b. May 5, 1886 ; 1917. Wilford P., 9 b. Jan. 8, 
1889. 

DR. WILLIAM H. BURR/ [1359] OF Wilmington, Del., 

is a graduate of Maryland University, and is practising medicine in Wil- 
mington, Del. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 427 

ORLANDO BURR,* [1360] of Haddam, Ct. 

m. Clara Elizabeth Neff, of Haddam, Ct. (b. July 31, 1857), May 18, 
1882. Chil. : 

1918. Eugene Orlando, 3 b. Apr. 7, 1883 ; 1919. Ethel Clara, 9 b. 

July 5, 1887. 

HORACE BURR/ [1361] of Winchester, Ct., 

m. 1st, Jane L. Apley, Sept. 4, 1869, who d. Oct. 16, 187 1 ; m. 2d, Sarah 
J. Andrus, of Torrington, Ct., June 4, 1873. Chil.: 

1920. Noah Arthur, 9 b. Mar. 28, 1875 ; 1921. Horace Judd, 9 b. 
May 6, 1877 ; 1922. Edith May, 8 b. May 31, 1879; I02 3- Elbert, 9 b. 
Oct. 6, 188 1 ; 1924. Alice, 9 b. Mar. 31, 1884 ; 1925. Wilbur, 9 b. Sept. 

10, 1886, d. Apr. 26, 1887 ; 1926. Orville, 9 b. Apr. 18, 1888. 

WYLLYS K. BURR, 8 [1362] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Mary A. Bailey, who was b. in Northfield, Ct., Jan. 10, 1848. They 
have one child : 

1927. Lelia K., 9 b. Nov. 21, 1880. 

BUCKLEY BURR, 8 [1365] of Torrington, Ct., 

m. Emma Dell Davis, Jan. 10, 1879. Chil.: 

1928. Erick Buckley, 9 b. Jan. 17, 1880; 1929. Leon, 9 b. Oct. 25, 
1885. Engaged in manufacturing. 

DENNIS R. BURR, 8 [1369] of Durham, Ills., 
is an extensive and prosperous farmer. Unmarried. 

EDWIN E. BURR, 8 [1373] of Guide Rock, Nebraska, 

m. 1 st, Dimmis B. Burr, of Durham, Ills., and had one child : 

1930. Dennis Vernon, 9 b. Mar. 26, 1881. 

H. m. 2d, Lucinda Ellen Fordyce, of La Harpe, Ills., who was b. Dec. 

11, 1856. Their chil. are: 

1931. Jennie Ethel, 9 b. Jan. 5, 1884; 1932. Dana Leslie, 9 b. 
Feb. 15, 1887 ; 1933. Lulu Margaret, 9 b. Mar. 20, 18S9 ; 1934. 
Bessie, 9 b. 1891. 

Mr. Burr m. 3d, S. Alice Reagle, of Farmer, O. 

ELGIN A. BURR, 8 [1401] of Homer Creek, Kan., 

m. Rebecca Cooper, Dec. 18, 1870. Chil. : 

1934a. William R.. 9 b. Mar. 6, 1872 ; 1935. Vinne R., 9 b. May 7, 

1875- 



428 THE BURR FAMILY. 

RICHARD M. BURR, 8 [1402] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. Emma M. Leland. Chil. : 

1936. Edith M., J b. May 29, T877. 

STEPHEN T. BURR," [1404] of Rockville, Ct., 

emigrated to Michigan at the age of 23 yrs., where he remained nine yrs. 
engaged in teaching and farming. He m. there Kate Crouse, of Mont- 
gomery Co., N. Y., who bore him ten chil. : 

J937' Frank," b. Sept. 8, 1S59, m. Maria Sityer, of Valatin, N. Y., 
and has chil. : 1938. Kate, 10 b. in Valatin, N. Y., in 1878 ; 1939. Fred., 10 
b. in 1879. They res. in Waterbury, Ct. 

1940. Frederick, 9 b. Jan. 13, 1861, m. , and has four chil. res. 

in W. Lebanon, N. Y. ; 1941. Nettie,' b. Nov. 27, 1862, d. Sept. 3, 1867 ; 
1942. Charles," b. Oct. 4, 1864, m. Lillian Leedes, of Rockville, Ct., and 
has one child res. in W. Lebanon ; 1943. Nellie, 9 b. Mar., 1867, d. in 
inf. ; 1944. Minnie,' 1 b. May 15, 1869, m. Forbes Kelsey, of Chatham, 
N. Y., has two chil. ; 1945. Philetus, 9 b. May 17, 187 1, res. in Leba- 
non, N. Y. ; 1946. J. Orville, 9 b. Jan. 19, 1874, d. in inf.; 1947. Fanny, 9 
b. Feb. 14, 1876 ; 1948. Jennie, 9 b. July 19, 1S78. 

In 1862 Mr. Burr rem. to Valatin, N. Y., where he res. until 1888, 
when he rem. to Rockville, Ct., his present res. On Sept. 15, 1886, he m. 
Emma M. Crouse, with whom he is now living. 

NATHAN P. BURR, 8 [1405] of Kensington, Ct., 

m. Emily S. Peck, of Kensington, Ct., Mar. 10, 1853, and has chil. : 

1949. Clara L.,' b. Apr. 10, 1859; 1950. Annie M., 9 b. June n, 
1862 ; 1950a. Julia A., 9 b. Dec. 16, 1865. Mrs. Burr d. July 16, 1866 ; 
He m. 2d, Carrie A. Cook, of Southington, Ct., by whom he had : 1951. 
Hattie L.,° b. Nov. 5, 1S67 ; 1952. Lillian L.,' b. July 21, 1869 ; 1953. 
Fred. N.,° b. Jan. 28, 1881 ; 1954. Florence V.," b. July 29, 18S3. Of 
these chil. Clara L. m. Oct. 18, 1881, John N. Denny, of New Britain, Ct. 
Chil. : I. John A', b. Dec. 28, 1882 ; 2. Mabel B., b. May 20, 1885 ; 3. 
Ethel M., b. Aug. 18, 1886 ; 4. Clifford H., b. Apr. 22, 1888, d. Mar. 25, 
1891 ; 5. Leslie H., b. Oct. 5, 1889, d. Dec. 30, 1890. Annie M. m. Apr. 
15, 1884, Ralph Beach, of New Britain, Ct. No chil. 

Mr. N. P. Burr is a dealer in agricultural and farm implements and 
machinery ; he is also a carriage and wagon mechanic, and does a lucra- 
tive business in connection with his other agricultural business. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 429 

DAVIS P. BURR, 8 [1406] of Chester, Ct., 

m. Apr. 29, 1857, Lucinda Lynde, of Chester, Ct., dau. of Benjamin Lynde. 
Their chil. are : 

1955. Rosabel M,, 9 b. Apr. 26, 1859 ; 1956. Ella N.,° b. Sept. 7, 
1 86 1 ; 1957. Edgar C., 9 b. Dec. 27, 1864, at Boulas, Cal.; 1958. Emma 
A., 9 b. Nov. 29, 1866, at Boulas, Cal.; 1959. Laura A., 9 b. June 26, 
1869 ; i960. Frank L., 9 b. Jan. 29, 1873, d. July 27, 1874 ; 1961. Clay- 
ton W., 9 b. Aug. 7, 1878. Of these chil., Rosabel M. m. Dec. 16, 1881, 
Watson L. Bradley, of Madison, Ct. They have one dau., Gertrude V., 
b. Dec. 3, 1889. Ella N. m. May 12, 1886, Albert M. Buel, of Clinton, 
Ct. They have one child, Raymond B., b. Dec. — , 1889. 

BELA L. BURR, 8 [1410] of Rockville, Ct., 

m. Nov. 16, 1869, Sarah E., dau. of James Leach, of Rockville, Ct. No 
chil. 

Mr. Burr is a self-made man, receiving the ordinary rudiments of a 
common-school education in his native town, and one term in a select 
school. At the age of seventeen he began for himself. He engaged in 
the mechanical arts for a livelihood, at the same time seizing every oppor- 
tunity to improve his mind by study. In the summer of 1862 he volun- 
teered in Co. G, 1 6th Reg. Ct. Volunteers, was mustered in Aug. 24th, 
and soon found himself in the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. Burnside. 
At the battle of Antietam, Md., he was severely wounded (Sept. 17th). 
After many months in hospital he was discharged, Nov. 20, 1863, as dis- 
abled. After his return North he was connected with the Springfield 
Union on the editorial staff. He removed to Rockville, Ct., and was in 
the photographic business for several years. Finally in 1879, after a 
variety of ventures, he returned to his natural inclination of newspaper 
writing, and established the Tolland County Leader as editor and pro- 
prietor, which has proved a decided success. Mr. B. is a G. A. R. veteran, 
bearing the scars of the great conflict, and a member of the M. E. Ch. 

ORVILLE D. BURR, 8 [1412] of Chester, Ct., 

m. Apr. 17, 1872, Josephine M. Loomis, dau. of Elijah Loomis, of Bolton, 
Ct., b. Jan. 31, 1845. Their chil. are : 

1962. Henry H., 9 b. Nov. 27, 1877 ; 1963. Frank L., 9 b. July 3, 
1882. 

Mr. Burr's business is house furniture, upholstering, painting, decorat- 
ing, and paper-hanging. He resides at Chester, Ct. 



430 THE BURR FAMILY. 

DENNIS A. BURR, 8 [1413] of Thomaston, Ct., 

m. Frances M., dau. of Edwin Watrous, of Madison, Ct., Sept. 10, 1857. 
Their chil. are : 

1964. Alfred R., 9 b. Sept. 30, 1866 ; 1965. Jessie F., 9 b. Aug. 26, 
1870 ; 1966. Julian E., 9 b. Feb. 12, 1876, d. Nov. 26, 1898. 

On the first of Oct., 1857, Mr. Burr entered into a copartnership with 
Geo. A. Stoughton, under the firm name of Burr & Stoughton, which 
existed for 23 years, up to Dec, 1880 ; since then Mr. Burr has conducted 
the business alone. He keeps a general store in the thriving village of 
Thomaston, Ct., and does a large and prosperous business. 

RUSSELL J. BURR," [1414] of New Haven, Ct. 

Entered Wesleyan Univ. in 1856. After some months, his funds giving 
out, he accepted the principalship of Twiggs Academy near Augusta, Ga. 
After five months the typhoid fever broke out, compelling the suspension 
of the school for a season, and Mr. Burr turned his attention to book can- 
vassing, in which he was very successful, and visited nearly every country 
on the globe in pursuit of it. Since his return to the United States Mr. 
Burr has res. chiefly in Washington and in Connecticut in the enjoyment 
of a fairly earned competence. 

JOHN B. BURR, 8 [1415] of Hartford, Ct. 

Mr. Burr's career is a striking example of enterprise and energy. 
Leaving home at the age of twenty, he began life for himself as a book 
canvasser, and followed the business faithfully and successfully for nearly 
eight years. During this time he travelled through theCanadas and New- 
foundland, and nearly every State in the Union, visited Cuba and the 
British West Indies, South America, New Zealand, and all the Australian 
colonies, remaining there some two years. He also spent many months 
travelling in Europe at different times. During all his journeying he 
had an eye to business as well as pleasure, and his travels in foreign 
lands, before unknown to book canvassers, resulted to him very profitably. 
His long experience as a travelling book merchant induced him to engage 
in the publishing business for himself. Locating in Hartford, Ct., his first 
ventures on his own account were the publishing of Charles W. Elliott's 
work on the Holy Land, which had a large sale, and Smith's Dictionary 
of the Bible, which has had a sale of over one hundred thousand copies, 
and is still selling largely. 

As an illustration of his business enterprise, he conceived the idea of 
bringing out a book on New York, and went there and secured the services 



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43* 



of Matthew Hale Smith to write a book entitled Sunshine and Shadow of 
New York. He met Mr. Smith at the Astor House, laid his plan before 
him, secured his services, entered into a written contract with him, and 
was on his way to Hartford in less than two hours from the time he first 
met him. There were over one hundred thousand copies of this book 
sold within a few months after its publication. 

After a number of years of publishing he interested himself in the 
principle of indexing, and invented and patented a method now used very 
extensively in all branches of business where indexing of any kind is 
required. He organized the Burr Index Company, of Hartford, Ct., for 
the manufacture of these index books, which has met with marked success 
from its origin. His enterprises were generally successful, as he always 
gave to them the benefit of his personal supervision and sound judgment. 
He was the active head and sole proprietor of the publishing and printing 
firm of J. B. Burr & Co. at the time of his death, which occurred January 
10, 1898, in the sixty-third year of his age. 

In 1866 he married Miss Mary E., daughter of David B. Moseley, of 
Hartford, Ct. Mrs. Burr died November 13th, 1893, leaving two children, 
1967. Edgar B., 9 and 1968. Alice E., 9 (m. 1899, Almeron N. Williams, 
of Hartford, has one child : I. John Burr, b. Nov. 27, 1900). 

WILBUR M. BURR, 8 [1420] of Durham, Ct., 

m. Alice Waugh, Mar. 30, 1876, dau. of George Waugh, of Killingworth, 
Ct. They have one dau. : 

1969. Edith Alice, 9 b. Mar. 24, 1877. 

ARCHER H. BURR, 8 [1421] of Omaha, Neb., 

m. 1st, Mary E. Northrop, of Wallingford, Ct., Feb. 27, 1879 ; Mary E. d. 
at New Haven, Ct., Nov. 9, 1879 ; m. 2d, Rose M. Patterson (dau. of 
George Butler, of New Haven, Ct.), b. Apr. 13, 1850. Their chil. are : 

1970. Olive, 9 b. Sept. 29, 1885, at Meriden, Ct.; 1971. Alfred H. 
R., 9 b. Aug. 8, 1888, at Omaha, Neb.; 1972. Sidney R., 9 b. Mar. 22, 
1892. Rose M., the mother, d. at Omaha, Aug. n, 1897. Mr. Burr m. 
3d, Sept. 25, 1898, Melinda J. Kimball, dau. of I. J. Thomas, of Spring 
View, Neb., b. July 1, 1866 ; no children. Mr. Burr moved from Meri- 
den, Conn., in 1886. He is a carpenter by trade, and served ten years as 
a metropolitan policeman in Omaha, working nights most of the time. All 
of his spare moments he was inventing an incubator, which he procured 
two patents on, and is now manufacturing them on a large scale under the 
firm name of Burr Incubator Company, incorporated under the State 
laws of Nebraska. 






43 2 THE BURR FAMILY. 

DUDLEY F. BURR, 6 [1425] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Annette Powell, of Meriden, in 1862. Their chil. were : 

1973. Edward E., 9 b. May 20, 1863 ; 1974. Lucy L., 9 b. Aug. 14, 
1864, m. Nov. 22, 1882, John H. Bagley, of Southington, Ct. Their 
chil. are: I. Benjamin F. B., b. June 28, 1884; 2. Rutherford H., b. 
Sept. 10, 1886 ; 3. Lucy Z, b. Feb. 15, 1889 ; 4. John I/., b. Mar. 9, 
1891. Mr. Bagley d. Nov. 8, 1890. Mrs. Lucy L. Bagley res. at Plainville, 
Ct. 1975. Martha M., 9 b. Nov. 7, 1865 ; 1976. Walter W., 9 b. Apr. 
11, 1867 ; 1977. Annette F., 9 b. June 12, 1869. 

Mr. Burr d. of consumption, June 29, 1870 ; his family res. in Meriden. 

JOHN N. BURR,* [1436] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Nettie, dau. of Darius Martin, of Meriden, Ct., May 12, 1881. Their 
chil. are : 

1978. Ernest, 9 b. Apr. 7, 1884 ; 1979. Jennie C., 9 b. Jan. 10, 1888. 

Mr. Burr d. June 3, 1888, of consumption. 

MILO E. BURR, 8 [1437] of Versailles, Ct., 

m. Hattie E. Parkhurst, Oct. 11, 1888. 

1980. They have one dau. b. Apr., 1891. 

DR. ALBERT H. BURR, 6 [1450] of Chicago, III, 

at the age of six years removed with his parents to Prairie City, 111. He 
received his academic education at Hedding Seminary, Abingdon, 111., 
where he graduated in the class of 1871. After teaching two years he 
entered Northwestern University, Evanston, 111, where he graduated, class 
of 1877, with degree of Ph.B. After serving as principal of the public 
schools of his town one year, he entered the Chicago Medical College, 
taking his degree of M.D, class of 1881, two years later. In 1892 he was 
made a lecturer in the Post-Graduate Medical School. He was called to 
the Chair of Practice of Medicine in Jenner Medical College in 1895, and 
in 1897 was elected Adjunct-Professor of Practice of Medicine in the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons (Med. Dep. of 111. State University). For 
twenty years he has devoted himself to his profession in the city of Chicago, 
winning a lucrative practice and honored place among his fellow-physi- 
cians. He is an active member of a number of medical and scientific or- 
ganizations, and holds official position in the M. E. Church. 

He married Lizzie L. Westlake, of Evanston, 111, May 28, 1879, who 
died at the birth of their first child. In 1885, Nov. 5, he was married to 
his second wife, Miss Johanna Hess, of Frankfort, Germany. 

His chil. are — by his first wife : 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 433 

1981. Fred A., 9 b. Mar. 14, 1881, d. Aug. 2, 1881 ; by his second wife, 
a dau., 1982. Marguerite, 9 b. Dec. 8, 1886 ; 1983. Walter Andrew, 9 
b. Dec. 25, 1891. 

CHARLES S. BURR, 8 [1453] of Chattanooga, Tenn., 

m. Annie E. Gilmore, April 17, 1879. Chil.: 

1984. Louis G., 9 b. June 22, 1880; 1985. Alfred E., 9 b. Aug. 8, 1884. 

Mr. Burr for twelve years was engaged extensively in the grain trade in 
Iowa. He then removed to Chattanooga, Tenn., and engaged in the real- 
estate business. He d. there May 14, 1894. Mrs. Burr d. Nov. 13, 1893. 
His sons, Louis and Alfred, reside in Denver, Col. 

EUGENE H. BURR, 8 [1470] of Middletown, Ct. 

At two years of age Mr. Burr rem. with his parents to Killingworth, 
Ct., where his boyhood days were spent on the farm. Received a com- 
mon-school education, finishing with a term at Eastman's Business Col- 
lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating in March, 1866 ; same year moved 
to Middletown, and entered office of the Russell Manufg. Co., manufac- 
turers of suspenders and narrow fabrics in silk, cotton, and worsted. Was 
made Secretary of the Co. in 1872, and Treasurer in 1887, holding the 
office until April, 1896, when he resigned and organized the Columbia 
Trust Company, of which he was chosen President, and still continues in 
office. Mr. Burr is also Pres. of the Farm Hill Cemetery Association, and 
a Trustee of the Middletown Savings Bank, the Y. M. C. A., and First 
Methodist Church. He m. May 24, 1S66, Addie M., dau. of Alfred 
Roberts, of Middletown, b. Sept. 11, 1845. They have one dau.: 

1986. Addie E., 9 b. Feb. 17, 1867, m. Henry W. Hubbard, Oct. 24, 
1888. Mr. Hubbard was born Apr. 12, 1863, in Higganum, Ct. Re- 
ceived a high-school education, after which grad. from Hannum's Business 
Coll., Hartford. After several months with the ^Etna Ins. Co. of Hart- 
ford, entered the office of the Russell Manufg. Co. in 1883, and in 1890, 
was made Secretary of the Company, which office he now holds. They 
have two chil.; I. Philip Sherwood, b. Nov. 12, 1890 ; 2. Raymond 
Eugene, b. June 19, 1893. 

DR. FRANK L. BURR, 8 [1471] of Rocky Hill, Ct., 

m. Josephine A. Clark, of Haddam, Oct. it, 1871. Their chil. are: 

1987. Harris L., 9 b. Aug. 31, 1872, m. Oct. 21, 1896, Bessie Hollis- 
ter, of Glastonbury, Ct. ; he grad. from Huntsinger's Business Coll., and is 
now engaged in bookkeeping for the American Bicycle Co., of New York ; 
1988. Carl E., B b. Oct. 26, 1873, m - Oct. 4, 1899, Mabel Snow, of Meriden, 






434 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Ct., is manager of a clothing house in Bridgeport, Ct.; 1989. Calin 
C.,' b. Dec. 13, 1874, is engaged as draughtsman for Bartlett & Co., N. 
Y.; 1990. Clara J., 9 b. Aug. 15, 1876, a stenographer for Travellers Ins. 
Co., of Hartford, Ct. ; 1991. Rollin H., 8 b. June 4, 1878, grad. from 
Wesleyan Univ., class of 1900, with degree of B.S. Entered Yale Med. 
Dept. fall of 1901 ; 1992. Hattie E., J b. Dec. 27, 1885, d. Nov. 25, 1888. 
Dr. Burr began the study of medicine with Dr. Hodgkins, of Rocky 
Hill. Afterward attended lectures at the Eclectic Med. Coll. in Philad., 
Penn., from which institution he received a diploma in March, 1S71. He 
commenced practice in Killingworth, Ct., in 187 1, and the same year rem. 
to Middletovvn, Ct. After twelve years' successful practice, in 1883 he 
rem. to Rocky Hill, succeeding to the practice of his former mentor, Dr. 
Hodgkins, then deceased, where he has since continued in the practice of 
his profession. He was elected to the office of Town Clerk in 1884, which 
office he held continuously until 1893. 

MYRON S. BURR, 8 [1473] of Middletown, Ct., 
m. Florence A. Burr [1485] Oct. 14, 1875. Their chil. are : 

1993. Louis St. Clair, 9 b. Mar. 9, 1880 ; 1994. Myron R., 9 b. Jan. 
23, 1882 ; 1995. Wardell D., 9 b. Apr. 24, 1886 ; 1996. Florence E., 9 
b. Apr. 7, 1888 ; 1997. Lilian A., s b. July 7, 1890. 

Mr. Burr received a common-school education, finishing with a year at 
the Boston Conservatory of Music. After a year and a half of farming, in 
Aug., 1889, he rem. to Middletown, Ct., having been appointed Supt. of 
the Midd. Horse R. R. Co. After a year and a half of successful man- 
agement he resigned and entered the grocery business, in which he has 
been very successful. 

ARTHUR S. BURR, 8 [1477] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Dec. 4, 1877, Stella P. Burr of Haddam. They have one son : 
1998. Clarence,' b. Nov. 6, 1885. 

AUSTIN C. BURR/ [1478] of Haddam, Ct., 

m. Oct., iSSr, Rosabel Burr of Haddam. They have one dau.: 1999. 
Ruth Abigail,' b. Oct. 22, 1898. 

RALPH H. BURR," [1479] of Middletown, Ct., 

m. 1st, Catharine Sarah, dau. of John and Drusilla Lewis, of Madison, 
Ct., July 26, 1886, who d. Feb. 25, 1889; m. 2d, Oct. 29, 1895, Theo- 
dora W. Dudley, dau. of Benjamin T. and Zerviah Dudley, of Madison, 
Ct. They have one dau.: 2000. Catharine Adele," b. Dec. 30, 1899. 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 435 

GEORGE A. BURR, 8 [i486] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Feb. 19, 1879, Nettie M. Manross, dau. of Elijah Manross, of Forest- 
ville, Ct. Chil.: 2001. Edward M., 9 b. Dec. 14, 1879. 

JOSEPH BROWN BURR, 8 [1494] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Aug. 8, 1889, Miss Charity G. Hooper, of Toms River, N. J., who d. 
Feb. 21, 1898. 

Mr. Burr is on the city staff of The Evening Sun, New York. 

JOHN KELSEY BURR, 8 [1495] of East Orange, N. J., 

m. Feb. 5, 1896, Miss Nettie B. Day, of Morristown, N. J. Their chil. 
are : 2002. Elizabeth Day, 9 b. Jan. 14, 1897 ; 2003. John Kelsey, 
Jr., 9 b. Mar. 16, 1898. 

Mr. Burr is a clerk in the Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York City. 

HARMON BURR, 8 [1511] of Killingworth, Ct., 

m. Eleanor A. Francis, of Killingworth, Aug. 20, 1862. Chil. : 

2004. Eva L., 9 b. Dec. 9, 1865, m. Sylvester E. Scovil, of Haddam. 
Chil.: I. Francis Bonfeoy, b. Aug. 27, 1886 ; 2. Harry Eugene, b. Mar. 2, 
1888 ; 3. Wilton Burr, b. July 1, 1890; 2005. Wilton F., 9 b. Jan. 10, 
1867, d. Jan. 15, 1873. Harmon Burr, the f., d. Dec. 30, 1871. 

EDWARD BURR, 8 [1514] of Killingworth, Ct., 

m. June 19, 1S66, Almeda Beaman, of Huntington, Ct. Chil.: 

2006. Alice, 9 d. in inf.; 2007. Edith, 9 b. Sept., 1S70 ; 2008. Harry, 9 

b. July 27, 1874. 

EDWARD LEWIS BURR, 8 [1549] of Stafford Springs, Ct., 

m. Kate R. Leach, of Stafford Springs, and has chil.: 2009. Lavilla 
May 9 ; 2010. John Lewis. 9 

Mr. Burr is a merchant at Stafford Springs. 

JUNIUS J. BURR, 8 [1550] of Stafford Springs, Ct., 

m. Anna Watrous, of Willington, Ct. Chil.: 

2011. Frank 9 ; 2012. Mabel 9 ; 2013. Inez C. 9 

HENRY W. BURR, 8 [1561J of Boston, Mass., 

m. Sarah Young Thomas, of Colchester, Ct., June 21, 1855. Chil.: 

2014. Charles H., 9 b. in Colchester, Ct., July 19, 1856 ; 2015. Wil- 
liam H., 9 b. Nov. 15, 1858, m. Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Asa Bullard, of 



436 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 16, 1884. She d. Apr. 25, 1901 ; 20l6. Edward 
C.,° b. Mar. 5, 1861, d. June, 1868 ; 2017. Clarence Ishara, 8 b. in New- 
ton, Mass., Aug. 19, 1863. Mrs. Sarah Burr d. Mar. 26, 1889. Mr. Burr 
d. July 26, 1899. 

HORACE H. BURR, 8 [1562] of Suffield, Ct., 
m. Mary E. Owen, of Suffield, Oct. 29, 1862. 

MELANCTHON BURR, 8 [1575] of New York City, 

m. 1 st, Miss Zaide L. Richards, by whom he had : 
2018. Van Rensselaer " ; 2019. Geraldine. 9 

Mrs. Zaide Burr d. and he m. 2d, June 4, 1891, Miss Clementine 
Dixon Peters. Mr. Burr is a banker and broker in New York. 

WILLIAM H. BURR/ [1576] of New York City, 

m. Cornelia B. Kip. Chil. : 

2020. Mary Minturn 9 ; 2021. Cornelia Kip ° ; 2022. Euphemia 
J., 9 dec; 2023. Harold Cooper. 9 

CHARLES A. BURR, 8 [1579] of New York City, 
m. Ursula Arnold. No chil. 

LOUIS C. BURR, 8 [1586] of Chicago, III., 

m. May 29, 1888, Hope L. Godfrey. Chil.: 2024. Dorothy, 9 b. Sept. 
29, 1889. 

CHARLES M. BURR, 8 [1590] of , 

m. Feb. 25, 1878, Anna E. Thompson, of Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y. Chil.: 

2025. Arminda P., 9 b. June 1, 1881. 

ALFRED J. BURR/ [1591] of Port Jefferson, L. I., 

m. May 12, 1867, Euphemia Terrill, of Smithtown, L. I. Chil.: 

2026. Alfred Henry," b. May 23, 1876 ; 2027. A dau., d. in inf. 
Mr. Burr is a blacksmith and carriage manufacturer at Port Jefferson, 

L. I. Is a member and Trustee of M. E. Ch., Port Jefferson. 

FRANKLIN PIERCE BURR, 8 [1592] of , 



m. Sept. 24, 1874, Hannah May Terrill, of Smithtown, L. I., by whom he 
had: 

2028. Wilson Piatt," b. May 12, 1879 ; 2029. Charles Mortimer, 9 
b. Oct. 20, 1889. 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 437 

GEORGE MILTON BURR, 8 [1593] of Northport, L. I., 

m. Oct. 24, 1889, Cecilia Stansbury, dau. of Rev. John H. Stansbury, of 
M. E. Ch., Northport, L. I. 

Mr. Burr is a druggist at Northport, L. I. 

JULIUS NICHOLS BURR, 9 [1599] of King's Park, L. I., 

was m. Feb. 21, 1888, by the Rev. Dr. McCullough, Pastor of the Ross 
Street Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn, E. D., to Miss Margaret M. 
Reid, of Brooklyn, and has chil.: 

2030. Maurice Aaron, 9 b. Aug. 4, 1890 ; 2030a. Agatha W. 9 b. 
Sept. 22, 1895. 

Mr. Burr has served his town for several years as Tax Collector, and 
is also a member of the Democratic County Committee. 

AARON M. BURR, 8 [1600] of Northport, L. I., 

was m. Nov. 21, 1889, at Smithtown Branch, L. L, by Rev. William E. 
Smith, Pastor of Smithtown Branch M. E. Ch., to Miss Lillie A. Moir, 
of same place. She was b. at Smithtown Branch, Sept. 8, 1870. 
Mr. Burr is at present a salesman in a store at Northport, L. I. 

ORISON BURR, 8 [1612] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. Apr. 25, 1877, Mary Hunter Reid, of Edinburgh, Scotland, by Rev. J. 
J. White, of Brooklyn, M. E. Ch. Chil.: 

2031. Orison W., 9 b. Feb. 2, 1878, d. in inf.; 2032. Josephine 
Welthew, 9 b. July 26, 1881; 2033. Wallace E., 9 b. Sept. 9, 18S4, d. in 
inf.; 2034. Lillian May, 9 b. Sept. 5, 1885 ; 2034a. John Wallace, 9 d. 
in inf.; 2034b. Robert Harrison, 9 b. Dec. 28, 1888; 2035. May 
Myrtle, 9 b. Nov. 14, 1890. 

Mr. Burr is an opera chair manufacturer, doing business on Kent Ave., 
Brooklyn. In religion, Presbyterian ; in politics, a Republican. 

CARLL SMITH BURR, Jr., 8 [1614] of Huntington, L. I., 

was m. to Harriet E. Carll of Northport, Suffolk Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1885, 
by Rev. C. VV. Powell, M. E. Ch. Their chil. are : 

2036. Emma Carll,' b. Aug. 28, 1S86 ; and 2037. Carll S., Jr., b. 
Nov. 17, 1890. 

Mr. Burr is associated with his father, Carll S. Burr, Sr., in the busi- 
ness of stock farming, in the breeding and training of horses at Comae. 



438 THE BURR FAMILY. 

He was educated at the Flushing Institute and early engaged in business 
with his father ; the details of that business were obtained and mastered 
in a most careful manner, and now it may justly be said of him that he 
has few superiors, and is more than ordinarily familiar with every honor- 
able phase of his business. He was Judge at the National Horse Show 
of America, 1S92-3-4, and 1901, Judge at the N. Y. State Fair, 1901, and 
the Philadelphia Horse Show, etc. It is but scant justice to say of Mr. 
Burr that he has followed the example of his father and grandfather in 
elevating his business to the plane of honorable fair dealing and strict 
business integrity, and thus he has the respect and patronage of the best- 
known lovers and owners of the blooded horses of this country. In 
politics he is a pronounced Republican, whose services, words, and purse 
are ever for the honorable success of his party. He was a mem. N. Y. 
State Legislature, 1896-7-8, and served on important committees ; he 
introduced several measures of great value to the State, and especially to 
his home county of Suffolk, among the latter the law known as Burr's 
Water Bill, which prevents any municipality from taking water from 
Suffolk Co. Mr. Burr was nominee for State Senator in the 1st Dist., 
comprising Richmond and Suffolk counties, but was defeated by Rich- 
mond, his home county giving him a majority of 2000. He was appointed 
Capitol Paymaster by the State Treasurer in 1898, which he declined ; 
afterward he was appointed Supervisor of Trotting Track Accounts by 
Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, which office he still holds. The Carll family 
into which Mr. Burr married is one of the oldest and best known and 
highly respected of that town ; its history in town and county covers a 
period of more than two centuries. 

TUNIS B. BURR/ [1615] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

was educated at Flushing Institute in Flushing, Queens Co., N. Y., 
afterwards under Prof. Frank Drisler, of Columbia College, N. Y. In 
Oct., 1882, he entered the Law School of that College, and, after pur- 
suing his studies for the required terms, he was graduated in May, 1884, 
with the degree of LL.B. In the month of October, 1S86, he entered as 
a student the law office of his cousin, Andrew Burr Chalmers, Esq., of the 
New York Bar, where, after three years study, in 18S9 he was admitted to 
the Bar. He is a general practitioner, and although young in his chosen 
profession, gives promise of excellence. He is Republican in politics, 
has held several offices in his native town of Huntington, — Assessor, 1S94 
to 1897, Justice of the Peace, etc., — and is much interested in the Burr 
family and its history. He is unmarried. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 439 

GEORGE S. BURR/ [1617] of Comac, L. I., 

m. Sept. 3, 18S7, Nora Hopkins, of Philadelphia. Mr. Burr is a farmer by 
occupation. 

LESTER H. BURR/ [1618] of Comac, L. I., 

was m. Jan. 5, 1887, to Mary E. Bryant, of Smithtown, L. I., by Rev. H. 
W. Powell, of Northport M. E. Ch. Their chil. are : 

2038. Lester Bryant, 9 b. Oct. 20, 1887 ; 2039. Emma S., 9 b. 
Mar. 20, 1889, d. in inf.; 2040. Russell Richards, 9 b. Dec. 25, 1890. 

Mr. Burr is a farmer and in politics a Republican. 

LEANDER T. BURR, 6 [1625] of Bayshore, L. I., 

m. Ella Burr, 8 dau. of James B. Burr, of Bayshore. No issue. Mr. B. 
is a machinist and res. at Bayshore. 

MONTRAVILLE A. BURR, 6 [1632] of New York City, 

m. Aug. 18, 1872, Minnie A. Richman, of N. Y. City. Chil.: 

2041. Bertram, 9 b. Oct. 18, 1873, d. in inf.; 2042. Amanda, 9 b. 
July 28, 1875 ; 2043. Edwin, 9 b. Aug. 16, 1877, d. May, 1891 ; 2044. 
Harry, 9 b. Nov. 6, 1S79 ; 2045. Arthur C., 9 b. Feb. 7, 1887. 

REV. WARREN J. BURR, 6 [1637] of Oriole, Md, 

m. Ella Kalahan, of Brooklyn, an accomplished lady and devoted 

Christian. Their chil. are : 

2045a. Eva, 9 b. , m ; 2046. Harry 9 ; 2047. Lewis. 9 

Mr. Burr is a clergyman of M. E. Ch., and has at present charge of a 

church in Oriole, Sussex Co., Md. He is an eloquent and forcible 

speaker, and very popular with his congregation. 

JOHN E. BURR, 6 [1638] of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

m. , 1880, Amanda M. Terry, of Amity ville, L. L, by whom he had: 

2047. Arthur Terry, 9 b. Nov. 30, 1881; 2048. George E., 9 b. 

July 5, 1883, d. June, 1888. 

Mr. Burr is a machinist and engineer, doing business in Brooklyn. 

SEYMOUR BURR, 6 [1642] of Oakdale, L. I., 

m. Hannah Newton, of Oakdale, L. I. Issue : 

2049. Percy, 9 b. 1882 ; 2050. Mary, 9 b. 1885 ; 2051. , b. 1887. 

Mr. Burr is a farmer, and prominently identified with the Prohibition 
party, having run for office on that ticket. 



440 THE BURR FAMILY. 

THEODORE H. BURR, 9 [1664] of , 

m. Jan. 1, 1861, Mary E. Forshay, of Nyack, N. Y. One child: 

2052. Arthur C.,° b. June 24, 1864. 
Mr. Burr d. Sept. 6, 1866. 

CHARLES E. BURR, 8 [1668] of Cincinnati, O., 
m. Mary K. Parker, July 11, 1872. 

THOMAS S. BURR, 8 [1671] of Albany, N. Y., 

m. Emily A. Lee, of New York City, Sept. 23, 1869. Had seven chil.: 

2053. Lillian, 9 b. Feb. 5, 1871; 2054. Gertrude, 9 b. Jan. 28, 1873; 
2055. Edna E., 9 b. June 28, 1879, d. May, 1883; 2056. Clarence, 9 b. 
Dec. 29, 1880; 2057. Emma May, 9 b. July 3, 1882; 2058. Thomas S., 
Jr., 9 b. Sept. 30, 1885; 2059. Helen, 9 b. Nov. 22, 1887. 

JAMES W. BURR," [1672] of Dalton, Mass., 

m. Lucretia P. Sparks, of New York City, Nov. 11, 1874. Child: 

2060. Milton H., 9 b. Mar. 13, 1878. 

JOHN V. BURR, Jr.," [1676] of Dalton, Mass., 

m. Nannie A. Knickerbocker, of Albany, N. Y., Apr. 30, 1889. Child: 

2061. Ida May, 9 b. Aug. 1, 1890. 

JAMES M. BURR, 8 [1677] of Orange, N. J., 

m. May 24, 1883, Sarah H. Hardwich, of Passaic, N. J. Chil.: 

2062. Edna H., 1 b. Sept. 7, 1884; 2063. William H., 9 b. June 6, 
1886; 2064. Marjorie, 9 b. June 4, 1890. 

FRANK R. BURR," [1679] of Red Bank, N. J., 
m. Mary Alice Hickok, of N". Y., Sept. 2, 1890. 

REV. EVERETT DOUGHTY BURR." [1680] of Chicago, III., 

graduated from Brown University of Providence, R. I., June, 1884, 
graduated from Crozer Baptist Theological Seminary of Chester, Pa., 
June, 1887. Ordained to the Gospel Ministry in the Memorial Baptist 
Church, Chicago, Ills., in March, 1888, of which church he became the 
pastor, and where he has been very successful in his ministerial work. 
Married Fanny A. Cole, of Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1888. Have one 
child: 

2064a. Dorothy,' 1). July 10, 1S90. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 44 1 

CHARLES C. BURR,' [1682] of Smith Centre, Kan., 

m. Rachel E. Hayse, Dec. 3, 1878. Chil.: 

2065. Dora Marilla, 9 b. Sept. 3, 1879; 2066. Nellie May, 9 b. May 
9, 1881; 2067. Tillie Mabel 9 ; 2068. Lena Bell 9 ; 2069. Morrison 
Mitchell 9 ; 2070. Leonard Lee 9 ; 2071. Clayton Carl 9 ; 2072. 
Charles, Jr. 9 ; 2073. Glenn 9 ; 2074. Rachel Cleone 9 ; 2075. Hugh 
Alpa"; all b. Smith Centre. 

GEORGE MORRISON BURR, 8 [1686] of Leonora, Okla., 

m. Lauretta Ann Wisenburgh, Sept. 27, 1890. Chil.: 

2076. Everett Lesley, 9 b. Smith Centre, March 18, 1891; 2077. 
William Chalmers, 9 b. Smith Centre, Dec. 24, 1892; 2078. Hilda 
Marinda, 9 b. Smith Centre, Sept. 5, 1895, d. Oct. 27, 1900; 2079. Muriel 
May, 9 b. Smith Centre, Dec. 15, 1897; 2080. Harvey Lee, 9 b. Nov. 23, 
1900. 

NINTH GENERATION. 
AUGUSTUS P. BURR, 9 [1726] of Macon, Ga., 

m. Catherine, dau. of Charles Beasley in 1839. Chil.: 

2081. Augustus J., 10 b. July 14, 1840, k. at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 
the Confederate service; 2082. Seneca B., 10 b. July 23, 1842; 2083. 
Francis S., 10 b. Nov. 24, 1844; 2084. Ettienne E., 10 b. Jan. 4, 1847; 
2085. Helen C., 10 b. Jan. 24, 1849; 2086. Charles Jason, 10 b. Feb. 23, 
185 1 ; 2087. Sarah M., 10 b. July 31, 1853; 2088. Sophronia J., 10 
b. Sept. 7, 1856; 2089. William Young, 10 b. Dec. 19, 1858, d. in inf.: 
2090. Nancy Virginia, 10 b. Oct. 7, i860; 2091. Mary, 10 b. July 12, 
1863; 2092. Augustus P,, Jr., 10 b. Nov. 24, 1865. 

Of the daus. Ettienne m. James P. Sawtelle, and has chil.: I. Seneca 
Burr; 2. Ethene M.; 3. Willie; 4. James C; 5. Henry C.j 6. Jennie. 
Helen C. m. Rev. Elam Christian. Chil: I. Lutie; 2. Katherine; 3. 
William; 4. Paul; 5. Elam. Sarah M. m. Dr. James W. Stanford, of 
Cuthbert, Ga. Chil.: I. James IV.; 2. William Burr; 3. Edgar Thomas; 

4. Harry; 5. Leland; 6. Robert Emmettj 7. Frank. Sophronia J. m. S. 
B. Milligan. Chil : I. Jane; 2. Gideon W.; 3. Mary A'.; 4. Gussie B.; 

5. Theodosia S.; 6. Ella T.; 7. Ettienne L.; 8. Bessie; 9. Myitis B. 
Nancy V. m. N. J. Crozier. Chil.: I. Ettienne, d. in inf.; 2. Robert L.; 
3. Mary V.; 4. Otis Burr. 

Augustus P. Burr was a prominent editor and man of affairs, enjoying 
the friendship and confidence of the leading men of the day. He was 



44 2 THE BURR FAMILY. 

among the first to advocate an independent South, and one of the first to 
take up arms in defence of his ideas. He with his three sons were mem- 
bers of the 5th Georgia Regt., with which command he went through the 
war, being wounded at the bloody battle of Chickamauga, Tenn., which 
wound finally retired him from the service. He devoted his energies 
to the last to upholding his views, and while editing his paper, the Macon 
Journal and Messenger, in 1865, was arrested and confined by order 
of Gen. Wilson, then in command of the Federal troops at Macon, under 
a frivolous pretext — the real cause being his refusal to pander to the 
wishes of Wilson in the editorial management of his paper. When released 
by order of Wilson's superior, Gen. Steadman, then in command of the 
State, it was with the injunction to cease editing the paper. The failure of 
a cause he loved so well, and the humiliation of having to succumb to his 
enemies was too much for his proud spirit to endure. He was stricken with 
paralysis and d. in 1865, a few weeks after his release. 

JOHN H. BURR, 9 [1739] of Macon, Ga, 

m. Maria Winship, of Atlanta, Ga. Child: 
2093. Robert, 10 d. in inf. 

GEORGE W. BURR," [1742] of Macon, Ga., 

m. Nellie Winship, of Atlanta, Ga. Chil.: 

2004. Emmie 1 "; 2095. John H. 1 " 2096. A dau., d. in inf. 2097, 
George W. 1 ; 2098. Alice 1 "; 2099. Cora. 10 

HENRY C. BURR," [1743] of Griffin, Ga., 

m. Mary L. Nelmes. Chil: 

2100. Aaron J. ,0 ; 2101. William J. 1 "; 2102. Irene. 1 " 

Mr. Burr made a fortune through his own efforts and was for years 
prominent in his city and State. He was pres. of the First Nat. Bank of 
Griffin and a prominent mason. 

CHAUNCEY S. BURR," [1745] of Griffin, Ga., 

m. Susan Wilson and has chil.: 

2102a. Mary I. 10 ; 2103. Joseph L.' ; 2104. Henry C.'° 

ALONZO BURR, 9 [1746] of Bloomington, III., 

m. Oct., 1853, Dorcas L. Case, of New Hartford, Ct., who d. in 1859, 
leaving one dau. : 

2105. Ida Louise, 10 b. in 1858. 

M. again, Mar. 13, 1861, to Mary Ann Foote, of Unadilla, N. Y. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 443 

Chil. are : 2106. Frederick A., 10 b. Oct. 16, 1862 ; 2107. Walter H., 10 
b. Jan. 19, 1864 ; 2108. Charlotte E., 10 b. Nov. 13, 1865, m. Willis S. 
Harwood, Nov. 3, 1887 ; one child, Thomas F., b. July 27, 1S88. 2109. 
Nellie L.,'° b. Oct. 10, 1867, m. Mar. 19, 1891, Guy S. McCurdy, of 
Sioux City, Iowa ; 2110. Howard R., 10 b. June 14, 1869 ; 2III. Lucy 
E., 1 " b. Feb. 21, 1876, d. Sept. 25, 1880 ; 2112. Fanny S., 10 b. Aug. 13, 
1877. Alonzo Burr d. May 6, 1900. 

HUDSON BURR, 9 [1747] of Bloomington, III., 

m. Dec. 11, 1854, to Lucy Wright Pelton, of Wolcottville (now Torring- 
ton), Ct. They have had four chil., all born at Bloomington, 111. : 

2113. Louis Hosford, 10 b. Nov. 17, 1855, d. Aug. 26, 1856 ; 2114. 
Lillie Grover, 10 b. May n, 1857, d. Feb. 8, 1863 ; 2115. Emma Pel- 
ton, 10 b. June 17, 1858, m. Nov. 23, 1881, to Clinton P. Soper, of Oneida 
Co., N. Y., now Treasurer and Manager of the Soper Foundry Co., of 
Bloomington, III. They have three chil. : I. Willard Burr, b. Dec. 2S, 
1882 ; 2. Horace Adams, b. Oct. 12, 1886 ; and 3. Lucy Angeli/te, b. Dec. 
21, 1887. 2116. Charles Hudson, 10 b. Feb. 7, i860. 

Hudson Burr was b. in Torringford, Ct., Jan. 23, 1830, and d. at 
Bloomington, III, Feb. 17, 1891. Mr. Burr entered the Sophomore Class, 
Yale College, in 1850, and graduated in the notable class of 1S53, which 
contained the names of so many who were afterwards conspicuous for 
success in law, literature, and business pursuits. He then entered the law 
office of Henry S. Barbour, at Wolcottville, Ct., where he remained till 
December, 1S54, when he married, and with his wife went immediately to 
Bloomington, 111. He was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court 
of McLean County, and, continuing his law studies, was admitted to the 
bar in 1858. He practised law till the spring of 1862, when he enlisted in 
the 94th 111. Regiment, and was elected adjutant. He took part in several 
engagements in the West, including the siege and capture of Vicksburg, 
and being afterwards transferred to the Army of the Potomac under Gen- 
eral Grant, he was made Asst. Adjutant-General, and performed good 
service. In 1864, his health having failed, he resigned, and received an 
honorable discharge. Returning home he again commenced the practice 
of law, in partnership with Mr. Robert E. Williams, and for nineteen years 
the law firm of Williams & Burr was one of the most prominent and suc- 
cessful in Central Illinois. This partnership was dissolved in Sept., 1884, 
and he retired from the law business, his health being badly broken down, 
and during the last few years of his life he was unable to attend to 
business of any kind. 

Before his health completely failed, Mr. Burr was regarded as one of 



444 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the brightest lawyers at the bar. Possessed of unusual sagacity, and fer- 
tile in expedients, his counsel and services in complicated legal entangle- 
ments were highly valued. He was remarkable for his love of the society 
of children and congenial friends, whom he delighted to entertain. His 
" bar parties " were a feature in society highly appreciated. They pro- 
moted a feeling of good-fellowship among the lawyers that was never 
known before, and added to his own popularity. His funeral was attended 
by members of the bar in a body, also by the members of the G. A. R. to 
which he belonged. 

REV. FRANK BURR, 9 [1748] of Somerville, Mass., 

m. Apr. 9, 1852, Sarah E. Baker, of Bakersville, Ct., b. June 22, 1831 ; 
they have chil. : 

2117. Gertrude A., 1 " b. June 18, 1854, in Torringford, Ct., m. Feb. 
10, 1874, T. L. Trowbridge, of Rutland, La Salle Co., 111.; she d. Apr. 8, 
1889 ; 2Il8. Helen I.," b. Apr. 9, 1856, m. Charles W. Colton, of Water- 
man, 111., Oct. 3, 1881, has seven chil. : I. Carrie, 2. Grace, 3. Belle, 4. 
Elmer, 5. Ellis, 6. Luman, and 7. Frank. 21 19. Frank G., 10 b. May 
21, 1858, d. Aug. 28, 1S58 ; 2120. Matie A., 10 b. June 22, 1864,111. 
William B. Savary, of Somerville, Mass., Oct. 12, 1S87 ; has four chil.: I. 
Willard B., 2. Gertrude E., 3. Edna L., and 4. Delia E. 

Mr. Burr was educated at Torringford Acad., commenced teaching 
school in So. Farms, Ct., in 1850 ; was ordained a clergyman of the Advent 
Christian denomination in 1S59 ; preached in Ottawa, 111., New Rutland, 
111., Alton, 111., Chicago, 111., and Norwalk, O., and in 1874 was called to 
the editorship of the Advent Christian Times, the chief paper of that 
denomination in the West ; resigned the editorial chair in 1878 ; rem. to 
be pastor in Philadelphia, Pa.; went thence to Portland, Me., in 1S80; 
was elected editor of the Sunday-school publications of the Advent 
Christian denomination in 1882, with office at 144 Hanover St., Boston, 
Mass., which office he now holds. 

LUMAN BURR, 9 [1750] of Bloomington, III., 

m. Feb. 19, 1 86 1, Mary A. Dearborn, of Plymouth, N. H. They have had 
two chil. : 

2121. Arthur D., 10 b. Aug. 7, 1867, m. Sept. 2S, 1889, Fanny Mc- 
Naught, of Normale, 111., and d. May 22, 1891. No chil. 2122. Wil- 
lard H., 1 " b. May 14, 1870, d. Aug. 14. 1S75. 

REV. ALMON \V. BURR,' [1759] of Beloit, Wis., 

m. Feb. 1869, Abigail E. Grant, of Colcbrook, Ct., b. Aug. t, 1S45, and 
has chil. : 






GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 445 

2123. Caroline L., 10 b. Aug. 7, 1870, at Oberlin, O. ; 2124. Harold 
W., 10 b. Nov. 1, 1872, at Oberlin, O.; 2125. Arthur Emmons, 10 b. Apr. 
15, 1883, at Hallowell, Me. 

Mr. Burr graduated from Oberlin College in 1868, from Oberlin 
Theological Seminary in 187 1, and from Andover Theological Seminary 
in 1875. He was Tutor in Oberlin Coll. from 1870 to 1874, Principal of 
Hallowell Classical Academy, Me., from 1S75 to 1 &&3> an( l nas been Prin- 
cipal of Beloit Coll. Academy and Prof, of Pedagogics in Beloit Coll. 
since 1884. 

REV. AUSTIN H. BURR, 9 [1761] of Mystic, Ct., 

m. Dec. 30, 1875, Fannie T. Hammond, of Andover, Mass., b. Apr. 19, 
1856. Has had seven chil. : 

2126. Mabel Hammond, 10 b. Nov. 4, 1876, in Franklin, N. H.; 
2127. Charles Hulburd, 10 b. Feb. 14, 1878,111 Franklin, N. H.; 2128. 
Wesley Churchill, 10 b. June 2, 1879, in Franklin, N. H.; 2129. Dwight 
Austin, 10 b. Sept. 3, 1880, in Andover, Mass.; 2130. Geraldine, 10 b. Oct. 
9, 1881, in Andover, Mass.; 2131. Merrill Jackson, 10 b. Oct. 13, 1883, 
in Andover, Mass.; 2132. Olive, 10 b. June 17, 1887, in Peterborough, N. 
H., d. Aug. 6, 1888, in Indian Orchard, Me. 

Mr. Burr entered Oberlin Col. in the fall of 1867, grad. in '71, held the 
chair of Mathematics in Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn., one year, grad. 
from Andover Theological Sem. in 1875, was ordained and installed pastor 
of the Cong. Ch. in Franklin, N. H., Nov. 3, 1875, remained till called to 
the West Ch., Andover, Mass., over which he was installed Apr. 29, 1880. 
From here he was called to the Union Evangelical Ch., of Peterborough, 
N. H., over which he was installed pastor Feb. 26, 1885. Resigning on 
account of ill-health he was dismissed March 4, 1889. The next eighteen 
months were spent in travel and home-missionary work, mostly in Colo. 
In Oct., 1890, having returned East, he was called to become acting 
pastor of the Cong. Ch. at Mystic, Conn., where he now resides. 

WILLARD BURR, Jr., 9 [1762] A.M., of Boston, Mass., 

was b. at Ravenna, O., Jan. 7, 1852, and early manifested a predilection 
for the musical art — particularly composition. Upon removing to Ober- 
lin, in 1865, his musical and literary studies were pursued together with 
diligence until he graduated from Oberlin College in the centennial year 
of the nation, and one year later (1877) from the Oberlin Conservatory of 
Music. Two years were then spent in teaching, studying, and composing. 
July 1, 1879, he married Hattie A. Aiken, of Franklin, N. H., and the 
same year went to Europe and studied composition in Berlin under the 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 447 

JOHN HURLBUT BURR, 9 [1770] of Burrville, Ct„ 

m. Carrie L. Batelle, of Cromwell, Ct., May n, 1882. One child : 
2142a. Milo Andrew. 10 

COLONEL BELL BURR, M.D., 9 [1726] of Flint, Mich., 

m. 1st, Delia Ernestine Randall, of Norwich, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1886. One 
child : 

2143. Ernestine Randall, 10 b. Feb. 29, 1888. 

Delia Ernestine, his first w., d. March 17, 1888, and Doctor Burr m. 2d, 
Annette L. Wheeler, of Chicago, 111., Oct. 28, 1890. 

Dr. Burr was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
Medical Department of Columbia University, New York, in 1878. He 
was appointed Assistant Physician to the Eastern Michigan Asylum, 
Pontiac, in 1878, promoted to the position of Assistant Medical Superin- 
tendent in 1885, and to that of Medical Superintendent in 1889. In 1894 
he resigned to accept the position of Medical Director of Oak Grove, a 
private hospital for the treatment of nervous and mental diseases, in Flint, 
Michigan. Dr. Burr is a member of many national, state, and local med- 
ical organizations, has contributed extensively to the literature of insanity, 
is the author of A Primer of Psychology and Mental Disease, a text-book 
for medical students and nurses, is a foreign associate member of the Med- 
ico-Psychological Society of Paris, and Secretary and Treasurer of the 
American Medico-Psychological Association. 

THERON R. BURR, 9 [1727] of Evansville, Wis., 

m. Dellona Porter, Oct. 12, 1875. She was b. June 19, 1S54. Chil. : 

2144. CoraE., ,0 b. Jan. 16, 1880; 2145. Lucina, 1 " b. Dec. 28, 1884. 

ALMON A. BURR, 9 [1728] of Waterloo, Wis., 

m. Vilettie Thompson, June 25, 1884. Chil.: 

2146. Harry R., 10 b. Oct. 23, 1886; 2147. Amy E., 10 b. Aug 26, 
1887; 2148. Edna C., 10 b. July 10, 1889; 2149. Jennie M.,'° b. July 
14, 1891; 2150. Allen Russell, 10 b. Dec. 17, 1896; 2151. Mabel V., 10 
b. Apr. 20, 1899. 

Mr. Almon A. Burr followed various occupations for several years, 
then married and settled on the old homestead of 200 acres at Waterloo, 
opened up by his father in 1843, an d where he has since resided. He 
taught school for eight years, has held positions of trust in his town 
— Assessor two years, on the District School Board for twelve years, at 
present Clerk of the High School Board and director of the Waterloo 



448 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Canning and Pickling Association. His father, Augustus P. Burr re- 
sides with him, aged eighty years. His mother, Catherine Burr, d. Feb. 
29, 1892. 

GEORGE C. BURR, 9 [1730] of Stiles, Newaygo Co., Mich., 

m. Elnorah Monroe, Feb. 8, 1884. He is a repairer of telephones and 
telegraphs. . 

BRYANT B. BURR, 9 [1731] of Lodi, O., 

m. Celestia E. Weaver, Jan. 6, 1881. She d. May 28, 1889. Mr. Burr 
resides at Lodi, O., and is engaged in railroad building. 

MARTIN BURR, 9 [l738f] of Papinsville, Mo., 

m. Ada Doner, of Athens, N. Y. Chil.: 

2152. Lee"; 2153. Alta 10 ; 2154. Harry 10 ; 2154a. Daniel. 10 

CHARLES E. BURR, 9 [1738J] of Bloomfield, Ct., 

m. Isabel S. Stratton, b. Mar. 16, 1850. Chil. : 

2155. Ortia L.,'° b. Aug. 9, 1873; 2156. Alfred S.'° 

OWEN BURR, 9 [1738k] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. Clara S. Parker, of Springfield, Mass., and has chil.: 

2157. Ella M., ]0 b. Nov. 7, 1873 ; 2158. Clara A., 1 " b. Sept. 14, 

1875- 

CHARLES L. BURR," [1769] of New York City, 

m. Anne Funke, dau. of the late Gen. Otto Funke, on June 12, 1894, and 
is now a practising attorney at 35 Nassau Street, New York City. Has 
one child : 

2159. Lionel Charles, 1 " b. July 12, 1901. 

HOWARD H. BURR, [1789], of Murphysboro, III., 

m. Feb. 9, 1897, Adelaide H. Buckley. Chil.: 

2159a. Anna Burrell, 10 b. Sept. 15, 1898; 2159b. Dorothy E., 10 
b, Feb. 24, 1900; 2159c. Helen A., 1 " b. Aug. 17, 190 1. 

SHIRLEY L. BURR, [1791] of Chicago, III., 

m. Tune, 1895, Dollie Jenkins. Chil.: 

2i59d. Beulah B., 10 dec, and 2159c Gilbert F. 10 




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CLAUDE S. BURR, 9 [1814] of Kalispell, Mon, 

m. to Lola Hinkle Reid, March 21, 1895, at Sullivan, Ind. Has one 
child: 

2160. Lafayette J., Jr., 10 b. Dec. 13, 1895, at Sullivan, Ind. 
Claude S. Burr was educated at Peekskill, N. Y., Military Academy. At 
beginning of Spanish-American War, he enlisted in the 160th U. S. V. 
Spent one year in Cuba, in active service on staff of Col. Gunden. He 
was mustered out of service in 1899 ; is now engaged in business at 
Kalispell, Montana. 

MAJOR KENNETH MERLIN BURR, 9 [1815] of Anderson, Ind., 

m. to Yenne B. Bolingar, May 9, 1898, at Anderson, Ind. 

Major Burr was educated at Peekskill Military Academy. In 1898 
he organized a company, and received a Captain's commission to do 
service in the Spanish-American War. Spent one year in Cuba in 
active service ; was mustered out of service at Savannah, Ga., May, 
1899. In June, 1899, he was again appointed Captain, of Co. D, 30th 
U. S. V., which was mustered in at Fort Sheridan near Chicago, 111. 
He arrived at Manila, P. I., on September following, and spent two years 
in a hard vigorous campaign in the southern part of the Island of Luzon. 
In the battles of Sta. Cruz and Mayjaypay he was especially mentioned 
for bravery and daring, by General Schwan, and was promoted Major 
for the same. He spent some time in China and Japan, returned to the 
United States, and was mustered out of service at San Francisco — whence 
he returned to his home in Anderson — after refusing a captaincy in the 
Regular Army. He is now in business at Anderson, Ind. 

GEORGE M. BURR, 9 [1842] of Amsterdam, N. Y., 
m. Carrie S. Bellinger, of St. Johnsville, N. Y. 

LUCIUS F. BURR, Jr., 9 [1843] of Gloversville, N. Y., 
m. May C. Case, of Gloversville. 

RICHARD B. BURR, [1845] of Gloversville, N. Y., 

m. Ada Leip, of Williston, N. Y. Has one child: 

2161. Frederick C., UI b. in 1888. 

GEORGE B. BURR, 9 [1856] of Ianthe, Mo., 

m. Sarah Prewit, of Barton Co., Mo., Dec. 25, 1879. Chil.: 

2162. Maud, 10 b. Nov. 30, 1880, d. in inf.; 2163. Harry W., 10 b. 
Oct. 7, 1888. 



450 THE BURR FAMILY. 

GEORGE L. BURR, 3 [i860], of Aurora, Neb., 

m. in 1880, Hattie S. Bonnett. Chil.: 

2163a. Edwin M., 10 d. set. seven years ; 2164. Albert L. 10 ; 2165. 
Frederick"' ; 2166. George L.' ; 2167. Edwin M. 10 

After serving as principal of schools in Gaylord and Smith Centre, 
Kan., Mr. Burr entered the profession of journalism in 1882. He has 
been editor and publisher of the Smith County Record, Riverton Enterprise, 
Stratton Gazette, Campbell Press, Blue Hill Mirror and Times, Lawrence 
Locomotion, and is now publishing the Aurora Register. For the last four 
years he has been private secretary to Congressman W. L. Stark of the 
Fourth Nebraska District. 

ROYAL H. BURR, [1867] of Dorset, O., 

m. Sept. 3, 1884, Lizzie May Shelhamer, of Chicago, has one son: 

2168. Royal Elwood, 10 b. Feb. 5, 1889. 

CHARLES H. BURR, 9 [1868] of Leon, O. 

m. Aug. 3, 1884, Ina Mabel Platte. Their chil. are: 

2169. Ordwell Perry, 10 b. Oct. 18, 1885; 2170. Charles How- 
ard, 10 b. Apr. 9, 1S88; 2171. Clarence Ward, 10 b. Feb. 7, 1890; 2172. 
Frank Elmore, 1 " b. Apr. 13, 1897. 

FREDERICK L. BURR, [1874] of Ludlow, Mass., 

m. Fannie E., dau. of Edmund and Eliza Fuller, Feb. 13, 1881. She was 
b. Feb. 22, i860. Chil.: 

2173. Julena E., 10 b. Sept. 28, 1881; 2174. Frank R.,'° b. Dec. 10, 
1882 ; 2175. Benjamin Frederick, 1 " b. Mar. 31, 1S91 ; 2176. Ralph 
Brewer,'" b. Dec. 29, 1897. Mr. Burr is a member of the firm of F. L. 
Burr & Co., dealers in coal, wood, groceries, etc., and is selectman of 
Ludlow. 

JOHN P. BURR," [1890J of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Lucia Wilcox, Jan. 6, 1892. Chil.: 

2176a. Clarence Elbert, 10 b. Aug. 15, 1894; 2176b. Myrtis Cyril, 10 
b. June 2, 1898. 

CHARLES A. BURR,' [1892] of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Alice Christianson, Sept. 7, 1897, and has child: 
2176c. Amy Irene,'" b. Sept. 8, 1898. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 45 I 

ALBERT D. BURR, 9 [1893] of Burrville, Utah, 
m. Alice Wheeler, May i, 1901. 

GEORGE M. BURR, 9 [1898] of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Minerva I. Lewis, June 20, 1899. Chil.: 

2i76d. Elsie M., 10 b. Apr. 26, 1900; 2176c Miron B., 10 b. Nov. 
17, 1901. 

HENRY S. BURR, 9 [1906] of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Emma Jane Hancock, March 16, 1896. Chil.: 

21761". Carl H., 10 b. Sept. 14, 1897; 2076g. Ina A., 10 b. Feb. 18, 
1898; 2176I1. Amy I., 10 b. July 7, 1901. 

WILLIAM C. BURR, 9 [1907] of Burrville, Utah, 

m. Emma C. Calan, b. July 21, 1877. One child: 

2l 7 6i. Lila C," b. Nov. 30, 1900 

092.01 <i 

EDGAR B. BURR, 9 [1967] of Hartford, Ct., 

m. in 1898, Miss Grace Tallman, dau. of James H. Tallman, of Hartford. 
Chil.: 

2177. Richard Tallman, 10 b. Aug. 13, 1899. 

EDWARD E. BURR, 9 [1973] of Meriden, Ct., 

m. Kate M. W., dau. of George H. Joel, of Sheffield, Eng., June 17, 1886. 
Chil.: 

2178. Clarence E., 10 b. Mar. 24, 1887; 2179. Harold L.,'° b. Oct. 
23, 1889; 2180. B. Leroy, 10 b. Apr. 15, 1890. 

CHARLES H. BURR, 9 [2014] of New York, N. Y., 
m. May 4, 1887, Martha Eva Stevens. No chil. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 9 [2015] of New York, N. Y., 

m. Jan. 16, 1884, Mary Elizabeth Bullard, of Cambridge, Mass. No chil. 
Mrs. Burr d. in Newton, Mass., Apr. 25, 1901. 

CLARENCE ISHAM BURR, 9 [2017] of Framingham, Mass., 

m. May 8, 1889, Blanche Maria Amsden; he d. June 21, 1900. Their 
chil. are: 



452 THE BURR FAMILY. 

2l8l. Henry Amsden,' b. in Granby, Province of Quebec, Dec. n, 
1890; 2182. Clarence Thomas, 10 b. Dec 3, 1892; 2183. Paul Theo- 
dore, 10 b. in Framingham, Mass., Dec. 1, 1894. 

SENECA BRAGG BURR, 6 [2082] of Thomasville, Ga., 

m. Fannie McLendon, of Griffin, Ga., in i860. Chil.: 

2184. Hugh Emmett, 10 d. in 1863; 2185. Eva Leila, 10 d. in 1865; 
2186. Mary Leila, 10 b. 1867, d. 1887; 2187. Seneca B., Jr., 10 b. 1869; 
2188. Fannie Clifford, 10 b. 1872. 

Mr. Burr, following the footsteps of his father, early engaged in news- 
paper work, having published the Macon Journal and Messenger, the 
Griffin Middle Georgian, Fort Valley Mirror, and more recently the 
Thomasville Times. 

WALTER HUDSON BURR, 9 [2107] of Toronto, Can., 

m. to Miss Blanche Boswell (dau. of Jacob A. and Mary Gilmore Boswell 
of Columbus, O.) at Toronto, June 5, 1890. One dau.: 
2189. Delphine Boswell, 10 b. Apr. 13, 1898. 




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DORCHESTER BRANCH. 



REV. JONATHAN BURR. 

REV. JOHNATHAN BURR, the founder of the third, or Dorchester 
branch of the family, was a clergyman of culture, piety, and rare 
eloquence, whose fame was in all the churches, and whose lineage 
and history are given in detail both by Gov. Winthrop and in the pages of 
that quaint and famous biographer, Rev. Cotton Mather. 

He was born in the parish of Redgrave, County of Suffolk, England, 
in 1604 (see Mather and Savage), and according to an entry in the parish 
register of Redgrave, was baptized Aug. 12, 1604, as son of Joseph Burr.* 
He was entered at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1623 and grad. 
in 1627. At this period in his career "the death of his father called him 
into the country much sooner than he would have gone " (that is, he de- 
sired to continue in post-graduate study at the university). Here he taught 
school for a while, then preached at Horniger, near Bury, in Suffolk, and 
afterward for several years at Rickingshall. This living was in the juris- 
diction of the famous Archbishop Laud. 

Unfortunately for Mr. Burr — in one sense — he had adopted far more 
liberal opinions than pleased that zealous prelate, and not being able to 
preach there as his conscience demanded, he determined, after a long 
struggle, to emigrate to America, then a common refuge for persons in like 
difficulties. Accordingly, early in 1639, he sailed for the New World with 
his wife Frances, and three children — Johnathan, John, and Simon f; and 
on his arrival in Boston, proceeded at once to Dorchester, where we find 
him signing the (Presbyterian) church covenant in December, 1639. 

*For this information I am indebted to Rev. R. D. Wilson, Rector of Redgrave, Eng. 
The researches of Dr. Chauncey R. Burr establish the fact that he was the son of Richard 
Burre, who wasbapt. at Great Canfield, 1553, as son of Symonde Burre, of Great Canrield. 
Rev. Jonathan was bapt. Apr. 12, 1604, was B.A. Benet College, Cambridge, 1624, and 
M.A. 1627. 

f Dr. Chauncey R. Burr is of opinion at this writing (1901) that Simon Burr was a 
cousin, and not the son, of the Rev. Jonathan, but is not so certain of the fact as to wish 
to state it over his own signature. 

453 



454 THE BURR FAMILY. 

His piety, zeal, and eloquence were soon discovered by the church, 
which invited him to settle with them as a colleague of their then pastor, 
Rev. Richard Mather, an eminent preacher, and, if we mistake not, the 
grandfather of Rev. Cotton Mather. 

He accepted the call, but before being ordained, a difficulty in regard 
to some points of doctrine arose between him and his colleague, Mr. Mather, 
the precise nature of which is stated by Gov. Winthrop as follows: "The 
church of Dorchester being furnished with a very godly and able Pastor, 
one Mr. Mather, and having invited to them one Mr. Burr, who had been 
a minister in England, and of very good report there for piety and learn- 
ing, with intent to call him also to office, after he was received a member 
in their church and had given good proofs of his gifts and godliness to the 
satisfaction of the church, gave him a call to office, which deferring to ac- 
cept in the meantime, he delivered some points savoring of familism, 
wherein the church desiring satisfaction, and he not so free to give it as 
was meet, it was agreed that Mr. Mather and he should confer together, 
and so the church should be informed wherein the difficulty lay. 

"Accordingly Mr. Burr wrote his judgment on the points in difference 
in such manner, and terms, as from some of his propositions, there could 
be no other gathered but that he was erroneous; but this was again quali- 
fied in other parts as might admit of a charitable construction. Mr. Mather 
reports to the church, the errors which might be collected, without men- 
tioning the qualifications, or acquainting Mr. Burr with it beforehand." 

When this was published Mr. Burr disclaimed the errors, and Mr. 
Mather maintained them from his writings, whereupon the church was 
divided, some joining with the one, and some with the other, so that it 
grew to some heat and alienation, but all in vain. In the end they agreed 
to call in help from other churches, so this day there was a meeting at 
Dorchester, of the Governor and ten of the elders of neighboring churches, 
and after four days spent they gave in their judgment, which was in effect 
that both Mr. Mather and Mr. Burr had "cause for humility," and advised 
a reconciliation.* This advice was heeded, and in Feb., 1640, he was set- 
tled as colleague with Mr. Mather. Shortly after, Aug. 9, 1641 (before 
reaching the maturity of his powers), this good man died, according to Dr. 
Harris, of Dorchester, from a debility following small-pox. 

In regard to Mr. Burr's personal traits and habits, many interesting 
facts are given by Rev. Cotton Mather, in Book III. of his Magnalia 
Chris/i, and they are here presented as of interest to the family. " This 
gracious man was indeed a very humble man, and his humility carried him 
even to dejection of spirit. Once preaching abroad he was instant in 

* See Winthrop's History of X civ England^ vol. ii., p. 27. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 455 

converting a person for whom he had often sent up prayers to God, yet, on 
coming home, he had a particular measure of his lowly and modest reflec- 
tions, thereupon adding, ' I shall conclude it of God, if any good be done 
by anything preached by such an unworthy instrument.' On the Lord's 
day, after coming home from Public Work, it was his manner presently to 
retire and spend some time in praying to God for pardon of the sins which 
accompanied him in his work, and with petitions for the success of his 
labors. His motto was, ' It is better to be worn out with work than to be 
eaten up with rust. ' In the morning he would come down to family worship 
and spend some hours instructing the family and performing other duties. 

" When debarred of liberty to preach, his body languished through a 
Sympathy with the Resentment of his mind, saying that his preaching was 
his life, and if he were laid aside from that he would quickly be dead. 

" On rising in the morning he would repair to his beloved study, where 
he began the day with secret prayer to God. After this he would read a 
chapter in the Old Testament, spending some time in serious, solemn, and 
heart-searching meditations thereupon. He would then come down to his 
family, where, with his prayers, he would read and expound and apply the 
same chapter unto his own folks, and to such of the neighbors as would 
come in to enjoy his meditations at the season of them. 

" Retiring to his study again he would continue there until called to 
dinner, and if none came to speak with him after dinner he would, after 
some diversion for awhile with his children, return to his study, where he 
would then have a time to pray with his wife. But if he was, at any time, 
invited to a dinner abroad, he would have a time for that service in the 
forenoon before going out. 

" In the evening he had family prayers, making his family partake of 
his reflections, with his prayers upon it, and before going to bed, he usually 
walked up and down the room for half an hour, pondering upon some- 
thing, which his wife desiring to know what it was, he answered that, first, 
he called himself to account how he had spent the day, what omissions or 
commissions he had been overtaken with. Second, he reckoned up the 
mercies he had received through the day. Lastly, he made his petition to 
God, that he might be prepared for sudden death, caused by the sudden 
death of his brother, an earnest Christian. 

" The next year after he came here, he was taken sick of small-pox, 
with his family, but recovered. He then renewed and applied a Covenant 
of Grace as follows: 

" ' I, Johnathan Burr, being brought in the arms of Almighty God, over 
the vast ocean, with my family and_ friends, and graciously provided for in 
a wilderness, and being sensible of my own unprofitableness and self-seek- 



456 THE BURR FAMILY. 

ing, yet of God's mercy being called unto the true work of feeding souls, 
and being of late with my family, delivered out of a great affliction of the 
small-pox, and having found the fruit of that affliction — God tempering, 
ordering, and mitigating the evil thereof, so as I have been speedily and 
graciously delivered — I do promise and vow to him that hath done all 
things for me, 

" ' i st, That I will aim only at his glory and the good of souls, and not 
for myself and vain glory; and that, 

" ' 2d, I will walk humbly, with lower thoughts of myself, considering 
what a poor creature I am, a puff of breath, sustained only by the power 
of his Grace and therefore, 

" ; 3d, I will be more watchful over my heart, to keep it in a due frame 
of Holiness, and Obedience without running out so far to the creature, for 
I have seen that He is mine only help in time of need. 

'"4th, That I will put more weight upon that firm promise, and sure 
truth that God is a God hearing prayer. 

"'5th, That I will set up God more in my family, more in myself, 
wife, children, and servants, conversing with them in a more serious and 
constant manner, for this God aimed at in sending his hand into my 
family at this time.' 

"MEMENTO MORI. 

"In Meipso Nihil, in Chris to Oinnc. 

"The famous Thomas Hooker, hearing him preach at Charlestown, 
said : 'Surely this man won't be long out of Heaven, for he preaches as 
if he were there already.' Soon after he fell into a sickness of ten days' 
continuance, during which time he expressed a wonderful patience and 
submission upon all occasions; observing how diligently his wife tended 
him, he said: 'Don't spend so much time with me, but go thy way and 
spend some time in prayer. I fear lest thou look too much on this afflic- 
tion.' A few minutes before his death, he requested the bystanders to 
withdraw, that he might have opportunity to pray by himself a while, but 
they being loth to go, he prayed in Latin as long as he had strength to do 
it. When he was to all appearance dying, he said to his wife, ' Cast thy 
care upon the Lord for he careth for thee.' Thus he finished his pilgrim- 
age, Aug. 9, 1 64 1." 

No will or distribution of property is found in either the Dorchester or 
Boston records. 

His widow survived him many years, and married, a few years after 
his death, Hon. Richard Dummer, of Newbury, by whom her son Jonathan 
was educated. She d. Nov. 19, 1682. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD, 457 

FIRST GENERATION. 

REV. JOHNATHAN BURR, 1 b. in Redgrave, Suffolk Co., Eng., 

bapt. Apr. 12, 1604 (?), m. Frances . Chil.: 

2. Jonathan 2 ; 3. John 2 ; 4. Simon, 2 all b. in Eng.* 

Rev. Johnathan Burr d. Aug. 9, 1641. His widow d. Nov. 19, 1682, 
get. 70 yrs. 

SECOND GENERATION. 

JONATHAN BURR, 2 [2] of England. 

Educated at Harvard Univ. by his stepfather, Hon. Richard Dummer, 
became a physician, and spent the last years of his life in England, where 
he d. 1691. He was B.A. Harvard 1651, M.A. 1654. 

JOHN BURR, 2 [3] 

was for some time thought to have been the ancestor of the Fairfield 
Burrs. The error arose from his name on the Fairfield Rec. being con- 
founded with that of Jehu, which it closely resembles. He probably re- 
turned to England after the death of his father, as no further traces of 
him are found in America.f 

SIMON BURR, 2 [4] of Hingham, Mass. 

It is held by some genealogists that Simon Burr was an original settler, 
and not the son of Rev. Johnathan Burr, of Dorchester. But after a care- 
ful study of the subject in all its bearings, the compiler became convinced 
that Mr. Savage and other eminent genealogists were correct, and that he 
was the son of Rev. Johnathan Burr, of Dorchester, hence himself and his 
descendants are included in the genealogy of the Dorchester branch. J 

He was grantee of lands in Hingham 1645-1670. Town overseer 1659. 

* According to Dr. Burr, a daughter, Mary, bapt. Dec. 3, 1639, who married Zachary 
Long of Charlestown, Mass. (his second wife), and died Aug. 2, i68t. 

f " John Burr was at Ipswich in 1660, where, in company with many others, he signed 
a memorial to King Charles II. His children recorded at Ipswich were: Jonathan, b. 
June 28, 1665 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1667 ; Jeremiah, b. July 10, 1670 ; Abigail, b. 
Dec. n, 1672."— Dr. C. R. Burr. 

\ Dr. Burr is of the opinion that Simon Burr was an original settler and not the sort 
of Rev. Johnathan. He says: " I know of no authority for such an assertion. Mather 
says he had three sons, but does not name them, nor does Winthrop. Dr. Harris of 
Dorchester does name them two centuries after they flourished, but the sources of his 
information, so far as I know, have never transpired and must be taken cum grano salis. 
The records of the First Church at Dorchester are a closed book at present, but I under- 
stand they are soon to be published and may throw some light on the subject." 



458 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Surveyor 1660-1662. Freeman 1664. Juror for County Court of Suffolk 
1675. Of his first marriage we have no knowledge. The Hingham Parish 
Records merely inform us that on " July 23, 1647, Simon Burr's wife 
died," and that Nov. 28, 164S, he m. 2d, Hester . 

Esther Burr, who d. Nov. 25, 1644, and Henry Burr, who d. Feb. 9, 
1646 (Hingham Par. Rec), may have been chil. of Simon Burr, by his 
first wife, although there is no evidence of the fact. 

By Hester, his second w., he had: 

5. Simon," bapt. Feb. 25, 1655; 6. Hannah, 3 m. John Hobart of 
Hingham, Apr. 2, 1674 ; J. John, 3 b. Jan. 6, 1660, bapt. May 31, 1660 ; 
8. Jonathan, 3 b. June 13, 1668. 

Simon Burr d. Feb. 7, 1692-3 (Hing. Rec), intestate. After a long 
search, the letters of administration on his estate were found at Boston. 
They were recorded March 16, 1693. Simon Burr, Jr., was administrator. 
The inv'y was offered Feb. 15, 1692-3. His w. Hester d. Feb. 3, 1693. 

The following summary of the articles inventoried is very interesting, 
as showing the standard of values in those days. 

"Books and arms, bedstead and bed furniture, ,£15 10s. Sheets, 
pillow cases and napkins, ^5, js. Towels, table cloths, cotton, woollen, 
and linen yarns and sheep's wool, -£i 2s. Pewter, brass-kettles and other 
brass things, £4 7^. Tables, chairs, chests, etc., £5. Saddle, pillion, 
bellows, etc., £16. Cider, pork, beef, suet, ^3 19^. Iron pots and other 
iron things, £2 Ss. (id. Spinning wheels, £4 2s. Grain, flax, etc. ,£6; 4 
cows, ^8; 2 oxen, j£6 ; other cattle, £6; sheep, ^5; swine, £i\ horse, 
jQi 1 5 s. Sum of movable estate, ^S8 175. 6d. 

Home lands, dwelling house and barn £ 100 

Salt marsh and upland on Ware River 20 

One lot in third division of salt marsh in Cohasset, one 

lot in first division Cohasset, and upland in Hingham 13 

One lot in Fresh meadow, one in Turkey meadow that 

was Mr. Sturgis', and a Great Lot on Great Plain. . . 10 

6\ shares in the Commons 13 

A piece of land in Plain Neck that was Mr. Sturgis'. . . 6 io.r. 

Lot in Salt marsh in first division of Cohasset marsh in 

Hingham 30 

Lot in second division Cohasset upland 14 

Lot in third division Cohasset upland 6 10s. 

3 acres on Old Planter's Hill , 12 

Wood lots on Ware Neck o 105. 

3 Cow bells 4 s - 

Total Inventory £z 2 ^ 1S - 6d" 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 459 

THIRD GENERATION. 
SIMON BURR, Jr., 3 [5] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Mary , Aug. 29, 1690. Chil.: 

9. Hannah, 4 b. May 25, 1691 ; 10. Simon/ b. Sept. 30, 1692 ; II. 
Mary, 4 b. Sept. 7, 1694, m. John Cary, of Bridgewater, Nov. 2, 1730 ; 12. 
Ruth, 4 b. Dec. 16, 1696, m. Henry Smith, of Rehoboth, Dec. 5, 17 16 ; 
13. Rachel, 4 b. April 10, 1699, m. Ephraim Hunt, of Rehoboth, Nov. n, 
1729; 14. Isaac, 4 b. May 3, 1701, d. Oct. 4, 1727, unrn.; 15. David, 4 
b. Feb. 28, 1703; 16. Samuel, 4 b. Apr. 1, 1707; all recorded in 
Hingham. 

Simon Burr was a "set work cooper" — a trade very flourishing in 
Hingham in his day — and about 1708 removed to Rehoboth, Mass., a 
town about six miles east of Providence, R. I., probably on account of 
the red cedar so abundant in that locality, and which was used extensively 
in his trade. He carried on the business of a cooper until his death, in 
1722. He was buried in the Peck burying-ground in Rehoboth. His 
tombstone, brought from England, still remains intact, with every line 
and tracing upon it as clearly defined as when first sculptured. It is of 
slate and quite elaborately carved, with a winged seraph on its upper 
facing, and scroll work along the sides. It bears the following inscription : 

Here lyeth ye body 

of Simon Burr, who dyed March ye 12th, 1722, 

In ye 63d year of his age. 

Mr. Burr was also a trooper in King Philip's War, 1679. His will is 
dated Dec. 14, 1721, proved April 16, 1722. He is called "Mr. Symond 
Burr" in bond of his executors, a title only bestowed on men of large 
estate and of prominence. 

JOHN BURR, 3 [7] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Mary, dau. of John Warren, of Hingham, Dec. 24, 1685. Their chil. 
were : 

17. Mary, 4 b. Sept. 13, 1686, m. Thomas Marsh, of Hingham, Aug. 
26, 1708; 18. John, 4 b. Nov. 4, 1687, d. in infancy ; 19. Deborah, 4 b. 
Jan. 22, 1689, unm.; 20. Sarah, 4 b. Jan. 20, 1692 ; 21. John, 4 b. June 
24, 1695 ; 22. Jonathan, 4 b. Feb. 3, 1698; 23. Joshua, 4 b. Oct. 27, 
1699; 24. Lydia, 4 b. Aug. 17, 1701, m. Israel Vickray, of Hingham, 
Dec. 7, 1721 ; 25. Abigail, 4 b. Aug. 17, 1701, m. David Baldwin, of 
Hingham, June 14, 1723 ; 26. Elisha, 4 b. Dec. 3, 1703. All recorded at 
Hingham. 



460 THE BURR FAMILY. 

John Burr the f. d. at Hingham, Dec. 4, 17 16. His w. Mary d. July 
26, 1742. Will dated Dec. 7, 17 16, proved Jan. 14, 17 17. 

JONATHAN BURR, 3 [8] of Hingham, Mass., 

never married. Was a soldier in the expedition of Sir William Phipps 
against Canada in 1690, and died at Quebec, of small-pox, Nov. 28, 1690. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

SIMON BURR, 4 [10] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Ruth May, of Barrington, Mass., Dec. 21, 1724. Chil.: 

27. Simon, 5 bapt. May 22, 1726, d. in inf. ; 28. Simon, 5 bapt. May 
7, 1730 ; 29. Mary, 5 bapt. Aug., 1731 ; 30. Elisha, 5 b. 1735 ; 31. Eliza- 
beth," b. July 8, 1739; 3 2 - Nathaniel, 5 b. March 27, 1742; 33. Pa- 
tience, 5 b. Sept. 2, 1744. 

Simon Burr the f. d. Sept. 2, 1783, aged 91 ; and was buried in the 
Peck burying-ground in Rehoboth, beside his father. 

DAVID BURR, 4 [15] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Sarah . Chil. : 

34. David, 5 b. March 5, 1728; 35. Isaac, 5 b. Sept. S, 1729; 36. 
Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 9, 1731 ; 37. Ezekiel, 6 b. March 2, 1734, d. in infancy ; 
38. Levi, 5 b. Oct. 13, 1732; 39. Rachel, 5 b. March 28, 1738; 40. 
Joshua, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1741, bapt. Oct. 4, 1741 ; 41. Ezekiel," b. June 
14,1739; 42. Abigail, 5 b. June 16, 1740 ; 43. Mollie,' b. Nov. 23, 1743 ; 
44. Lydia, 5 b. May 8, 1746. 

All recorded at Rehoboth. There is no record of David Burr's death. 

SAMUEL BURR, 4 [16] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Sarah Marsh, of Hingham, b. in 17 10, and early rem. from Rehoboth, 
to Warren, R. I. Chil.: 

45. Abigail, 5 b. July 17, 1733, d. unm. March, 1803 ; 46. Shubael, 5 
b. Feb. 7, 1735 (Reho. Rec), 1736 (Fam. Rec.) ; 47. Simon"; 48. 
Hannah, 5 m. Nathaniel Wheaton, of Providence, June 26, 1757. 

Samuel Burr d. at Warren, Apr. 26, 1779 ; his w. Sarah d. Nov. 19, 

1775- 

JOHN BURR, 4 [21] of Bridgewater, Mass., 

rem. to Bridgewater, Mass., in 1720, m. Silence, 4th dau. of Ephraim 
Haward, of Bridgewater, Nov. 7, 1722. Chil. : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 46 1 

49. John, 6 b. June 5, 1724; 50. Elijah, 6 b. 1726J 51. Mary, 6 b. 
1728; 52. Jonathan, 5 b. 1731 ; 53. Seth, 6 b. 1734; 54. Ephraim, 6 b. 

1737- 

He was a Presbyterian, and a deacon of the church in W. Bridgewater. 
He d. at Bridgewater, March 16, 1777; his w. Silence d. May 6, 1737. He 
was buried in the " Jerusalem graveyard," of Bridgewater, as " Rev. John 
Burr," his w. Silence as " wife of Deacon John Burr." He was a large 
landholder for the times. About 1726, bought of " Jas. Haward, Yeoman," 
60 acres. His w., in 1750, received 60 acres by gift of her father. 

JONATHAN BURR, 4 [22] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. to Mary Lincoln, Apr. 19, 1720. Chil.: 

55. Mary, 5 b. June 7, 1721, m. Moses Lincoln, Jr., Nov. 28, 1745; 
56. Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 6, 1723, m. Jona. Lane, June 23, 1748; 57. Jona- 
than, 6 b. Dec. 28, 1726; 58. John, 5 b. April 4, 1729; 59. Deborah, 6 b. 
Aug., 1731, m. Thomas Andrews, Oct. 23, 1755; 60. Thomas, 5 b. Aug. 
24, 1735; 61. Levi, 6 b. March, 1738, d. Oct. 4, 1741; 62. Samuel, 5 b. 
March, 1738; 63. Silence, 6 b. April 3, 1742, m. Peter Cushing, Aug. 19, 
1762. 

Mr. Jonathan Burr was killed, June 23, 1762, by a cart-wheel running 
over him. He was a cooper by trade, received lands in Hingham and 
Cohasset by will of his father. His own will, dated April 12, 1753, men- 
tions lands and tenements in Hingham, Weymouth, Abington, and Han- 
over. Proved at Boston, July 2, 1762. Aral of inv., ^1,399. 

JOSHUA BURR, 4 [23] of Cohasset, Mass., 

m. Elizabeth Tileston, of Hingham, about 1726. Chil.: 

64. Elizabeth, 5 b. Sept. 23, 1728, d. Sept. 13, 1754; 65. Hannah, 5 b. 

Sept. 7, 1730, d. Dec. 7, 1754; 66. Joshua, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1732, d. June 17, 

1749; 67. Lydia, 5 b. July 18, 1734; 68. Isaac, 5 b. Aug. n, 1736^0 

record; 69. Abigail, 6 b. July 4, 1739, d. June 17, 1749; 70. Eunice, 6 b. 

Jan. 20, 1741, d. Dec. 23, 1754; 71. Timothy, 5 b. Jan. 20, 1745; 72. 

James, 5 b. May 12, 1748, d. June n, 1754. 

Joshua Burr, the f., d. 1785. His will is dated Feb. 18, 1780. Proved 

at Weymouth, May 3, 1785. Estate appraised at ^702. His wid. was 

living in 1787. 

ELISHA BURR, 4 [26] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Sarah Bates, of Hingham, Dec. 25, 1735. Chil.: 

73. Sarah, 5 b. Oct. 3, 1736, d. Aug. 13, 1749; 74. Elisha, 6 b. May 



462 THE BURR FAMILY. 

5, 1738, d. in infancy; 75. Asa, 5 b. March n, 1740; 76. Mary, 5 b. Oct. 
15, 1743; 77. David,' b. Oct. 16, 1745; 78. Rachel,' bapt. April 10, 1748, 
m. David Belcher, April 22, 1778. 

Elisha Burr the f. d. at Hingham, May 20, 1778. His w. Sarah was 
then living. His will is dated Aug. 6, 1774. Proved at Boston, Oct. 23, 
1778. Estate appraised at ,£2,390. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

SIMON BURR, 5 [28] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Mary Carom, of Rehoboth, Dec. 8, 1763. There is no further mention 
of him in the Reho. Rec. 

ELISHA BURR, 5 [30] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Lydia Child, of Warren, R. I.; she was b. in Warren, 1731. Their 
chil. were: 

79. James," b. 1764; 80. Patience,' 5 b. 1766, d. Apr. 19, 1792. 

Elisha Burr d. in Rehoboth, Nov. 5, 1815, aet. 80 yrs.; his w. Lydia d. 
March 7, 1790, aet. 59 yrs. 

NATHANIEL BURR, 5 [32] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Desire Hazard, a Quakeress, of South Kingston, Nov. 3, 1771. Chil.: 
81. Caleb H., 6 b. 1773; 82. Ruth," b. Oct. 11, 1774. m. Samuel Lu- 
ther of Swansea, no chil., d. Jan. 8, 1850; 83. Simon,'' b. July 3, 1776, 
unm., d. Oct. 24, 1844; 84. Abigail," b. 1778, m. Samuel Luther, of N. 
Bridgewater, Mass., March 29, 1807, and had: I. Eliza; 2. Abbie ; 3. Mary; 
4. Ann; 5. Alonzo; 6. Adeline. Abigail, the mother, d. Sept. 3, 1S64, aet. 
86 yrs. 

85. Mary," unm., d. Feb. 1, 1S31; 86. Eliza," b. 17S5, unm., d. Dec. 
17, 1846. 

Nathaniel Burr d. Jan. 21, 181S, ret. 77; his w. Desire, Feb. 5, 1805, 
get. 58 (Tombst. Swansea b.-g.). 

DAVID BURR, 5 [34] of Rehoboth, Mass. 

His birth only was recorded at Rehoboth. He was a wheelwright by 
trade, and lived to a good old age. 

ISAAC BURR,' [35] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Rachel Bliss, of Rehoboth, Jan. 4, 1753. Chil : 

87. Lydia,' b. June 24, 1754, m. Moses Joy, of Rehoboth, Nov. 23, 
1775; 88. Isaac," b. Apr. 21, 1756; 89. Rachel,"!). Nov. 14, 1758; 90. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 463 

Hannah, 6 b. Mar. 16, 1761,111. Dec. 13, 1781, Samuel Smith, of Reho 
both; 91. Ephraim, 6 b. Feb. 6, 1764; 92. Lettis, 6 b. May 22, 1766, m. 
Chris. Carpenter, Dec. 25, 1788; 93. Olive," b. Dec. 22, 1768; 94. 
Cromwell, 6 b. Dec. 2, 1772. 

Capt. Isaac Burr the f. d. Feb. 3, 1776 (Rehoboth Rec). 

LEVI BURR, 5 [38] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Mary Olney, of Providence, R. I. Chil: 

95. James, 8 b. 1760; 96. Joseph"; 97. Benjamin. 6 

JOSHUA BURR, 6 [40] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

was a wheelwright in Rehoboth; m. Betsey Thayer, of Uxbridge, Mass. 
Chil.: 

98. George, 6 b. 1792; 99. Turner, 6 unm.; 100. David 6 ; 101. 
Eunice," m. Thomas Butler; 102. Susan, 6 111. Lemuel Brown; 103. 
Betsey," m. Isaac Snow; 104. Alice, 6 unm.; 105. Fanny, 6 m. John W. 
Dana. 

EZEKIEL BURR, 5 [41] of Providence, R. I., 

m. Alse Whipple. Chil.: 

106. Ezekiel, 6 b. Apr. 14, 1765; 107. Christopher, 6 lost at sea 
unm.; 108. William C." 

Ezekiel Burr the f. d. at Prov., May 30, 1777, aet. 37 yrs. (Fam. Rec), 
38 (Reho. Rec). Mrs. Burr d. Feb. 27, 1784, aet. 40 yrs. 

SHUBAEL BURR, 5 [46] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Betsey Miller, of Warren, Nov. 8, 1759. Chil.: 

109. Samuel, 6 b. May 6, 1761; no. Betsey, 6 b. June 17, 1763, unm., 
d Dec. 9, 1791; in. Sarah, 6 b. Sept. 14, 1764, d. Nov. 9. 1767; 112. 
Nathan Miller," b. Jan. 27, 1766; 113. Patience," b. Apr. 9, 1767, d. 
Dec. 2, 1768; 114. Sarah, 6 b. June 3, 1768, d. Nov. 20, 1769; 115. Isaiah, 6 
b. Apr. 25, 1770, d. May 30, 1802; 116. William T.," b. Mar. 27, 1771, 
d. Sept. 9, 1778; 117. Rebecca, 6 b. Aug. 4, 1772, d. Nov. 4, 1773. 

Shubael Burr d. Sept. 14, 1790. He was a tavern-keeper for many 
years at Warren, and his tavern, in the time of the Revolution, was widely 
known as the best hostelry in the Colonies. It stood in the turnpike lead- 
ing to Bristol, and was built originally for a dwelling-house. On the 25th 
of September, 1766, Shubael Burr bought, for 135 Spanish dollars, the lot 
adjoining, on which he built an addition to his tavern, comprising office, 
bar-room, and dining-room. The main building was a plain structure of 
wood, two stories high, with a piazza extending along the north end, on 



464 THE BURR FAMILY. 

which the door of the office opened. Perhaps no other building in the 
country sheltered so many of the notables of that day as did this. Wash- 
ington, Jefferson, Putnam, and many others of note were among its fre- 
quent guests. 

South of the tavern was a smooth, green lawn, called the "tavern lot," 
which was a favorite promenade of Washington when stopping at the inn. 
There he was often seen, pacing up and down, with his arms folded be- 
hind him and his brow knit in thought, revolving the grave problems of 
the country. It may be mentioned here as a matter of interest that in 1781 
the Treasurer of Rhode Island was directed to pay Shubael Burr ^"12 12s. 
oJ. for entertaining Gen. Washington and suite. 

Once during the war a troop of Hessians were its guests. Mrs. Burr 
fed them and cared for their wounds, in payment for which, when the 
milk was brought in at night, they seized it and swallowed the whole, first 
making her boy, Nathan, partake of it, to show that it was not poisoned. 

The Marquis de Chastellux was also entertained there during his tour 
in America, and mentions the fact in his Travels. He also alludes to the 
great size of Mrs. Burr and of her brother, Gen. Nathan Miller. 

For a whole century the tavern stood unchanged, replete with the tra- 
ditions and recollections of the past. It now (1S7S) forms two separate 
mansions. The original structure, removed and remodelled, is owned and 
occupied by Capt. D. B. Barton, whose wife is a direct descendant of 
Shubael Burr. 

SIMON BURR, 6 [47] of Warren, R. I. 

No record. I learn from a paper by John Troup Childs, Esq., of 
Warren, that he married, lived to be about 60 years of age, and d. leaving 
children. 

JOHN BURR, 5 [49] of Bridgewater, Mass., 

m. Sarah Turner, of Rehoboth, Aug. 13, 1746 (Rehoboth Rec. A history 
of Bridgewater says Sarah Powers — on what authority is not stated). Chil.: 

118. Sarah/' b. 1747; 119. William." 

He m. 2d, Mary Powers, and had chil. : 

120. Silence ; 121. Polly.' 

Mr. John Burr d. 1776. 

ELIJAH BURR/ [50] of Bridgewater, Mass., 

rem. early to Connecticut, and settled at Middletown, where he was an 
extensive merchant for many years. His tombstone in Middletown b.-g. 
bears this inscription : 

' In memory of Elijah Burr Mercht. son of Deacn. John Burr of 



INDEX. 



$77 



Perkins 160. 
Perrin 220, 230. 
Perry 135, 149. 
Perry man 179. 
Pierce 235. 
Pierson 222. 
Pinner 238. 
Pitkin 188. 
Plato 220. 

Plumb 15S, 170, 188 
Plummer 255. 
Poindexter 182. 
Poole 251. 

Porter 131, 197, 231. 
Post 238. 
Powell 167. 
Powers 194, 234. 
Powlus 249. 
Pratt 24S. 
Prevost 156. 
Price 142. 
Prout 230. 
Purdy 154, 159. 



Quick 236. 



R 



Randall 205, 234. 

Rankin 207. 

Raymond 197, 212. 

Read 179. 

Redfield 142, 198. 

Reed 174. 

Reeve 143, 210. 

Remington 248. 

Renaud 180. 

Revere 158. 

Reynolds 166, 175, 204, 

234. 
Richards 166, 230. 
Richmond 230. 
Rightmeyer 250. 
Riley 222, 
Robbins 157, 158. 
Roberts 209, 215. 

37 



Robertson 182, 187. 
Robinson 187, 194, 195. 
Rockwell 229. 
Root 155. 
Rose 229. 
Rowland 151. 
Ruggles 176. 
Runyon 221. 
Russell 157. 



Safford iSt. 

Sage 197. 

Sager 254. 

Salmon 246. 

Sanford 142, 171, 174, 210, 
229, 231. 

Sargent 212. 

Saunders 149. 

Savage 160, 176. 

Scarborough 181. 

Schofield 159. 

Schoonmaker 234, 250. 

Schulte 243. 

Scofield 166. 

Scott 201, 202. 

Scovill 244. 

Scribner 219. 

Scudder 173, 181. 

Sebrell 254. 

Seelye 256. 

Sellick 233. 

Sharpe 197. 

Shaw 237. 

Shean 177. 

Shedden 143. 

Shellinberger 197. 

Shelton 193, 220, 249 

Shepard 228. 

Sheridan 247. 

Sherman 157, 170, 187, 
218. 

Sherwood 134, 136, 148, 
155, 165, 168, 169, 173, 
177, 190, 193, 194, 201, 
203, 206, 222, 227, 229, 
230, 234, 244. 



Shipman 256. 

Short 193. 

Silliman 143, 148, 150, 152, 

155. 
Skidmore 239, 252. 
Slabac 212. 
Sloss 134. 
Smedley 140. 
Smith 158, 159, 164, 166, 

196, 206, 213, 229, 235. 
Smythe 163, 197. 
Sommers 237. 
Spaulding 236, 250. 
Speece 251. 
Squier 141. 
Squire 142, 152, 242. 
Squires 150. 
Stanley 146. 
Staples 173, 220, 224 
Starr 18S, 234. 
Sterling 194, 206, 207. 
Stevens 202, 207. 
Stever 222. 
Stillman 189. 
St. John 186. 
Stow 162. - 
Strong 135, 148, 168 
Sturgis 136, 144, 146, 152, 

157, 191, 231, 235, 243 
Summers 142. 
Sutton 209, 251. 
Sweet 181. 
Swift 220. 
Sylvester 157. 
Symons 194. 



Tallman 233. 

Tate 181. 

Taylor 160, 165, 167, 186, 

198, 199, 201, 222, 228, 

229, 233, 245. 
Terry 230. 

Thomas 157, 186, 205, 215. 
Thompson 180, 181 , 252. 
Thorne 195. 
Thorp 150, 225. 



578 



INDEX. 



Thorpe 179, 202. 

Thrasher 197. 

Tibbals 218. 

Tichenor 244. 

Todd 231. 

Tomlinson 213. 

Toucey 167. 

Townsend 230, 253. 

Tracy 176/ 

Treadwell 133, 229, 231. 

Treganovan 187. 

Truesdale 141 . 

Tuttle r73, 230, 232, 233. 

Turner 189. 

Turney 140, 142, 146, 150, 

228. 
Tweedy 164. 
Twitchell 220. 



U 



U fiord 195. 
Upton 163. 



V 



Valentine 247. 
Vanalstine 249. 
Vandereau 181. 
Vandervoort 238. 



Van Duyn 217. 
Vanheraten 179. 
Van Wickle 199. 
Vaughan 257. 
Vaun 191. 
Vermyle 231. 
Viele 210, 
Voorhees 167. 

W 

Wakeley 178, 21 1. 
Wakeman 131, 134, 140, 

147, 148, 159. 190. 2 °5. 

251, 252. 
Wales 154. 
Walker 211. 
Waller 194. 
Walsh 250. 

Ward 131-134, 154. 230 
Wardwell 227. 
Warner 187. 
Warren 157, 158. 
Way 181. 
Wayland 24S. 
Webb 245. 
Weeks 178. 
Wells 199, 210. 
Wharen 219. 



Wheeler 131, 134, 148, 151, 
154, 160, 172, 218, 231, 
232. 

Whelpley 135. 

White 164, 169, 186. 

Whitlock 151, 229. 

Wiatt 182. 

Wiches 167. 

Wicks 173. 

Wilcox 157. 

Williams 157. 

Wilson 147, 165, 191, 204, 

257- 
W 7 inton 196. 
Wolsey 189. 
Wood 161, 163, 201. 
Woodbridge 160. 
Wooster 192. 
Worden 164, 168. 
Wright 198. 
Wynkoop 136. 



Yale 246. 

Young 167, 182. 211, 218, 

255- 
Youngs 252. 



HARTFORD BRANCH 
PART I. 



Aaron 2S4, 292, 306, 335, 

M. 348, 356, 399- M. 

400, J. 442. 
Abby M. 361, 382. 
Abi 284, 2gr. 
Abigail 280, 282, 283, 291, 

319, 320, 324, 329, 331, 

356. 
Abijali 293, 321. 
Aimer 367. 
Abraham 291. 
Ada 344- 



Adaline M. 320, 348, 409, 

410. 
Adda M. 422. 
Addie I'. 345, 364, E. 

434- 
Adela J. 390. 
Adelbert H. 356. 
Adelia 353. 

Adeline 357, M. F. 416. 
Adolphus, 319. 
Agatha W. 437. 
Agnes 408. 
Alanson 311. 
Albert 332, 336, 358, 368, 



389, 392, 41S, 425, 426, 

450. 
Albion B. 374. 
Alda V. 370. 
Alexander J. 336. 
Alfred E. 305, 329, 399, 

430, 431, 433, 436, 443. 
Algernon A. 365. 
Alice C. 371, 380, 382, 388, 

408, 423, 427, 431, 442, 

446. 
Allen 300, 363, 447. 
Allison I). 370. 
Alma 354. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 465 

Bridgewater in the Massachusetts state, who died at Middletown the 
place of his residence for many years, Janry. 15th A.D. 1780 in the 54 
year of his age. 

" Behold thou hast made my days as a hands breadth and mine age is 
as nothing before thee, Verily every man at his best state is altogether 
vanity." 

JONATHAN BURR, 6 [52] of Bridgewater, Mass., 

m., 1754, Martha Cudworth. Chil.: 

122. Martha, 6 b. Jan. 5, 1755 ; 123. Israel, 6 b. 1756 ; 124. Elijah," 
b. Feb. 28, 1757 ; 125. Jonathan, 6 b. Jan. 20, 1759 ; 126. Martha, 6 b. 
Sept. 21, 1761 ; 127. Luther, 6 b. Apr. 7, 1764; 128. Martin, 6 b. Nov. 
19, 1766 ; 129. John, 6 b. May 17, 1769 ; 130. Calvin, 6 b. Jan. 21, 1772 ; 
131. Ruth, 6 b. July 15, 1775, d. in inf. ; 132. Ruth, 6 b. Feb. 15, 1777 ; 
133. David, 6 b. Apr. 21, 1783. 

Mrs. Martha Burr d. Dec. 12, 1791, and Jonathan Burr m. 2d, Lydia, 
dau. of Samuel Kinsley, 1792 ; he d. 1797 ; his will is dated Jan. 17, 1797, 
proved Feb. 6, 1797. "Martha Cudworth was well born. She belonged 
to the armigerous family of the Cudworths (Arms ; Azure, a fesse ermi- 
nois between three demi lions rampant, or. Crest : On a mount vert, an 
arm couped at the elbow erect vested erminois, holding in the hand, pro- 
per, a battle-axe, handle sa. headed, or, Vis. of Lane, 1613), being the 
daughter and co-heiress of Israel Cudworth of Scituate, who died before 
1742. Her grandfather was Nathaniel Cudworth of Scituate, who was liv- 
ing in 1718, when he was appointed administrator on his father's estate. 
Her great-grandfather was Jonathan Cudworth of Scituate, 2nd son of 
James Cudworth, of Scituate, Esq., ' General and Commander-in-chief of 
all the forces that are or may be sent forth against the enemy,' 1675 (King 
Philip's War) ; Deputy Governor of Plymouth, 1681 ; Colonial Agent to 
England, i68i,etc." Chauncey R. Burr. 

SETH BURR, 6 [53] of Bridgewater, Mass., 
a soldier of the Revolution. Enlisted June 1, 1776, in Capt. Matthew 
Randall's company, Col. Thomas Marshal's Reg't. Died intestate before 
July 11, 1797, when his son Seth Burr of Norton was app. administrator 
on estate. 

M. 1753, Charity, elder dau. of Samuel Packard of Bridgewater. Chil.: 
133a. Seth 6 ; 133b. Silence, 6 d. Mar. 20, 1780, ae. 26 yrs. 

EPHRAIM BURR, 6 [54] of Easton, Mass., 

rem. from Bridgewater to Easton about 1765. He was Lieut, of the 5th 

Co. of Foot, 3d Regt., Bristol Co. Militia, 1776 ; Captain, 1777 ; at Valley 
3° 



466 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Forge, 1778; in the field from Jan. 1, 1777, to Sept. 10, 1779 ; d. by his 
own hand Sept. 1, 1786. Bro. Jonathan Burr, administrator. M., 
Susanna, 4th dau. of Jos. Alger of Bridgewater. Chil.: 

133c. Molly, b. 1756; 133d. Phoebe, b. 1758, m. 1st, John Foster, 
and 2d, Copeland of Faston. 

JONATHAN BURR, 5 [57] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Hannah Bates, Jan. 30, 1759. Chil.: 

134. Charles," b. Aug. 31, 1759 ; 135. Warren, 6 bapt. Sept. 20, 

1761 ; 136. Hannah/' bapt. Jan. 29, 1764, m. Lincoln, and rem. to 

Maine ; 137. Joseph," bapt. Aug. 19, 1770. 

Jonathan Burr d. at Hingham, Dec. 17, 1804, aet. 78 years. Hannah, 
his wid., d. Sept. 29, 1806. 

JOHN BURR, 5 [58] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Emma Cushing, of Hingham, Jan. 1, 1755. Chil.: 

137a. Samuel"; 138. John, 6 b. Oct. 9, 1755 ; 139. Levi," b. June 
1, 1757 ; 140. Cushing", 6 b. Jan. 21, 1759 ; 140a. Emma, b. 1762, living 
in Hingham in 1854 ; 141. Theophilus, 6 b. Oct. 6, 1761 ; 142. Perez," 
b. Nov. 1, 1763 ; 143. Robert," b. Oct. 13, 1767 ; 144. Waterman, 8 b. 
Oct. 13, 1767 ; 145. Laban," b. Feb. 5, 1773. 

John Burr d. Feb. 11, 1790 ; Emma, his wid., d. Dec. 21, 1805, ast. 77 
yrs. 

THOMAS BURR, 5 [60] of Hingham, 

m. Margaret, dau. of the first Hawkes Fearing, of Hingham, Aug. 22, 1759. 
Chil.: 

146. Thomas," b. Nov. 15, 1759; 147. Peggy, 6 b. Apr. 13, 1765 ; 
148. Meriel,' b. Feb. 4, 1771, unm., d. July 31, 181 1 ; 140. Matthew," 
b. Aug. n, 1773; 150. Fearing," b. June 12, 1778. 

He was present at the surrender of Fort William Henry in 1757, also at 
the surrender of Fort Frontenac in 1758. In the winter of 1776-7, he was 
first lieutenant of a company of 37 men that left Hingham on the 19th of 
December for New York and New Jersey, to take part in the great 
struggle for national independence. He passed through the war safely, 
and after filling various important offices, both elective and appointed, he 
d. at Hingham, Sept. 23, 181 2. 

SAMUEL BURR, 5 [62] of Hingham, 
unm., d. at Hingham, May 27, 1797. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 467 

TIMOTHY BURR, 5 [71] of Cohasset, Mass., 

m. Leavitt. Chil.: 

151. Elizabeth," m. Hezekiah Beal, of Hing., July 25, 1787 ; 152. 
Nathan 6 ; 152a. Peter 6 ; 152b. Joshua, 6 b. June 23, 1768; 152c. 
Japhet 6 ; I52d. Martin 6 ; and four daus., names not given. 

ASA BURR, 5 [75] of Hingham, Mass., 
m. Roda Bates, of Hing., May 28, 1761. There is no further rec. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [77] of Hingham, 

m. Mary Fearing, June 12, 1775. Chil.: 

153. Elisha, 6 bapt. Oct. 20, 1776 ; 154. David, 6 bapt. Nov. 8, 1778; 
155- Mary, 6 bapt. March 11, 1781, m. Isaac Sprague, Sept. 2, 1809 ; 156. 
Lincoln, 6 bapt. Jan. 19, 17S3, d. in infancy; 157. Lincoln, 6 bapt. July 
2, 1786 ; 158. Rachel, 6 b. 1788, d. Aug. 30, 1812, ret. 24. 

David the f. d. at Hingham, Nov. 3, 1814. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [79] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Betsey Watson, of Barrington, R. I., 1799. Chil. : 

159. Lydia C., 7 b. June 3, 1801, m. Jan. 1, 1836, Rev. Ethan Allen, 
of Londonderry, Vt., and had chil.: I. Hetiry J. IF., b. Jan. 2, 1840, m. 
Sophia Purden of W. Phila., and has one dau., Maria P. He is a grad. 
of Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y.; and a clergyman of the Epis. Ch. 2. 
Alexander V. G., b. May 4, 1841, m. Elizabeth K. Stone, of Cambridge, 
Mass., a granddaughter of Chancellor Kent; has two chil.: 1. Henry V., 
and 2. John. He is a grad. of Kenyon Coll., O., and of Andover Theo. 
Sem. 3. Adelaide, b. Apr. 10, 1843. 

Rev. Ethan Allen was an Episcopal clergyman and a grad. of Brown 
Univ. He studied theology with Bishop Meade of Va., and afterward 
with Bishop Whitehouse of New York. His first parish was at Otis, Mass., 
where he remained ten years; from Otis he removed to Nantucket, Mass., 
where he also spent ten years. At the expiration of that time he rem. to 
Guilford, Vt., where he d. May 19, 1867. His wid. and dau. Adelaide 
now (1878) res. at Rehoboth, Mass. 

160. Betsey W., 7 b. Sept., 1803; 161. James, 7 b. Oct., 1807, unm; 
a sailor. 

James Burr the f. d. Sept. 10, 181 1, set. 47 yrs. 



468 THE BURR FAMILY. 

CALEB H. BURR, 6 [81] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Martha Bullock, of Rehoboth. Chil.: 

162. Martha W., 7 b. July 25, 1802, m. Edwin Peck, Dec. 2, 1822; 
163. Raymond, 7 b. Nov. 13, 1805; 164. Mary A., 7 b. June 30, 1807, m. 
Wilbur Bosworth, of Rehoboth; had one son, Stephen, who d. . 

165. Julia A., 7 b. Dec. 20, 1809, d. set. 20, unm. 

ISAAC BURR, [88] of Rehoboth, Mass., 

m. Molly Wheeler, of Rehoboth, Feb. 6, 1776. Chil.: 

166. Sylvanus, 7 b. Nov. 24, 1776 (Nov. 20, 1775, Fam. Rec); 167. 
Lyndon, 7 b. July 24. 1778; 168. Lydia, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1780; 169. Ben- 
jamin, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1782; 170. Rachel, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1784; 171. Hannah, 7 
b. Jan. 13, 1786; 172. Molly, 7 b. Nov. 4, 1787, m. Hollis K. Jenks, of 
Attleboro, Apr. n, 1813 ; 173. Isaac, 7 b. Aug. 19, 1789 ; 174. Betsey, 7 
b. Mar. 28, 1791; 175. Patience, 7 b. July 28, 1792; 176. Sally, 7 b. Apr. 
6, 1794, m. Aurah Whittaker, Mar. 27, 1816 ; 177. Olive, 7 b. Aug. 21, 
1796, m. Capt. Jos. Northern, Nov. 27, 1S15. (Rehoboth Rec.) 

EPHRAIM BURR, 6 [91] of Putney, Vt., 
m. Freelove Wheeler, of Rehoboth, Dec. 14, 1 791 ; no rec. of chil. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [95] of Providence, R. I., 

m. 1st, Deborah Keene. Chil.: 

178. James 7 ; 179. Henry 7 ; 180. Charles 7 ; 181. Mary 7 ; 182. 
Charlotte 7 ; 183. Deborah 7 ; 184. Laura 7 ; 185. Cynthia. 7 

And 2d, Mrs. Hannah Fields, who had one son: 

186. Edward. 7 

GEORGE BURR, 6 [98] of Providence, R. I., 

m. Nancy L. Dana; they reared a fam. of six chil., all of whom are dead. 
He was living in Prov. in 1878, at the age of 85; a blacksmith, and deacon 
in the Baptist Ch. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [lOO] of Providence, R. I., 
m. Henrietta Thorpe; no rec. of chil. 

EZEKIEL BURR, 6 [106] of Providence, R. I., 

m. Lydia, dau. of Samuel Yates, of Newport, R. I., b. May 6, 1766. Chil.: 

187. Christopher, 7 b. May 19, 1787; 188. Julia Ann, 7 b. Sept. 10, 
1789, d. June 25, 1875, m. Charles Hodges ; chil.: I. Charles, m. Louisa 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 469 

Bigelow; 2. Frances, 3. Mary, m. Homer Hurst; 4. Ezekiel, 5. Harriet 
Eliza, 6. Stephen, 7. Louis, m. Mary Morse; 8. Harriet, 9. Eugene. 

189. Fanny, 7 b. Feb. n, 1792, d. June 3, 1866, m. William Rea; chil.: 
I. Edwin, 2. Albert, m. Mary Brown; 3. William, m. Anna Vinton; 4. 
James, 5. Frances Rebecca. 

Lydia (Yates) Burr, the mother, d. Dec. 21, 1852. Ezekiel, the f., d. 
May 15, 1846 ; he followed the trade of a gold and silver smith in Provi- 
dence for many years. 

WILLIAM C. BURR, 6 [108] of Providence, R. I., 

m. . Their chil. were : 

190. Stephen 7 ; 191. William 7 ; 192. Aaron 7 ; 193. Mary A. 7 ; 
194. Louisa. 7 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [109] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Nancy Champlain. Chil.: 

195. Nancy 7 ; 196. Samuel C. 7 ; 197. Peter 7 ; 198. Shubael 7 ; 
199. William T., 7 unm., was lost at sea. 

NATHAN MILLER BURR, 6 [112] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Lydia Adams, Nov. 30, 1788. Chil.: 

200. Betsey M., 7 b. at Pittston, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1791, m. John Troup 
Childs, and d. without issue at Warren, R. I., Sept., 1852 ; 201. James 
A., 7 b. at Warren, Dec. 24, 1793, was lost at sea before 1810, no issue; 
202. Nathan M., 7 b. Dec. 24, 1795 ; 203. John F., 7 b. Aug. 19, 1799, 
d. 1814. 

Nathan Burr m. 2d, Lucy, eldest dau. of Ephraim and Thankful Wil- 
lard, of Taunton, and had chil.: 

204. Ephraim Willard, 7 b. March 7, 1809; 205. Mary N., 7 b. Dec. 
12, 1810, m. Nov. 25, 1838, Nathaniel Drown, and has chil.: I. Albert N., 
b. Dec. 9, 1839, m. May 10, 187 1, Virginia Cullen, of Richmond, Va., and 
has chil.: 1. Archer, b. Sept. 14, 1873; 2. Willard, b. Dec. 17, 1874. He 
res. in San Francisco, Cal. 2. Frank S., b. Nov. 5, 1842, m. Mary E. 
Martin, of Warren, no chil., res. in Pawtucket, R. I. Mrs. Drown res. at 
Warren, R. I. 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [119] of Bridgewater, Mass., 
m. , and d. young, leaving a daughter. 

ISRAEL BURR, 6 [123] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Ames of Bridgewater, 1779, and had chil.: 
206. Ansel 7 ; 207. Patty 7 ; 208. Jonathan 7 ; 209. Hannah 7 ; 



470 THE BURR FAMILY. 

210. Israel'; 211. Ames,' b. in Worthington, Jan. 18, 1793; 212. 
Sybil 7 ; 213. Sophia 7 ; 214. Phebe. 7 

Israel Burr d. at Worthington, Mass., Jan. 12, 1827, ret. 71 yrs. He 
was a corporal in Capt. Daniel Lothrop's Artillery Co. at the battle of 
Banker Hill, and selectman of Worthington, 1793. Hannah, his wid., d. 
Dec. 12, 1834, ?et. 78 yrs. 

ELIJAH BURR/ [124] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. in 1789, Olive, dau. of Thomas Ames. Their chil. were: 

215. Horace, 7 b. Dec. 6, 1792 ; 216. Jonathan, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1794; 

217. Polly, 7 b. 1794, d. July 1, 180S ; 217a. Elijah, 7 b. 1798; 217b. 

Olive, 7 b. 1799, d. May 18, 1813 ; 217c. Charles, 7 b. Nov. 19, 1804; 

2l7d. David, 7 b. Mar. 27, 180S. 

Elijah Burr enlisted in Abram Washburn's Co. May 2, 1778, again 

July 1, 1778, and in Capt. Nathan Packard's Co. July 23, 1780. He also 

served in the war of 181 2. He d. at Worthington, Apr. n, 1813. His 

wid., Olive, rem. to her son's at Michigan City, Ind., and d. there Aug. 

27, 1839, Kt - 7 2 years. 

REV. JONATHAN BURR/' [125] of Sandwich, Mass., 

" Grad. at Harv. Coll., in 1784, installed minister of First Cong. Ch., 
Sandwich, Mass., Apr. 17, 1787. He m. 1st, Sally, dau. of Rev. Samuel 
Cooke, of Cambridge, July, 1787, who d. Mar. 9, 1788. He m. 2d, Sarah, 
dau. of Dr. Thomas Smith, of Sandwich, Oct., 1788, who survived him 
and d. Sept. 28, 1847, set. 82 yrs. Mr. Burr d. in Sandwich, Aug. 2, 1842, 
of small-pox. 

" He was a fine scholar, an estimable man, and a faithful minister. 
In the cause of education his influence was widely felt, and many after- 
ward distinguished in life have acknowledged him as their accomplished 
preceptor. Numbers of highly respectable clergymen pursued their early 
theological studies under his direction. He died without issue. He was 
descended from Rev. Jonathan, minister at Dorchester, 1640." (From 
Freeman's " Hist, of Cape Cod," vol. i., p. 644.) 

' Was also one of the founders of Sandwich Academy, M. A. Brown 
Univ., 1805, and author of 'A Latin Grammar.' Enlisted in Continental 
army, July 25, 1778, again 30 July, 1780." — Dr. Burr. 

LUTHER BURR/' [127] of Mercer, Me., 

m. Jane, 2d dau. of Nathan Howard, of Bridgewater. A des. through her 
mother — Sarah Latham — of Mary Chilton of Mayflower fame. They 
had five chil.: 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 47 1 

218. Heman M., 7 b. June 30, 1785 , 219. Luther, 7 b. Sept. 30, 
1789; 220. Jane H., 7 b. Sept. 4, 1787, m. Jos. Cutler, of Mercer; 221. 
Martin, 7 b. Apr. 26, 1792; 222. Charles Chauncey, 7 b. Feb. 28, 1796, 
at Leicester, Mass. All b. at Bridgewater except the youngest, who was 
b. at Leicester, Mass. He was a soldier of the Revolution, private, Capt. 
John Ames Company, Major Elijah Cary's Reg't. In the field July 30, 
1780-Aug. 9, 1780. Removed to Mercer, about 1804, when Proprietors 
of Kennebec Purchase deeded to him 100 acres on Sandy River. Repre- 
sentative in Maine Legislature of 182 1 for Starks and Mercer. Concern- 
ing Luther the f., a grandson, now a wealthy resident of Boston, writes: 
" He was a Universalist early in life, and later a devoted Methodist, and 
never too busy to hold an argument on the subject of religion." Another 
grandson writes that he was a teacher as well as farmer, and a man of broad 
culture and very good abilities. Hed. Mar. 6, 1836; his w. Jane d. in 1847. 

Jane Cutler [220] had chil. : I. Caroline, m. Eastman Thompson; 2. 
Elmira, m. Jonas B. Whittier; 3. Emily, m. Albert Gordon; 4. William, 
m. Martha C. Burr. 

MARTIN BURR, 8 [128] , 

emigrated early to New Hampshire, m., and d. soon after the birth of two 
daughters. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [129] of Buckhannon, W. Va., 

m. Mary Copeland, of Bridgewater. Is spoken of as a " trader " in Bridge- 
water, 1798, and a "yeoman" at Easton, 1800. Is said to have rem. to 
Buckhannon, Upshur Co., W. Va., where he d. 1850. Their chil were: 

223. Betsey, 7 b. 1793, at Bridgewater, Mass., m. 181 1, Ebenezer 
Leonard, and d. 1855; 224. John Jay, 7 b. 1795, at Bridgewater, Mass.; 
225. Martin C., 7 b. 1798, at Bridgewater, Mass.; 226. Mary, 7 b. 1800, 
m. 1819, William Bradley; 227. Martha, 7 b. 1804, m. Linus Root, and 
rem. to. 111.; 228. Elbridge Gerry, 7 b. 181 1, in Worthington, Mass.; 
229. Louisa, 7 b. 1815, m. Daniel S. Haselden, 1834, d. in 1862. 

John Burr d. 1850, in Virginia, leaving a large estate. 

CALVIN BURR, 6 [130] of Worthington, Mass., 

m., 1796, Betsey, dau. of Thomas Ames. Had one son: 

230. Franklin 7 ; perhaps others. 
Calvin Burr d. at Worthington about 1847. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [133] of Litchfield, Me., 

m. . Chil.: 

231. Jonathan, 7 m. and res. at Gardiner, Me.; 232. William,' m. 



472 THE BURR FAMILY. 

and res. at Gardiner, Me. ; 233. David, 7 a Bapt. minister, no record ; 

234. Martha, 7 m. Golding, res. at Framingham, Mass. 

David the f. d. at Litchfield, . 

CHARLES BURR," [134] of Brewer, Me., 

m. May 24, 1795, Polly Holyoke, of Brewer. He with his younger bro., 
Joseph, early emigrated to the wilderness of Maine, and was one of the 
first to settle in what is now the vicinity of the city of Bangor. Concern- 
ing this migration, a member of the family writes: "The exact date of 
their coming I cannot give, but think it was between 1785-90. ... As 
to their trades, Charles was a Hingham bucket-and-sugar-box-maker, that 
being the principal trade of almost all Hinghamites in those days. Joseph 
was a house-carpenter. Charles was a very strict disciplinarian of the old 
Puritan type, was a constant supporter of the Congregational order of 
faith, and was always, politically, a Jeffersonian Democrat, as were all his 
chil., male and female. They raised a family of ten children " : 

235. Charles, 7 d. in infancy; 236. Warren, 7 b. Mar. 22, 1798; 
237. Caleb, 7 b. Apr. 7, 1800; 238. Edward, 7 b. May 5, 1802 ; 239. 
Mary A. 7 m. Watson Holbrook, a farmer; she is now living, get. 81 yrs.; 
her chil. are: I. Charles Watson, b. August, 1S33 ; 2. yames, now in 
California, dept. sheriff ; 3. y ohn C, unm., a merchant in Brewer ; 4. 
Samuel B., unm., a sea captain; 5- Anne, unm. 

240. Hannah, 7 m. Calvin Wiswell, a farmer. She res. in Holden, 
Me. Chil.: I. Mary £., b. Oct. 23, 1833; 2. Francis Wiley, b. Jan. 5, 
1S36, unm., a lawyer in California; 3. Richard Henry, b. May 20, 1838, a 
farmer in California; 4. Hiram Morey, b. Nov. 27, 1842, unm., a farmer 
in Holden, Me. 

241. Gerry, 7 b. Mar. 1, 1809; 242. Samuel, 7 b. July 6, 1S12; 243. 
Andros 7 ; 244. Richard 7 ; 245. Charles, 7 b. May 14, 1S18. 

Charles the f. d. at Brewer, Aug. 7, 1820. His wid., Polly, d. Feb. 7, 
1849. 

WARREN BURR, 6 [135] of Hingham, Mass., 

succeeded to the old homestead in Hingham, where he d. about 1820, 
without heirs. 

JOSEPH BURR," [137] of Brewer, Me., 

early removed to Brewer and settled on the east bank of Penobscot River, 
near the site of the present city of Bangor. M. Sally Proctor Gould, 
March 26, 1797, who was b. in Marblehead, Mass., Feb. 2, 1775. Their 
chil. were : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 473 

246. Joseph B., 7 b. Aug. 15, 1798; 247. Jonathan, 7 b. Dec. 7, 
1799, d. Aug. 6, 1843, m Brewer ; 248. Sally R., 7 b. Sept. 30, 1801 ; 249. 
William P., 7 b. Feb. 16, 1804, d. July 28, 1835 ; 250. Ann Eliza G., 7 
b. Oct. 2, 1805 ; 251. Mary Eleanor, 7 b. March 22, 1808 ; 252. Hiram, 7 
b. Oct. 9, 1810 ; 253. Martha, 7 b. Jan. 25, 1813, d. Jan. 30, 1813 ; 254. 
Martha Bates, 7 b. Feb. 5, 1814; 255. Harriet N., 7 b. Feb. 5, 1816 ; 
256. Benjamin, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1820. 

Martha Bates 7 [254] m. Richard Winslow, a sea captain. Chil. : I. 

Henry R., m. ; 2. Sarah, who m. Daniel S. Tibbitts, and res. in 

Brewer ; 3. Melvina, m. J. Terrill, a lawyer, practising in Washington, 

D. C. ; 4. Annie, m. Renshaw, a civil engineer, of Washington, D. C; 

5. Amelia, unm. ; 6. James, m. Addie Walton, and res. in Brewer ; 7. 
Albert, who m. Nellie Downs ; 8. "John H., a sea captain. 

Harriet N. 7 [255] rn. Ard. Godfrey, of Orono, Me., and rem. to Minne- 
apolis, Minn. Chil. : I. Helen, b. Feb. 20, 1839, m. Mark T. Berry, of 
Minn. ; 2. John R., d. in inf. ; 3. Laura, d. in inf. ; 4. Abner C, b. Aug. 
7, 1843, m. Viola A. Shipley, of Minn. ; 5« Sarah Catherine, b. June 24, 
1847 I 6. Harriet R., b. May 30, 1849 ; "}. Martha Annie, b. July 29, 
1851 ; 8. Sarah C, b. March 19, 1854; 9. Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1857 ; 10. 
Minnie, b. Nov. 1, 1857. 

This family left Maine, Oct. 17, 1848, for Minnesota, which was then 
largely a wilderness. Harriet R. Godfrey was the first white girl b. in the 
State. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [138] of Hingham, Mass., 
m. Sarah Cushing, June 26, 1783. There is no rec. of chil. 

LEVI BURR, 6 [139] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Susanna Stowers, March 13, 1783. Chil. : 

257. Susanna, 7 b. Feb. 21, 1786 ; 258. Lydia S., 7 b. Sept. 29, 1788, 
m. Justin Ripley, Oct. 30, 1808. Chil. : I. Lydia A., b. July 24, 18 10, m. 
William Foster, Nov. 19, 1831 ; 2. Mary L., b. Apr. 26, 1812, m. Levi 
Corthill, Oct. 7, 1846 ; 3. Susanna B., b. Apr. 26, 1815, m. Moses Sprague, 
Aug. 22, 1843 '■> 4- Justin, b. Apr. 7, 1817, m. Deborah Fearing, Aug. 27, 
1819, res. in Hingham, Mass. ; 5» Maria, b. Nov. 12, 1824, d. Sept. 27, 
1826 ; 6. Levi Burr, b. Aug. 29, 1826, m. Dec. 26, 1852, Clarissa 
Sprague ; 7- David, b. Apr. 30, 1830, m. Mary Leeds, of Dorchester, 
Mass., d. 1890. 

259. Deborah, 7 b. March 6, 1790; 260. Polly, 7 b. Nov. 24, 1794; 
261. Mary L., 7 b. March 13, 1799 ; 262. Hannah W., 7 b. March 13, 
1799. 



474 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Levi the f ., " a soldier of the Revolution," as he is called in the records, 
d. March 21, 1839, ret. 82 yrs. 

Another Levi appears in Hingham at this time, of whose parentage I 
have no rec. ; he is called Levi, Jr., and m. Deborah Loring, May 27, 
1789, and had chil. : 

263. Loring - ,' b. Jan. 18, 1790; 264. Leah, 7 b. Nov. 15, 1 791 ; 
265. Levi,' b. Jan. 13, 1794, d. Sept. 5, 1817 ; 266. Lucy, 7 b. July 6, 
1796 ; 267. Leonard, 7 b. Aug. 8, 179S ; 268. Henry, 7 b. June 16, 1801 ; 
269. Henrietta, 7 b. July 6, 1804, d. Nov. 17, 1806. 

The only other Levi named in the records is the son of Jonathan and 
Mary, b. March, 1738. 

In the parish rec, Oct. 4, 1741, is recorded the death of Levi Burr, 
set. 4 yrs. It is probable, however, that the two were not identical, and 
that Levi, the son of Jonathan, grew to manhood, m. and had a son, 
Levi, Jr., as above, although I find no record of the fact. 

CUSHING BURR, 6 [140] of Hingham, Mass., 
m. Lydia dishing, of Hingham, Apr. 21, 1791. No rec. of chil. 

THEOPHILUS BURR, 6 [141] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Sally Waters, of Hingham, Nov. 21, 1790. Chil.: 

270. John, 7 b. June 5, 1791 ; 271. Waters, 7 b. Aug. 31, 1793, d. Apr. 
29, 1819 ; 272. Theophilus, 7 b. July 30, 1795 5 2 73- Sally, 7 b. July 27, 
1S00, m. Dec. 6, 1821, Alson Studley, and d. Apr. 16, 1882. Chil. were : 
I. Waters Burr, b. Jan. 5, 1824, d. Sept. 30, 1837 ; 2. Emma Burr, b. 
Dec. 13, 1825, m. Nathaniel W. Robinson, Aug. 6, 1844 ; 3. John Henry, 
b. Oct. 29, 1828, m. Cordelia Millen, May, 1850 ; 4. Joseph Alson, b. June 
8, 1 S3 2 ; 5. Sarah Abby, b. Jan. 14, 1836, m. Luther Davis, May 6, 1858 ; 
6. Cornelius Waters, b. Oct. 26, 1837, m. Catherine P. Trask, May 22, 
1862 ; 7. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. William P. Pierce, Dec. 6, 
1862 ; 8. William Burr, b. July 5, 1842. 

Emma Burr (2) had seven chil.: 1. Emma Comfort, b. Nov. 27, 1845, 
d. Oct. 14, 1847 ; 2. Emma Frances, b. Apr. 23, 1849, m. Darius G. Alden, 
May 10, 1876, two chil.: 1. Frederick A. and 2. Emma Comfort ; 3. 
Arthur Wadleigh, b. Oct. 13, 1852, d. Dec. 11, 1854; 4. Arthur Henry, b. 
Aug. 25, 1S56, d. Jan. 17, 1858; 5. Arthur Willie, b. Apr. 30, 1S59, m. 
Mary L. Walker, June 1, 1882, she d. Feb. 6, 1886 ; 6. Henry Wadleigh, 
b. Jan. 3, 186 1 ; 7. Edwin Chase, b. Oct. 27, 1865, d. Dec. 6, 1872. 

John H. (3) had chil.: 1. John Henry, Jr., b. June 27, 1852, m. Apr. 
25, 1877, Dora Norton, and has one child, Elizabeth D., b. 1878 ; 2. Nettie 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 475 

Cordelia, b. Oct. 31, 1856, d. May 14, 1873 ; 3. Carrie Mil/en, b. Apr. 24, 
1858, m. Charles Stockbridge, Jan. 6, 1886 ; 4. Grace Robinson, b. May 5, 
1861, m. Charles B. Spencer, Dec. 5, 1889, has chil. : 1. Ruth M., and 2. 
Mabel S. 

Sarah A. Davis (5) had chil.: 1. Lizzie Studley, b. Nov. 17, 1889 ; 2. 
Caroline Tabor, dec. ; 3. Richard Alson, 4. Helen Gertrude, b. Jan. 8, 
1872. 

Cornelius W. (6) had chil. : 1. Elizabeth Prentiss, b. Jan. 8, 1863 ; 2. 
Kate Warner. 

Mary Elizabeth Pierce (7) had chil. : 1. Susanna P., b. Sept., 1863 ; 
2. Sarah Burr, b. Apr., 1865 ; 3. Nellie, b. Jan., 1867. 

274. Elijah, 7 b. May 25, 1802; 275. Robert,' b. May 22, 1804; 
276. William, 7 b. June 22, 1806 ; 277. Emma C., 7 b. June 16, 1808, m. 

Charles Bacon, has chil. : I. Carrie, m. Philbrook ; 2. Ellen, m. 

Samuel Jameson ; 3. Lilla. 

278. Mehitable, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1812, m. Charles Seymour, Oct., 1837, 
has chil. : I. Charles, 2. Mehitable, and 3. Martha. 

279. Pyam, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1819. 

Theophilus Burr d. June 13, 1835 ; his wid. Sally d. July 2, 1843, aet. 
69 yrs. (Hingham Rec). 

LABAN BURR, 6 [145] of Charleston, III., 

m. 1st Prudence Prentiss (b. at Winchenden, Mass., Oct. 4, 1779 ; d. at 
Langdon, N. H., Nov. 13, 1809). Chil. : a dau. unnamed. 279a. Emma 
Cushing, 7 b. Jan. 4, 1841, at Rockingham, Vt., d. Cincinnati, O., July 23, 
1823. M. Darius Davenport. Chil.: I. Harriet, 2. Darius, and 3* 

Cerene ; 279b. Prudence, 7 b. at Langdon, N. H., Dec. 19, 1802, m. 

Stocking, no chil., d. Sept. 1824; 279c. Laban, Jr. 7 b. Dec. 22, 1804; 
279d. Elizabeth Wales, 7 b. July 7, 1807, m. 1st James Dickson, and 
2d John Saunders, by him had I. Annie, who m. William Ritchey and had 
9 chil. : viz. 1. Annie Lee, 2. Robert Bruce, 3. John Burr, 4. Alary Eliza- 
beth, 5. Margaret Prentiss, 6. William, 7. Campbell, 8. Allan, 9. Alexander 
Ream ; 279c Samuel Prentiss, 7 b. Sept. 8, 1809 ; Mr. Burr's wife 
Prudence d. Langdon, N. H., Nov. 13, 1809, and he m., 2d, Betsey Gould, 
b. at Petersham, Mass., May 22, 1786; their chil. were : 279f. Elvira 
Elizabeth, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1814, unm.; 279g. Mary Ann, 7 b. Sept. 18, 1815, 
m. Calvin Smith; 279I1. Nancy Caroline, 7 b. 1817, m. James Clark, d. near 
Paris, 111., 1853 ; 279L Elathesia Whiting, 7 b. Apr. 1, 1819, m. George 
Bartlett and res. at Gordon City, Minn. ; 279J. Daniel Gould, 7 b. 1821,. 
unm.; 279k. Sarah Adaline, 7 b. 1823, m. 1st Collins Prescott Jaquith, 
and 2d William Scott, and res. at Paris, 111. 



476 THE BURR FAMILY. 

THOMAS BURR, Jr.," [146] of Bath, Me., 

m. Olive Leavitt, of Hingham, Nov. 13, 1794, and rem. to Bath, Me., 
where two chil. were b. to him : 

280. Olive, 7 b. Sept. 21, 1795 I 2 ^ >1 - Thomas, 7 b. Mar. 27, 1799. 

Thomas the f. d. in Bath, Apr. 18, 1799, an d his wid. Olive, with her 
two small chil., returned to Hingham the same year. 

MATTHEW BURR, 6 [149] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Johanna Leavitt, dau. of Jacob Leavitt, of Hingham. Chil. : 

282. Matthew, 7 b. May 20, 1815, in Hingham; 283. Seth L., 7 b. 
June 4, 1817 ; 284. Samuel, 7 b. Oct. 22, 1819, unm. ; 285. Jacob, 7 b. 
May 12, 1822, unm. 

FEARING BURR/' [150] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Emma, dau. of Peter Jacob, Mar. 25, 181 2. Chil. : 

286. Fearing,' b. Dec. n, 1815 ; 287. Meriel, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1818 ; 
288. Peter, 7 b. Feb. 26, 1820 ; 289. Margaret, 7 d. in inf.; 290. James, 7 
d. in inf. ; 291. Margaret, 7 b. Dec. 12, 1825. 

Mr. Burr, in connection with his elder brother Matthew, was for most 
of his life engaged in mercantile pursuits in Hingham, and was an intel- 
ligent and honored citizen. His taste for horticulture, to which he 
devoted his leisure time, was highly cultivated, and to his ripe old age 
he retained to a remarkable degree, a relish for such pursuits, and was a 
fine example of the effect of the indulgence of such tastes upon the mind 
and character. His quiet, unobtrusive manners and conversation attached 
to him many friends, and gave a peculiar charm to his life and character. 
While he was an active laborer in the cause of horticulture, he con- 
ducted his business affairs with caution and fidelity, and secured the 
measure of success which such a course might be expected to yield. 

Mr. Burr d. at Hingham, Jan. 13, 1866, set. 86 yrs. His w. Emma d. 
Feb. 18, 1 83 1, ret. 38 yrs. 

JOSHUA BURR," [152b] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Mary Turner, of Scituate, Mass., who was b. 1780, and had chil.: 

292. Henry T., 7 b. at Boston, Nov. 15, 1810 ; 293. Freeman S., 7 
b. Dec. 10, 181 1, res. in Boston; 294. Frances, 7 b. in Charlestown, 
Nov. 25, 1816, m. George Foster, of Scituate, and d. March 25, i860, 
leaving a son, George A., born in Charlestown, 1844 ; 295. Joshua, 7 b. 
Aug. 16, 1819. 

Joshua Burr, the elder, was a noted bridge-builder in his day. He 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 477 

worked as a journeyman on the old Charles River Bridge, which took the 
place of the ferry used in the Revolution, and is said to have been the 
first bridge ever built in this country on piers or piles. Afterward he 
went into business for himself, and built the Warren Bridge, the South 
Boston Bridge, and numerous others in different States of the Union, and 
in Europe, continuing in active business nearly to the day of his death. 

He was of the Baptist faith, having been baptized by the venerable 
Dr. Stillman, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston, and was a man 
of the strictest integrity, kind, generous, and charitable to all. He d. at 
Charlestown, Dec. 1, 1837 ; his w. Mary d. Sept. 16, 1825. 

MARTIN BURR, 6 [l52d] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Eunice Turner, of Scituate, Mass., Dec. 29, 1799. Their chil. were : 

295a. William 7 ; 295b. George 7 ; 295c. Theodore 7 ; 295d. 
James Madison, 7 b. Dec. 2, 1808 ; 295c Stephen 7 ; 2951". Harriet 7 ; 
295^. Adeline 7 ; 295b. Sarah Ann. 7 

ELISHA BURR, 6 [153] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Persis Sprague, of Hingham, Feb. 26, 1814. Child : 

296. Rachel, 7 b. Sept. 2, 1817. 

I have no record of his death ; his w. Persis d. Apr. 13, 1836. 

DAVID BURR, 6 [154] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Matilda dishing, of Scituate, Mass. Their chil. were : 

297. David 7 ; 298. Joseph C., 7 b. Aug. 1, 1827; 299. Matilda, 7 
b. Nov. 4, 183 1, m. David Burbank, of N. H. ; 300. Elisha, 7 b. May 15, 
1839, m. Mary Pratt, of Cohasset ; 301. David, Jr. 7 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

RAYMOND BURR, 7 [163] of Seekonk, Mass., 

m. Caroline M. Miller, of Rehoboth, who was b. Apr. 4, 1814. Their 
chil. were: 

302. Nathaniel M., 6 b. July 28, 1838; 303. Caroline A./ b. Dec. 
5, 1842, m. William O. Cornell, of Providence, Feb. 19, 1871, no chil., res. 
in Providence; 304. Mary A., 8 b. Jan. 18, 1846, m. Charles R. Read, of 
Seekonk, Jan. 15, 1873, res. at Seekonk; has chil.: I. Carrie Burr, b. June 
26, 1874, d. Feb., 1875; 2. Cyril R., b. Jan. 30, 1876. 

305. Susan E., H b. May 25, 1852, m. Alexander Wood, Nov. n, 
1885. 



4/8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Mr. Burr is still living in Seekonk, at the ripe old age of 72 yrs. In 
1874, then in his seventieth year, he spent some months in California, visit- 
ing the Yosemite Valley, the Big Trees of Calaveras, and other points of 
interest. Like his fathers before him, he is engaged in the manufacture of 
cedar pails and baskets, and is a wealthy and influential citizen. The above 
was written in 1S78. Mr. Burr d. after a long and painful illness Sept. 26, 
1886. 

SYLVANUS BURR,' \\bt>~\ of Booneville, N. Y., 

m. July 17, 1797, Mary R. Toman, of Newport, who was b. July 4, 1778. 
Chil.: 

306. James," b. July 27, 1798, at Rehoboth; 307. Betsey," b. Aug. 
1, 1800, d. July 9, 1808; 308. William, 8 b. Sept. 20, 1802, at Booneville, 
N. Y., d. July 10, 1808; 309. Isaac, 8 b. Sept. 20, 1804, at Booneville, N. 
Y., d. Nov. 11, 1810; 310. Lyndon, 6 b. June 12, 1806; 311. Lydia, 8 b. 
July 4, 1808, m. Oct. 19, 1826, Henry Vantassell, by whom she had one 
dau., I. Maricttc, b. Dec. 18, 1829. She m. 2d, William Hamilton, Jan. 
1, 1832. They have one dau., 2. Emily, b. Dec. 28, 1833. She d. Dec. 
23, 1900; her dau. Mariette d. Feb. 1, 1S93. 

312. William,' b. March 10, 1811, d. May 12, 1811; 313. Mary," b. 
March 31, 181 2, m. Sept. 13, 1850, Lewis Culaver, and rem. to Schoharie 
Co., N. Y.; 314. Louisa, 8 b. June 5, 1814, m. Dec. 25, 183 1, William 
Murray; their chil. are: I. Sarah A., b. Sept., 1832; 2. Jane, b. Jan., 
T 836; 3. Nancy, b. June, 1843, m. Dec, 1866, William H in ton, by whom 
she had eight chil.; dec. 

315. Sally, 8 b. Sept. 25, 18 16, m. Feb. 25, 1838, Alva Sherwood, and 
had chil.: I. Rebecca, b. Dec, 1839, d. July, 1862; 2. James, b. Feb., 
1 841, m. Ellen Stoddard, Feb., 1866, has three chil.; 3. Aretta, b. Feb., 
1845, m. Dec. 14, 1870, Smith Atwood, res. in Marion; 4. Mary, b. July, 1857. 

316. Nancy, 8 b. Apr. 27, 1819, d. Apr. 12, 1843. 

Sylvanus Burr rem. from Rehoboth to Booneville, in 1801, where he 
cleared a farm, enduring cheerfully all the privations that beset the early 
settlers in the wilderness, and d. Dec. 10, 1S20, in the prime of life, leaving 
his family in comfortable circumstances. His wid., Mary, d. Jan. 28, 1837; 
both were mem. Bapt. Ch. 

LYNDON BURR, 7 [167] of Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., 

m. Pattie Allen. Their chil. were: 

317. Benjamin N ; 318. Allen, 8 b. Feb. 22, 1810; 319. Diantha/ 
who m. Jackson Mason, a farmer, and res. in Marion, had: I. Benjamin, 
who died set. 20 years, and 2. Mat tie, now living and m. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 479 

320. Olive, 8 d. set. 45 yrs., unm.; 321. Isaac"; 322. Cynthia, 8 m. 
Lorenzo Knapp, a farmer, res. in Marion, had five chil.: I. Theron; 2. 
Benjamin; 3. Laura; 4. Harrison, and 5- Isaac. 

323. Sally, 8 m. Peter Arnold, a farmer, res. in Marion, she died , 

and left two chil.: I. Lyndon and 2. Laura; 324. Hollister 8 ; 325. 
Amanda, 8 m. Augustus Beach, res. in Williamson, Wayne Co., has six 
chil.: I. Ashley; 2. Lucy; 3- Allen; 4. Lavina; 5* William, and 6. 
Benjamin. 

326. Lorinda, 8 m. George Griffith, and rem. to Mich. 

Lyndon Burr rem. from Rehoboth to Booneville, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 
1799, bought a farm and res. there until 1814, when he rem. to Marion, 
Wayne Co., where he spent the remainder of his days. He died set. 
85 yrs. 

CHRISTOPHER BURR, 7 [187] of Providence, R. I., 

m. Hertilla Taylor, b. in Providence, Aug. 25, 1793. Chil.: 

327. Lydia Yates, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1816, m. John Cory; 328. Alfred, 8 
b. Feb. 11, 1820, d. Aug. 12, 1821; 329. William Taylor, 8 b. Feb. 15, 
1818, d. Aug. 11, 1819; 330. Hertilla Taylor, 8 b. Apr. 7, 1822, d. Feb. 
19, 1884; 331. Julia Ann, 8 b. Nov. 15, 1826, d. July 13, 1864, m. Benja- 
min Weeden; 332. La Fayette Burr, 8 b. July 15, 1824; 233- Henry 
Ten Broeck, 8 b. May 20, 1829, d. July 26, 1S67; 334. Mary Melville, 8 
b. March 26, 1834, d. Aug. 23, 1835. 

Mr. Burr is still (1878) living in Providence, at the extreme old age of 
90 years; but though so long past the allotted years of man, his faculties 
are as good and he reads, writes, walks, and talks with as much ease 
and vigor as a man of seventy. Indeed, the writer, in an interview with 
him, in Oct., 1877, found it difficult to believe that he had reached such an 
extreme old age. In a letter to me, dated Sept. 5, 1877, he says: "My 
father, Ezekiel Burr, born in Providence, R. I., Apr. 14, 1765, was son of 
Ezekiel, who was by trade ' set-work cooper '; and died at Providence, May 
3°> 1777, set. 37 yrs., 11 mo. and 4 days. I am the only son of Ezekiel 2d, 
who was of the trade of gold and silversmith, and I was at the early age of 
14 his apprentice. Myself and two sisters comprised all his children. I 
only survive, at the age of 90, my birth being in this city, May 19, 1787. 
. . . My business for several of the latest years of my life, before phy- 
sical infirmities of old age caused suspension of my labors, was letter-en- 
graving." Again, Dec. 25, 1877, he wrote: " Since writing the above I have 

called on my aged relative . He had received your letter, but 

was unable to give you any information on the subject." 



480 THE BURR FAMILY. 

AARON BURR,' [192] of Selma, Ala., 

m. Elizabeth P. Hughson, they had one son: 

335. William Hughson/ b. in Camden, S. C, May 27, 1836. 
Aaron Burr d. in Selma, Ala., Aug. 2, 1861, in the 58th year of his age. 

SHUBAEL BURR, 7 [198] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Betsey, dau. of Allen Cole, of Warren. Chil.: 

336. Eliza, 8 b. Apr. 11, 1812, m. Aug. 2, 1835, Capt. D. P. Barton, of 
Warren, R. I., who was b. Aug. 3, 1810, their chil. were: I. Eliza, b. July 
[3, 1836; 2. Percy R., b. March 21, 1853; 3. Albertina T., b. May 17, 

1857. 

337. Shubael, 6 b. Oct. 22, 1815, unm.; 338. Henry," b. Jan. 18, 1818; 
339. Jared/ b. Feb. 25, 1819, unm. 

NATHAN M. BURR, 7 [202] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Martha Guilford Burgess. Chil.: 

340. Lydia A./ b. 1838, at Warren, R. I.; 341. Norman G., 8 b. 
1840, at Warren, R. I.; and two chil. who d. in inf. He was educated for 
a physician, and in early life rem. to North Carolina. There he became a 
Methodist circuit preacher, and filled that onerous position with great 
acceptability. In 1832, he returned to Warren, where he lived until his 
death in 1866. 

In 1847 his w < d., and in 1849 he m. 2d, Miss Deborah B. Manchester, 
of Fall River, Mass., who survived him, she dying in 1870, aet. 61 yrs. 
The dau. Lydia d. in Warren, in 1870. They were all, at the time of 
their death, mem. of the Universalist Ch. 

EPHRAIM W. BURR, 7 [204] of San Francisco, Cal., 

m. Abby Miller, youngest dau. of John Troup Child, Sr., of Warren, 
Sept. 20, 1831. Their chil. were : 

342. Willard Child," b. Aug. 12, 1836, at Warren, R. I., d. Oct. 23, 
1855, at San Francisco, Cal.; 343. Clarence C., 8 b. Dec. 13, 1838, at 
Warren ; 344. Lucy E., r b. June 15, 1840; 345. Mary N.,' b. May n, 
1844, m. Sept. 20, 1 87 1, John W. Allyne, of San Francisco, and has two 
chil., I. Lucy H., b. Sept. 24, 1873, and 2. Edith Winslow, b. Nov. 13, 
1877; 346. Edmund C., 8 b. Apr. 14, 1846. 

Mr. Burr died at San Francisco, Cal., July 20, 1894. He went to 
California in March, 1850, proposing to stay but about two months, but 
almost immediately entered into the wholesale grocery business, from 
which he retired in 1856 upon his election to the office of Mayor. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 48 1 

Mr. Burr was the first Mayor of San Francisco under what is locally 
known as the " Consolidation Act," which position he held for three suc- 
cessive terms. In 1857 he was one of the founders of "The Savings and 
Loan Society," and of which he was the first President, holding that 
position twenty-one years and six months, when, having attained the age 
of seventy years, he retired from the cares of business, but after a few 
years was requested to return to the Board of Directors, where he remained 
up to the time of his death. 

ANSEL BURR, 7 [206] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. , and d. about 1852, leaving a son: 

347. Joseph, 8 who d. in Pittsfield, 1870, without issue. 

JONATHAN BURR, 7 [208] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. , and had two chil.: 

348. Austin, 6 who res. in Richmond, Va. ; 349. Edwin, 8 who res. 

in Worthington, Mass. 

Jonathan Burr d. in Worthington, about 1857. 

AMES BURR, 7 [211] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. Relief Eager, of Worthington, Nov. 13, 1822. He d. at Worthington, 
Oct. 21, 1875, ast. 82 yrs.; his w. d. May 4, 1874. Their chil. were : 

350. Franklin E., 8 b. Jan. 6, 1824; 351. Jane C., 8 b. Feb. 4, 1826, 
m. Geo. M. Rice, Sept. 7, 1848, res. in Champaign, 111.; 352. Esther A., 
b. July 12, 1828, unm.; 353. George A., 8 b. Dec. 12, 1829; 354. 
Heman/b. Oct. 8, 1831; 355. Arthur G., 8 b. May 25, 1834; 356. John 
E., 8 b. June 26, 1837; 357. Marshall, 8 b. Sept. 23, 1839; 358. Helen 
E., 8 b. July 1, 1842, m. Elisha B. Hazen, res. in Philo, 111.; 359. Martha 
A., 8 b. July 27, 1844, m. to Dr. J. D. Manderville, at Philo, 111., June 12, 
1878, chil.: I. Helen Ruth, b. Mar. 23, 1884; 2. Hazel Denton, b. July 4, 
1887; 360. Eugene C., 8 b. Oct. 16, 1846, unm.; 361. Caroline H., 8 
b. Aug. 9, 1849, m. Edson Buck, of Worthington, and res. in Poland, N. 
Y. Mr. Buck d. Feb. 13, 1878. 

Mr. Ames Burr was a farmer and mem. of Cong. Ch. He was select- 
man of his native town for many years, and representative for several 
years. 

HORACE BURR, 7 [215] of Michigan City, Ind., 

rem. to Michigan City, Ind., sometime in the thirties, and m. Martha 
Atkins at Kingsbury, Ind., July 4, 1843. Their chil. were: 

362. Charles Atkins, 8 b. Aug. 2, 1844; 363. Mary J., 8 b. Aug. 3, 

31 



482 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1847, m. A. D. Williamson, of Chicago, 111., June 8, 1870, d. Aug. 10, 
1870. 

Mr. Burr died at Michigan City, Ind., July 31, 1853. His wid. Martha 
d. in Chicago, Oct. 18, 1889, set. 82 yrs. Mr. Burr was a dealer in western 
lands, and left a large estate. 

JONATHAN BURR,' [216] of Chicago, III., 

was of an active and highly intelligent mind, engaged in business in 
Boston (boots, shoes, leather, etc.) until 1834, when he went west to 
Michigan City, Ind., with his brothers David and Horace. He soon 
became an officer in the State Bank and was active in getting appropria- 
tions for public works. He and a cousin went to Washington City on 
horseback, as there were no public conveyances at that time through 
those western States. He was always noted for his cool, clear judgment 
in matters political, moral, and religious, and always had a helping hand 
for the truly needy. In 1848, he removed to Chicago and invested his 
already fair fortune in real estate and a home which was always kept in 
an hospitable style, having ladies for housekeepers who, with their own 
children and younger members of his family, kept his home-life bright 
and cheerful, notwithstanding he never married. 

When he went (or soon after) to Michigan City, he took his aged 
mother, Olive Burr, widow of Elijah Burr, of Worthington, Mass., to care 
for, as all her children then living were in the West; and when he died he 
left most of his property to well-established charities which he had been 
interested in for many years, especially the " Home of the Friendless," 
2000 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, of which he was one of the most active 
founders. 

Jonathan Burr's will was signed Dec. 31, 1867, proved Feb. 25, 1869, 
with a codicil Aug. 5, 1868. Aside from his brothers and sisters and 
their children, the chief legatees were the Chicago Hist. Soc, $2,000 ; 
Home of the Friendless, real estate and buildings, one fourth of the 
income to go to the Burr Industrial and Mission School and Free Chapel 
of Chicago. A large block of real estate was left to an Insane Asylum 
to be organized, and $5,000 for a Hospital to be founded. The rest of 
his estate was to be divided into eleven equal parts and given one each to the 
Washingtonian Home of Chicago; the American Bible Society, Chicago; 
Prot. Orphan Asylum, Chicago; Erring Women's Refuge, and one to the 
city of Chicago for use of the public schools; two elevenths to the same 
for fuel for the needy poor of the city; one part to the Nursery and Half 
Orphan Asylum of Chicago; one part to the Home of the Friendless; two 
other parts for the Burr Industrial School, etc.; also one other part for 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 483 

the endowment of another school. Mr. Burr was buried in Graceland 
Cemetery, Chicago. 

ELIJAH BURR, 7 [217a] of , 

went West in the early days and joined a fur-trading expedition at St. 
Louis, going up the Missouri River as early as 1822. Writing to his 
mother in Mass. on the eve of this enterprise, he says: "This may be the 
last time I shall ever write, for it is all so wild, savage, and uncertain 
before me." However, he lived and earned the highest respect of the 
officers of these expeditions, as appeared from letters received by his 
family after several years of intercourse, and after he had been, with 
twenty others, most cruelly murdered by the Indians near Santa Fe, 
Mexico, in March, 1827. He was but 29 yrs. of age. 

CHARLES BURR, 7 [217c] of Wameon, O., 

m. Zilpha Bates, of Worthington, Mass., Dec. 16, 1S30. Their chil. were: 
364. Emily Burr, 8 b. in Worthington, Nov. 30, 1831; 365. Horace, 8 
and 366. Horatio, 8 b. in Ohio, May 22, 1835; 367. Elijah, 8 b. Nov. 21, 
1836; 368. Charles Ames, 8 b. Aug. 23, 1839; 369. Zilpha, 8 b. Aug. 27, 
1841; 370. Julie, 8 b. Jan. 30, 1844; 371. Maria, 8 b. Apr. 4, 1847; 372. 
Jonathan, 8 b. Mar. 17, 1854. 

Horatio, Maria, and Jonathan d. in inf. Of the daus., Emily, was m., 
June 10, i860, to Hugh Monroe Marsh; she has chil.: I. Charles Burr, 
2. Guy Carlos, 3. Zilpha Mabel. Julie Burr m. Nov. 29, 1868, Ferguson 
Greene; has one dau., Virgie Tryphenia. Zilpha m., Sept. 8, 1862, 
James B. Slevins; has chil.: I. Florence Olive and 2. Kate Burr. 

DAVID BURR, 7 [2I7d] of Bellevue, O., 

m. June 1, 1833, Arvilla Foster, b. Feb. 25, 1S13. Chil.: 

373. Olive, 8 b. Apr. 10, 1834; 374. Arvilla, 8 b. Aug. 2, 1837, d. ast. 3 
yrs.; 375. Lucy Jane, 8 b. Nov. 2, TS41, d. aet. 37 yrs.; 376. David, 8 b. 
Nov. 9, 1845. 

Olive Burr [373] was m. Nov. 30, 1854, to George A. Wrisley, of 
Bellevue, Ohio; chil.: I. George Allen, b. Nov. 2, 1855; 2. Jonathan 
Burr, b. Aug. 9, i860. The latter m. Oct. 21, 1893, Miss Edith L. Pease, 
of Chicago, and has six chil.: 1. Marguerite E., 2. George A., 3. Harold 
B., 4. Allen B., 5. Dorothy, and 6. Morton. Mr. Wrisley d. in Chicago, 
Apr. 6, 1901. 

HEMAN M. BURR, 7 [218] of Leicester, Mass., 

m. Nelly, dau. of Capt. Isaac Tucker, of Milton, Mass., Apr. 8, 1813. He 
learned the trade of a carpenter in Augusta, Me., soon after rem. to 



484 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Bridgewater, in 1813 to Leicester, in 18 16 to Worcester, and in 1826 
returned to Leicester, where he spent his days, and d. Aug., 8, 1872. Mrs. 
Burr, d. Feb. 4, 1887. 

He was a mem. of the Cong. Ch. and for several years on the board of 
selectmen; he was eminently social in his habits, and esteemed by all 
who knew him for honesty and fidelity to every trust. His chil. were: 

377- Eliza," b. at Leicester, 1814, m. Samuel D. Harding, of Worces- 
ter, Mass., and has chil.: I. Edwin Burr, m. Almira Gould, of Worces- 
ter, and has three chil.; 2. Francis A., d. unm.; 3. Jane E., b. 1843, m. 
Charles Goodwin, of Worcester, and has three chil. 

378. Edwin F., 8 b. 1816; 379. Charles Chauncey, 8 b. Feb. 9, 1818; 
380. Catherine T., 8 b. 1820, unm.; 381. Martha E., 8 b. 1824, m. in 

1854, Joseph H. Dodd, of Worcester, and has chil.: I. Charles H., b. 

1855, a student in Dartmouth Coll.; 2. Edwin M., b. 1857, a student in 
Harvard Univ.; 3. George Tucker, b. 1861. 

382. Heman M., 8 b. 1826; 383. Isaac Tucker, 8 b. 1828; 384. 
John M., a b. 1830. 

LUTHER BURR, 7 [219] of Mercer, Me., 

was a carpenter by trade, although he was also engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits and in farming. He was highly respected, which was evidenced by 
his being kept in public office almost continually during his early life as 
selectman, town treasurer, justice of the peace; also represented his dis- 
trict in the State legislature. Was a lifelong member of the Methodist 
Ch., and for many years a steward in that ch.; he was in the U. S. mili- 
tary service a short time during the War of 181 2. He m. Mary True, who 
was b. in Chester, N. H., Feb. 2, 1 791. They were m. Feb. 2, 1819; their 
chil. were: 

385. Luther N./ b. Nov. 15, 1819; 386. Mary T., 8 b. Mar. 24, 
1825, d. in inf.; 387. Albert H., 8 b. Nov. 5, 1827, d. in inf.; 388. 
Edward D., h and 388a. Elmina," twins, b. Aug. 1, 1821, d. aet. 20 yrs. 

Mr. Burr d. in 1862, his w. about 1S68. 

MARTIN BURR, 7 [221] of Portland, Me., 

m. Abigail Baxter, of Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Me., who d. at Mercer, 
1865, xt. 71 years. He learned the cooper's trade, then engaged in 
school teaching, and has evinced through life marked literary tastes and 
abilities. He d. at Portland, Feb. 19, 1879. He had five chil., all b. in 
Mercer, Me.: 

389. Charles Chauncey'; 390. Fannie, 8 m. Henry F. Getchell, a 
wealthy lumber dealer of Chicago, 111., and has five chil.: I. Charles H. y 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 485 

b. 1842, a prominent lumber merchant in Des Moines, Iowa, and a direc- 
tor in the Iowa National Bank; 2. Fannie, b. 1844, w. of Col. George C. 
Tichenor, ex-Asst. Secretary of the Treasury and now Chairman of the 
Board of General Appraisers; 3. Frederick, b. 1846, a real-estate dealer 
in Oakland, Cal.; 4. Helen A., b. 1848, wid. of the late Hon. C. P. Kim- 
ball, of Chicago; 5. Edivin F., b. 1850, a prominent real-estate dealer of 
Chicago, President of the Society of the Sons and Daughters of Maine, 
and Vice-Pres. of the Chicago Real-Estate Board. 

391. Martin L. 8 ; 392. Heman 8 ; 393. Edwin H., 8 d. at Mercer, 
set. 17 yrs. 

CHARLES CHAUNCEY BURR,' [222] of Mercer, Me., 

m. Abigail, 2d dau. of Joseph True, of Mercer; their chil. were: 

394. Martha Jane, 8 m. Oscar F. Albee, and had chil.: I. Emma, m. 
Walter Nichols, of Bernardston, Mass., d. Nov. 28, 1889, leaving two chil.: 
1. Arthur Burr, 2. Emma Frances; 2. Helen, m. Edwin Heywood, of 
Mercer, Me.; 3. Julia, m. Harry Pryor, of South Boston. 

395. Charles Hartwell, 8 b. at Mercer, June 22, 1824; 396. Julia, 8 
b. Aug. 10, 1826, m. 1862, Franklin C. Moody, of Portland, Me., by whom 
she has three chil.: I. Frank Burr, 2. Roger H, 3. Laura Burr. 

397. Laura, 8 m. C. L. Hulbert, of Bernardston, Mass., and has one 
child, Julia Burr. She res. in Bernardston. 

398. George Emmett 8 ; 399. Henry Martin. 8 

Mr. Charles C. Burr d. at Mercer, Me., Sept., 187 1; his w., Abigail, d. 
July 21, 1883. 

JOHN J. BURR, 7 [224] of Upshur Co., W. Va, 

m. Amy W. dau. of Noah Sexton, formerly of Worthington, Mass., and 
had chil: 

400. Otis, 8 b. 1830, d. 1836; 401. Amelia, 8 b. 1832, m. Stephen 
Squires, 1855, and d. 1857; 402. Ann E., 8 b. 1834, m. Lorenzo Dow 
Larentz, 1855, and d. 1857; 403. Louisa M., 8 b. 1837, m. Daniel Bassett, 
1857; 404. Mary S., 8 b. 1843, m. C. F. Ridgeway, 1861. 

Mr. Burr is still living at the age of 8^. 

MARTIN C. BURR, 7 [225] of Upshur Co., W. Va., 

m. Samantha Phillips, 1821, and had: 

405. Elbridge, 8 b. 1821; 406. Martin, 8 b. 1825. 
He d. 1825. 



486 THE BURR FAMILY. 

ELBRIDGE G. BURR, 7 [228] of French Creek, Va., 

m. Emily Jane, dau. of Ezra Morgan, formerly of Redding, Ct.; their 
chil. were (four b. 1835-6-7-8, respectively, and lived but a few hours) 
then: 

407. Melvina," b. 1840; 408. Mary A./ b. 1S43; 409. John E./ b. 
1845; 410. Walter B./ b. 1847, d. 1848; 411. Claudius," b. 1849; 412. 
Thaddeus," b. 1852, d. 1852; 413. Henry/ b. 1853, d. 1853; 414. El- 
len E., 8 b. 1854, d. 1S60; 415. Aaron F., 8 b. 1858, d. i860; 416. Ame- 
lia," b. i860. 

FRANKLIN BURR, 7 [230] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. , and d. at Worthington about 1869, leaving a son: 

417. Clement," now living at Worthington. 

WARREN BURR, 7 [236] of Milford, Me., 

m. , and had several chil. of whom we have no record. They 

live on or near the old homestead in Milford, Me. 

CALEB BURR, 7 [237] of Brewer, Me., 

m. Laura Merritt, b. June 20, 1S00. Their chil. are: 

418. Laura Amanda," b. Sept. 14, 1826, m. Capt. Warren, of Brewer, 
Me.; 419. Edward B.," b. Dec. 6, 1828, d. unm. in California; 420. 
Helen Margaret," b. Jan. 16, 1832, m. Capt. Solomon Collins; 421. 
Sumner Hudson," b. Nov. 5, 1830. m. Bessie Collins, of Brewer, Me., 
and has two chil.; 424. William Wallace," b. Feb. 5, 1836, unm., a sea 
captain, d. in California; 425. Caleb H. H.," b. Jan. 23, 1834, d. Apr. 27, 
1839; 426. Abigail Nourse/ b. May 9, 1S41, m. Capt. Henry C. Snow, 
of Hampden; 427. Caleb H. H. T\," m. Georgie Thompson, and is a 
farmer in Brewer. 

EDWARD BURR, 7 [238] of Brewer, Me., 

b. May 5, 1802, is a surveyor and farmer, res. in Brewer, Me.; m. Oct. 25, 
1835, Eliza Ann Hill; has chil.: 

428. Edward Frederick," b. Aug. 27, 1836, d. Sept. 26, 1836; 429. 
Caroline Augusta/ b. May 21, 1838, m. Henry A. Harlow, of Brewer; 
430. Mary Eliza," b. Nov. 22, 1840, unm.; 431. Edward Bertrand/ 
b. Aug. 29, 1843; 432. Charles Abram," b. Mar. 30, 1S46; 433. Ella 
Sophia," 1). Sept. 5, 184S; 434. Willema Kossuth/ b. July 24, 1S51, 
m. Charles A. Harlow, of Brewer; 435. Anne Isabel/ b. Dec. 20, 1853. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 487 

GERRY BURR, 7 [241] of Brewer, Me., 
m. Julia Ann Dole; no chil. ; he was a shipbuilder. 

SAMUEL A. BURR, 7 [242] of Brewer, Me., 

m. Rosanna Oakes, of Brewer. Chil.: 

436. Frederick C., e a painter, unm., res. in Brewer; 437. Harry'; 
438. Robert L. 6 

RICHARD BURR, 7 [244] of Brewer, Me., 

m. Jan. 30, 1839, Mary Ann Tarr, of Hampden, Me. Chil.: 

439. Samuel Eugene, 8 b. Mar. 17, 1840, m. Miller, of Brewer; 

440. Ferdinand Cortez," b. Apr. 6, 1842, unm., res. in Brewer; 441. 
Andrew Herbert, 8 b. Apr. 21, 1844, an engineer of E. I. N. A. R. R., 
Brewer; 442. Kathleen Bawn, 8 b. Sept. 25, 1846, m. Geo. E. Wood, of 
Bangor; 443. Zachary Taylor, 8 b. Mar. 13, 1849, unm., a seaman; 
444. Fannie Forrester, 8 b. July 30, 1851, m. Edward E. Smiley, of 
Brewer; 445. Eliza Ellen, 8 b. July 3, 1854, d. Sept. 20, 1854; 446. Ann 
F., 8 b. June 18, 1856, unm., a music teacher. 

CHARLES BURR, 7 [245] of Holden, Me., 

d. in Holden, Me., May 25, 1876; m. Nancy Copeland, of Holden. Their 
chil. are: 

447. Persis V., 8 unm., a teacher; 447a. Elma A., e m. George Dole, 
of Bangor; 448. Albert T., 8 unm.; 449. Charles, 8 unm. 

JOSEPH B. BURR, 7 [246] of , Me., 

m. Lucy Jones, of Hingham, Mass. Chil.: 

450. Joseph Jones, 8 b. Apr. 27, 1825; 451. Wealthy Ann, 8 b. 
Nov. 25, 1827, m. William S. Baker, now proprietor of a hotel in Conway, 
N. H. No chil.: 452. Lucy Marion, 8 b. June 15, 1S30, m. William 
Savage, of Brewer, Me. No chil.; 453. Thomas W., e b. Dec. 17, 1832, 

m. Nora Hammond, of Brewer, who d. , and he m., 2d, Alice Stone, 

of Brewer. By the first wife he had one child, by the second, two. He 
is a printer; 456. Catherine S., 8 b. Feb. 23, 1835, m. Joseph Hutchings, 
of Brewer. Has three chil.; 457. Benjamin, 8 b. Aug. 19, 1S37. Has 
one boy now in South Carolina; 459. William P., 8 b. Nov. 1, 1839, unm., 
res. on the old home farm with his mother. 



488 THE BURR FAMILY. 

JONATHAN BURR, 7 [247] of Brewer, Me., 

m. June 15, 1826, Sophia Wiswell, b. in Holden, Jan. 30, 1807. He was 
State senator and member of the State legislature several times. He d. 
Aug. 6, 1845; his wife Sophia d. May 22, 187 1. Their chil. were: 

460. George Wiswell," b. July 1, 1827, res. San Francisco, Cal.; 
461. Mary Sophia," b. June 26, 1829, m. William Savage, and had a son 
now living. She d. June 8, 1863; 462. Charles Jackson, 3 b. June 14, 
1S31, unm., res. in Brewer; 463. William Proctor, 8 b. Sept. 10, 1833, 
m. July 7, 1864, Alice A. Longfellow, of Machias, Me., who d. June 9, 
1870, set. 29 yrs. Nov. 3, 1874, he m. Emma A. Washburn, of Brewer. 
One child by each wife, but both d. before one year old; 466. Francis 
Osman Jonathan," b. March 5, 1838, d. Oct. 4, 1877, m. Mirza M. 
Rogers, of Oldtown; he has two boys living; 469. Martha Ann," b. July 
4, 1842, m. Lorenzo D. Parker. No chil. (Sally R. Burr, 7 [248], m. 
Joseph Snow, of Bangor, Me., has chil., I. Proctor; 2. William; 3. Ann 
Sarah; 4. Isaac; 5. Charles; 6. Ellen, m. Samuel G. Robinson, of Ban- 
gor; 7- Mary, m. George B. Robinson, of Bangor.) 

WILLIAM P. BURR, 7 [249] of Bangor, Me., 

m. Severance, of Bangor. Chil.: 

470. Harriett E., s d. ; 471. Mary Proctor," m. Samuel B., 

Field, of Bangor; and 471a. William P.," d. . (Ann Eliza Burr, 7 

[250], m. Jefferson Chamberlain, real-estate commissioner. Chil.: I. Anna. 

m. Keene, of Conn.; 2. Martha, m. Rev. Wilson, of Conn.; 3. 

Charles, lost at sea; 4. Thomas, d. ; and 5. Fred A., a real-estate 

commissioner in Bangor.) 

HIRAM BURR, 7 [252] of Springfield, Me., 

m. Lovina B. of Dana, Mass. Chil.: 

472. Benjamin H., H b. Jan. 17, 1841, a hotel keeper at Springfield; 
473. Henrietta T., rt b. Jan. 3, 1839, m. Emery Johnson, of Springfield, 
Me.; 474. Almyra B.," b. Oct. 6, 1844; 475. Hiram J.," b. Jan. 27, 
1852, all res. in Springfield, Me. 

BENJAMIN A. BURR, 7 [256] of Bax<;or, Me., 

m. Miss Ann Lowe, of Bath, Me., who bore him two chil.: 

476. Ella A."; 477. Hattie May." Mr. Burr d. Apr. 22, 189 1. He 

was for many years joint proprietor of the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 489 

JOHN BURR, 7 [270] OF HlNGHAM, 

m. Priscilla Bourne, of Cohasset, Mass. Chil.: 

478. Mary R., 8 b. Dec. 4, 1819 ; 479. Susanna, 8 b. Nov. 5, 1824; 
480. Priscilla, 8 b. Dec. 12, 1828:481. Sarah Waters, 8 b. Feb. 27, 
1832 ; 482. John Waters, 8 b. Nov. 7, 1840. 

HON. THEOPHILUS BURR, 7 [272] of Boston, 

m. Hannah Leavitt, of Hingham, Oct. 22, 1820, and settled in Boston ; 
his chil. are : 

483. Theophilus, 8 b. Sept. 17, 1822; 484. Franklin, 8 b. Oct. n, 
1827 ; 485. Hannah E., 8 b. June 19, 1832, m. Oct. 4, 1855, David Hus- 
tace, and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y., no chil.; Mrs. Hustace d. Aug. 1, 1898 ; 
486. William H., 8 b. July 20, 1836, d. Nov. 28, 1836 ; 487. George 
Henry, 8 b. July 6, 1839. 

Theophilus Burr the f. d. May 23, 1866. Hannah his w. d. Apr. 1870. 

Mr. Burr was a representative from Boston in the Mass. Legislature, 
of 1853-54. 

ELIJAH BURR, 1 [274] of Hingham, 

m. Mary Sprague. Chil.: 

488. Elijah W., 8 b. Sept. 27, 1829 ; 489. Mary W., 8 b. Sept. 10, 
1831 ; 490. Maria S., 8 b. July 23, 1834 ; 491. Charles T., 8 b. July 6, 
1841. 

ROBERT BURR, 7 [275] of Boston, 

m. Emma Sprague, b. at Hingham, May 28, 1809. He d. in Boston, June 

10, 1853. Their chil. were : 

492. Robert, 8 b. Nov. 4, 1829, m. Feb. 6, 1855, Harriet Howard, of 
Hingham ; 493. John D., 8 b. Dec. 5, 1832, d. Nov. 4, 185 1 ; 494. Emma 
F., 8 b. Mar. 17, 1839, m. May 1, 1862, Timothy Foster, of Hingham; 
495. Ellen L., 8 b. Oct. 7, i84i,d. Oct. 21, 1842 ; 496. Arthur A., 8 b. 
Nov. 12, 1S43, m. June 1, 1870, Hester Ashenden (b. in Chatham, Eng., 
Aug. 24, 1852), res. in Hingham ; 497. Ellen L., 8 b. Feb. 1, 1846, m. Dec. 

11, 1873, Henry F. Siders, of Hingham ; 498. Caroline A., H b. Apr. 21, 
1848, at Hingham, m. Oct. 16, 1872, Levi J. Stephenson, of Hingham ; 
499. Harriet A., 8 b. Apr. 12, 1850, d. Oct. 19, 185 1. 

WILLIAM BURR, 7 [276] of Dover, N. H., 

was entered, in 1821, as an apprentice in the printing-office of Mr. George 
Clark, of Boston. Here and in the office of Mr. John Frost he attained 



490 THE BURR FAMILY. 

perfect mastery of his trade, and by his integrity and industry won the 
good opinion of his employer and of all with whom he came in contact. 

In 1826 the publishers of the Morning Star, a religious weekly, pub- 
lished in Limerick, Me., came to Boston in search of a foreman for their 
printing-office. Mr. Burr was at once recommended for the position, and 
after an interview was engaged. The arduous duties of this new position 
he performed so well that in 1829 he was offered the position of office 
editor and publishing agent. Previous to this, however, in 1828, he had 
embraced the doctrines of the Baptist Church and had become a member 
of their communion. In June of the same year he married Miss Frances, 
dau. of John McDonald, of Limerick, Me., who bore him eight chil. Two 
sons and a dau. only survive. 

In 1833 the office of the Morning Star was removed to Dover, N. H., 
and two years after, in 1835, Mr. Burr became its editor-in-chief. It is 
as an editor that Mr. Burr is best known. He was able, thorough, con- 
scientious, and a writer of marked ability. Strongly anti-slavery in his 
views, he did yeoman's service for the cause in the columns of the Star ; 
he was also largely interested in the success of the temperance cause. 
His ability as an editor is shown by the fact that under his regime the 
Morning Star became the most influential paper of the denomination, 
and a source of profit rather than of loss to its publishers. 

Mr. Burr continued to discharge the arduous duties of his office for 
over twenty years and until failing health made his retirement necessary. 
He d. Nov. 5, 1866, aet. 60 yrs. 

PYAM BURR, 7 [279] of Hingham, Mass. 

m. in 1843, Anna Cushing Hersey, of Hingham. Chil.: 

508. Frederick W./ b. June 21, 1847; 509. Ednah/ b. Jan. 8, 
1853, d. Oct. 14, 1853 ; 510. Henry H./ b. Aug. n, 1854 ; 511. Anna 
Etta/ b. Oct. 14, 1859, m. Eugene Francis Skinner, of Me., Dec. 21, 18S6. 
Mr. Skinner is a merchant in Hingham. 

LABAN BURR, Jr., 7 [279c] of Paris, III., 

m. Dec. 2, 1829, to Jerusha Melina Sutherland. Their chil. were : 

512. Prudence/ b. Jan. 7, 1831, d. March 22, 1S54, m. F. R. Coffin 
of Me., no chil. ; 513. Emma/ b. Jan. 18, 1834, d. Aug. 2, 1847 ; 514. 
Helen/ b. Sept. 21, 1836, m. F. R. Coffin and res. at Centerville. Ind. 
Chil. : I. Earl M.; 2. Aliee M.j 3. Ada J/., and 4. Mary ; 515. Arich/ 
b. Apr. 4, 1839, d. Sept. 14, i860, a grad. of Lombard Univ., Galesburg, 
111. ; 516. Caroline/ b. Jan. 16, 1842, m. W. N. Burt of Larchmont, N. Y., 
Oct. 7, 1862, and lias a dau. : 1. Lulu, the well-known actress, whose stage 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 49 1 

name is Helen Bertram. She m. 1st M. Tomasi, a well-known musician, who 

d. , and she m. 2d, the famous tragedian, E. J. Henley, also deceased. 

She had by Tomasi one child, Rosina ; 517* Mary, 6 b. Oct. 20, 1844, m. 
June 14, 1864, to M. M. Lawson of Portsmouth, Ohio. Res. Paris, 111. 
Chil. : I. Myrtle, who m. Arthur Easton and has two daus., 1. Hazel, and 
2. Mabel Moore, who m. Ernest Guy Neibel and res. at Paris, 111. Mr. 
M. M. Lawson d. at Paris, March 31, 1879. Laban Burr, Jr., d. Dec. 6, 
1858, his w. Jerusha M. d. Apr. 2, 1899. 

Laban Burr, Jr., and wife came to 111. about the same time, she from 
New York State in about 1822. The country was savage and wild at that 
time. They settled about eight miles east of Charleston, Coles Co., where 
they lived until he died in 1858. He was an industrious farmer ; began 
with nothing and when he died left an estate valued at $60,000. 

REV. SAMUEL PRENTICE BURR, 7 [279c] of Charleston, III. 

The parents of Mr. Burr rem. to Charleston, Coles Co., 111., when he 
was quite small and settled on a farm. He received a common school 
education and prepared himself for the ministry of the Protestant Metho- 
dist Church of which at the time of his death he was one of the oldest and 
most respected members. He m. 1st, Miss Margery A. Modell of Ken- 
tucky by whom he had three chil. : viz.,518. Laban Cushing, 8 and 519. 
George Washington, 8 (twins) and 520. Julia A., 8 (now dec.) ; Mrs. 
Burr d. about 1834, and Mr. Burr m. 2d, Miss Almira J. Evans, who bore 
him five chil. : 

521. Louisa, 8 m. James and res. at Kettle Falls, Wash.; 522. 

Mary A., 8 m. Dr. J. W. Peak and res. at Oakland, 111. ; 523. Charles 

Fremont, 8 m. , res. at Fremont, Idaho ; 524 Jessie, 8 m. 

Crawford (dec.) and res. at Oakland, 111. ; 525. Maude, 8 m. Potter 

and res. at Harper, Wash. 

MATTHEW BURR, 7 [282] of Hingham, 
m. Susan, dau. of Joseph Trowbridge ; no chil. ; res. at Hingham. 

SETH L. BURR, 7 [283] of Hingham, 

m. Margaret Gross, dau. of Jacob Gross, of Hingham. They have two 
daughters. Two unm. brothers, Samuel and Jacob, are also members of 
his household. 

FEARING BURR, 7 [286] of Hingham, 

is unm. and res. in his native town of Hingham. Few men at the age of 
73 can look back on a more useful and honorable career than can Mr. 



492 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Burr. He is an enthusiast in horticulture, and spent some years of his 
busy life in mercantile pursuits in Boston, but is best known as the author 
of several works of solid merit, among them, The Vegetables of America t 
which has passed through several editions, and is considered one of the 
best works on the general subject ever published. He has also published 
other valuable books on horticulture. 

"The Town of Hi 'ng ham in the Civil War, an octavo volume of 450 
pages published by the citizens of the town, was written by Mr. Burr in 
connection with George Lincoln, Esq. The volume is rich in items of 
local and patriotic interest, contains an account of the monument, pro- 
ceedings of the town in the war — lists of drafted men, sketches of 100 
days men, nine months men, one year, and three years men, and of the 
navy, and lastly gives detailed memorial sketches of Hingham soldiers and 
sailors who died in the service. It also contains portraits and sketches of 
President Lincoln and Gov. Andrew, both of whom are identified with the 
history of the town of Hingham. 

Mr. Burr has a pleasant cottage and gardens in Hingham, where he res. 
An unm. brother, Peter, and two sisters, are members of his family. 

HENRY T. BURR, 7 [292] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Sophia L. Blood, of Bucksport, Me., Apr. 6, 1838. He was a lumber 
dealer for some years, and later engaged in the grocery business in Bos- 
ton ; has now retired, and res. in Charlestown ; is Unitarian in religious 
faith ; he has three chil. : 

526. Edward H., H b. June 12, 1839, in Charlestown; 527. Sophia 
L.. b. July 1, 1841, m. Samuel B. Wild, of Boston, 1S64, who d. in Fla. 
in the winter of 187 1 ; she has one son, Edward B., b. 1864 ; 528. 
Horace T., 8 b. Sept. 20, 1844. 

JAMES M. BURR, 7 [205d] of Como, III., 

m. Caroline H. Neal, of Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22, 1840, who was b. 
Dec. 5, 1820. Their chil. were : 

528a. James M.," b. Aug. 16, 1841, d. in inf. ; 528b. Adeline 
Ellery," b. Feb. 26, 1843 ; 528c. Eunice Turner," b. Mar. 5, 1845 ; 
528d. Sarah Esther," b. Sept. r, 1847 ; 528c Charles Martin/ b. 
June 15, 1850, m. Mary Brales, of Morrison, 111., and res. at Pasadena, 
Cal.; 528f. John S. Ellery," b. June 18, 1854, m. Dec, 1879, Lucy Par- 
tridge, of Como, 111., where they res. ; 528g. William Theodore, 8 b. 
Jan. 4, i860, m. Sept. 6, 1882. Mary Wilkinson, of Gait, 111., and res. in 
Como. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 493 

Of the daus., Adeline Ellery m. on Oct. 14, 1883, Senator David 
Davis, and after his death, Oct. 25, 1888, Col. Wharton Green, of 
Fayetteville, N. C. Colonel and Mrs. Green reside at Tokay, a beautiful 
seat in the environs of Fayetteville. Eunice Turner m. Charles N. Mun- 
son, of Stirling, 111., Oct. 15, 1868, and d. July 22, 1877. Sarah Esther 
m. Charles Heitsher, of Penn., and res. at Marshalltown, Iowa. 

Mr. James M. Burr is still living at Como, 111., aged 83 years. 

DAVID BURR, Jr., 7 [301] of Hingham, 

m. Nov. 23, 1847, Sarah A. Colbath. Chil. : 

529. Sarah E., 8 b. May 30, 185 1, d. Sept. 6, 1853 ; 530. David L., 8 
b. May 12, 1853, d. Feb. 5, 1855 ; 531. Sarah E., 8 b. Sept. 30, 1855, m. 
George V. Barnes, Mar. 21, 1872. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

NATHANIEL M. BURR, 8 [302] of Seekonk, Mass., 

m. June 14, 1864, Sarah J. Pierce, of Providence, R. I., and has chil. : 

532. Lyman, 9 b. Apr. 1, 1865 ; 533. Nettie M., 9 b. May 15, 1871, 
d. in inf.; 534. Louis L., 9 b. Oct. 29, 1872 ; 535. Lena F., 9 b. March 
2 °, l8 75 ; 536. Philip C., 9 b. Sept. 12, 1876. 

JAMES BURR/ [306] of Booneville, N. Y., 

m. Eliza A. Everett, who was b. Apr. 7, 18 16. They resided on the farm 
formerly owned by his father, two and one-half miles from the village of 
Booneville, N. Y., until April 1, 1865, when they rem. to the village, 
where Mr. Burr d. Oct. 13, 1876 (from a stroke of paralysis), and where 
his wid. still lives. Mr. Burr was a Bapt. in belief, and a mem. of the F. 
& A. M. His w. is a mem. Meth. Ch. Their chil. are : 

537. Henry N., 9 b. Jan. 23, 1838, at Booneville, N. Y.; 538. Edwin 
L., 9 b. Oct. 10, 1839, at Booneville, N. Y.; 539. Roxana, 9 b. June 12, 
1841, d. Apr. 30, 1901, unm. ; 540. Nancy E., 9 b. Apr. 27, 1844, m. Jan. 
10, 187 1, to Alva C. Brown, of Leyden ; 541. E. Lena, 9 b. Sept. 8, 1848. 

LYNDON BURR, 8 [310] of Booneville, N. Y., 

m. Huldah Eddy, Aug. 9, 1829, and has chil.: 

542. Eveline, 9 b. May 19, 1830, m. Jan. 1, 1851, Nicholas Sawyer; 
they had one dau., Alice, who m. Chas. Vanskaik, of Macomb, N. Y. 
Mrs. Sawyer d. December 7, 1857; 543. Sylvanus," b. Jan. 27, 1832; 
544. Isaac," b. Jan. 3, 1834; 545. Walter," b. June 2, 1835, d. May 1, 



494 THE BURR FAMILY. 

1852; 546. Cornelius, 9 b. June 26, 1837, d. Jan. 26, 1849; 547. Amelia,' 
b. Aug. 9, 1839, d. June 30, 1865. 

Lyndon Burr m. 2d, Feb. 22, 1S42, Margaret Booth, who bore him 
two chil.: 

548. Willis L., 9 b. Oct. 4, 1853 ; 549. Mary H., J b. May 23, 1858, 
m. Westcott Porter, rem. to Lyons Falls, N. Y., 1899; one dau., Cyrena, b. 
June 1, 1891. 

Losing his father when young, Mr. Burr early learned to rely upon him- 
self, and laid the foundation of a competence by clearing lands for the 
settlers. Strong in frame and an expert woodsman, he thought it no hard- 
ship to cut, split, and pile four cords of wood per day, for which he re- 
ceived eighteen pence per cord. He cleared many acres of heavy timber 
for the ashes, which he made into potash, and sold at six or seven dollars 
per hundred, and thought it a paying business. After a while he bought 
land near his father's, cleared it, sold it at a profit, and bought a farm of 
200 acres in Booneville, where he lived until i860, when he retired from 
active business and rem. to the village of Booneville. He d. Feb., 1880. 
Mrs. Margaret Burr d. Oct. 1, 1900. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 8 [317] of Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., 

m. Elizabeth Knapp. Their chil. are : 

550. Mary, 9 b. Oct. 24, 1S37; 551. Martha, 9 b. Oct. 30, 1839; 552. 
Celia,' b. Aug. 19, 1842; 553. Amelia,' b. Aug. 19, 1842; 554. Martha 
Jane, 9 b. Jan. 27, 1847; 555. Ellen A.,' b. Feb. 5, 1849. 

Of above chil. Mary [550] m. Rev. Peleg H. Simpson, June 12, i860. 
Their chil. are : I. Walter, b. March 4, 1863; 2. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 
25, 1872; 3. Emma, b. Feb. 10, 18S1. They reside at Augusta, Mich. 

Martha [551] died Aug. 16, 1846. 

Celia [552] m. Reuben Parks, March 29, 1866. Chil.: I. George, b. 
Mar. 31, 1867; 2. Benjamin Burr, b. Sept. 18, 1870; 3. Ella May, b. Feb. 
15, 1S78; 4. Albert II., b. June 15, 1880. They reside at Battle Creek, 
Mich. 

Amelia [553] d. Feb. 2, 1843. 

Martha Jane [554] m. Thaddeus Philip, Dec. 12, 1S66, d. Jan. 18, 
186S. 

Ellen A. [555] died Dec. 7, 1901; m. Thaddeus Philip, Dec. 1, 1869. 
Their chil. are : I. Jeremiah George, b. May 18, 187 1, d. July 2, 1890; 2. 
Jennie Aimer ia, b. Feb. 22, 1873; 3. Elizabeth Lockwood, b. April 27, 1884. 
They reside at Palmyra, N. Y. 

Benjamin Burr died in Marion, N. Y., July 9, 1886. Elizabeth Knapp, 
his wife, died in Palmyra, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1888. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 495 

ALLEN BURR, 8 [318] of Adrian, Mich., 

m. 1st, March 31, 1835, Phena Atwell, in New York State, who d. Nov. 26, 
1836, at Adrian, Mich. Chil. : 

555a. Caleb L., 9 b. May 15, 1836, d. in inf. 

Mr. Burr m. 2d, Eliza C. Parker-Gordon, March 16, 1837, at Palmyra, 
Mich. Chil. b. at Adrian, Mich.: 

555b. Benjamin F., 9 b. March 10, 1838, died Feb. 18, 1841 ; 556. 
Theron L., 9 b. Feb. 11, 18405557. Charles A., 9 b. Dec. 2, 1841; 558. Or- 
lando, 9 b. Feb. 3, 1844; 559. Phena L., 9 b. Feb. 2, 1846; 559a. Betsey 
L., 9 b. Oct. 2, 1848. 

Mr. Burr d. Feb. 17, 1850. He emigrated from Wayne County, N. Y., 
in the spring of 1835 to Adrian, Mich., and bought 400 acres of land from 
the Government in Palmyra Township. He came from Rochester, N. Y., 
to Toledo, Ohio, by boat, and from Toledo with an ox team, cutting his 
way through the forest. 

He was a man of courage and fortitude and one of the foremost citi- 
zens in the community at the time of his death. A man of high ambition, 
he hewed out of the forest a most comfortable home for the time in which 
he lived. The summer of 1846, he built a large and commodious house, 
which is still standing and occupied, one of the oldest landmarks in Lewen- 
nee County. During the winter of 1850, he cut timber for a horse barn, 
intending to build in the early spring. In February a thaw set in, melting 
the snow, and Mr. Burr, with his man and two teams, made all haste to get 
the logs to the saw-mill. On the way thither he with horses passed the 
man, who had an ox team. As he was passing, the log, which was not 
securely bound to the sleigh, caused it to turn over on to Mr. Burr, and he 
only lived twenty-four hours after the accident. He was a devoted mem- 
ber of the Baptist Church. 

Of above daus. Phena Louise [559] m. Gilbert M. Saxton, at Adrian, 
Mich., Jan. 1, 1867. He is a farmer. In 1884 they removed to Neosho, 
Mo. Four chil. were b. at Blissfield, Michigan: I. Orville O., b. Jan. 
6, 1869; 2. Thomas M., b. Oct. 1, 1870; 3. Lida E., b. Jan. 27, 1875; 4. 
Lottie -E. } b. Feb. 12, 1881. 

Betsey L. [559a] m. Joseph H. Westgate, at Adrian, Mich., Jan. 1, 
1868. He is a farmer. Two chil. were born at Blissfield, Mich.: I. A/ma, 
b. Mar. n, 1874; 2. Jennie, b. Sept. 3, 1878. They rem. to Neosho, 
Mo., in 1887. 

ISAAC BURR, S L32i] of Wayne Co., N. Y., 
m. Nancy Knapp; no chil. 



496 THE BURR FAMILY. 

HOLLISTER BURR/ [324] of Marion, N. Y., 

m. Phebe Knapp. They have chil. : 

560. Sylvanus 9 ; 561. Fanny 9 ; 562. Nancy"; 563. Charles. 9 

He is a farmer, res. in Marion. 

LA FAYETTE BURR 6 [332] of Boston, 

m. Abby W. Shepard, of Bristol, R. I. Mr. Burr is a grad. of Brown 
Univ., Providence, and clerk and treasurer of the National Dock and 
Warehouse Co., of Boston ; mem. Cong. Ch., of Melrose, one of the 
suburbs of Boston, where he resides. His chil. are : 

564. Fanny Woodbury," b. in Vicksburg, Miss., May 31, 1859; 
565. Arthur Markham," b. in Bristol, R. I., June 12, 1861 ; 566. 
Frank Taylor, 9 b. in Jamaica Plain, Mass., Oct. 21, 1863, d. Oct. 8, 
1864; 567. Thomas Shepard," b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., Nov. 29, 1865; 
568. Charles Taylor, 9 b. in Dedham, Mass., June 19, 1867, d. Aug. 21, 
1867 ; 569. Helen Louise, 9 b. in Dedham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1870 ; 570. 
Alice Morville, 9 b. in Melrose, Dec. n, 1872. 

HENRY TENBROECK BURR, 6 [333] of San Jose, Cal., 

was twice m.; by his first wife he had one son only, now living in San 
Francisco; married his second wife, Hannah La Du, of Cowlits Co., 
Wash. Ter., Dec. 23, 1857, by whom he had five chil., who at his death 
remained with their mother at her parents' home, in Washington. They 
are: 

572. Walter Herndon," b. Sept. 20, 1858; 573. Hertilla, 9 b. 
March 7, i860; 574. Mary Yates," b. Feb. 10, 1863; 575. Anna 
Taylor, 9 b. April 7, 1S65; 576. Henry Tenbroeck," b. Sept., 1867. 

Mr. Burr d. at San Jose, Cal., July 26, 1867, ?e. 38 yrs. 

COL. WILLIAM H. BURR, 6 [335] of Talladega, Ala., 

m. Sarah C. Borden, and has chil: 

578. Aarona," b. 1861; 579. Zaidee," b. 1864; 580. Esther," b. 
1869; 581. William Millin," b. 1872; 582. Lydia A., 9 b. 1874; 583. 
Borden H., 9 b. 1876. 

Of these chil., Aarona [578] rn. James A. Blackburn, Sept. 1, 1886, 
and has one child, I. Burr, b. Oct. 21, 1888. Zaidee [579] m - S. H. 
Henderson, Oct. 27, 1884, and has chil.: I. Nona Lydia, b. Sept. 24, 1885; 
2. Samuel Howard, b. May 8, 1887; 3. Katharine Alice, b. July 20, 1895. 
Esther [580] m. J. B. F. Robinson, April 15, 1891, and has one child, I. 
Henry Burr, 1). Apr. 7, 1895. 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 497 

Col. William H. Burr died July 6, 1900, and was buried with martial 
honors. The following touching tribute to his worth was written by one 
of his comrades in the war: 

" In the quiet of that home in Talladega which with his family he had 
occupied for more than thirty years, with wife, children, pastor, and 
friends around the bedside, watching the ebbing of an active, eventful 
life, until the 'fluttering pulse stood still,' Col. William Hughson Burr 
fell asleep in death soon after the midnight hour, and at the ushering in 
of July 6, 1900. With his passing from earthly scenes, there went a loving 
and devoted husband, a most kind, indulgent, and tender father, a noble 
citizen, a true, tried, and brave Confederate soldier, a gentleman and a 
consecrated Christian. 

" He was the offspring of those who had fought in the revolutionary 
times with Marion, Sumter, and Greene, and at Camden, S. C, when the 
scars of that struggle were still to be seen, on the 27th day of May, 1836, 
he was born. In 1849, when in his thirteenth year, he came with his 
father's family to Selma, Ala., where he grew up to manhood, early 
engaging in mercantile pursuits. In 1858, at the age of twenty-two, he 
married Miss Sarah Borden, of New Berne, Ala., and soon thereafter 
settled on a large plantation in St. Clair County, which was bounded on 
one side by beautiful Kelley's Creek and on another by the broad Coosa. 

" Here, although unused to agricultural pursuits, he went actively to 
work with a goodly number of faithful slaves, to clear up additional lands, 
and to plant and gather crops. While thus engaged, early in 1861, came 
his State's call to her sons to arm and make ready to serve her in the field. 
Leaving his young wife to superintend and his slaves to care for and carry 
on the farm, he promptly answered that call and enlisted as a private in 
a company composing a part of the ever to be remembered 5th Alabama 
infantry, commanded by the gallant Rhodes. 

"He was soon promoted to a lieutenancy, and while so serving, the 
death of his father necessitated his retirement for a time from the service, 
and he resigned his commission, came home to settle up his father's 
affairs, which done, he with others enrolled a company from St. Clair and 
Shelby counties, which was assigned to the 30th Alabama infantry, com- 
manded by Col. Charles M. Shelley, and part of that splendid brigade 
led by Gen. Edmund W. Pettus. Lieutenant Burr was appointed ad- 
jutant of his regiment, and was with it at Cumberland Gap, through 
Bragg's Kentucky campaign, taking part in the battle of Big Black, near 
Vicksburg and passing through the fearful perils, privations, and carnage 
marking the siege and defense of that city. Wherever Stevenson's divi- 
sion was engaged there was Pettus's brigade and Shelley's 30th Alabama. 

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49 8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

At Dalton, Resaca, New Hope, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, 
Hood's campaign in Tennessee, including the terrible slaughter to which 
our "incomparable infantry" were led at Franklin, and at the sub- 
sequent operations before Nashville of the Army of Tennessee, the 30th 
Alabama bore its part, and was a part of that historic rear guard that 
in hollow square covered the retreat of the army to Tennessee river. In 
the battle of December 16, 1864, before Nashville, Major Burr received 
his third and most serious wound while rallying the broken ranks, but was 
carried by his devoted men from the field and saved from capture. He 
was subsequently promoted to Lieut. Colonel, but was unable to per- 
form further duty before his comrades finally stacked arms with Gen. J. 
E. Johnston at Greensboro, N. C, on April 26, 1865. 

" Hostilities having ceased, Col. Burr gathered up such of his effects 
as had remained from the misfortunes of war and the prowling marauders 
that infested the country, and with his family moved to Talladega in 
1865, where he once more engaged in mercantile business, and for a time 
was quite successful. But the general financial panic of the early seven- 
ties, which brought disaster to thousands of others, forced him to close 
this business, and with that remarkable energy which was one of his dis- 
tinguishing characteristics he then went to New York, and though a 
comparative stranger he soon formed good business connections with one 
of the most prominent wholesale houses of that city and received a good 
salary. This connection he maintained, together with the full confidence 
of the house with which he was connected, down to the hour of his death. 
He operated over a wide extent of the southern territory, and was thus 
brought in contact with the business men of almost every city and town of 
several States, everywhere linking men to him in the closest ties by his 
uniform urbanity, good breeding, and straightforward, square business 
methods. 

'In 1867, during a great revival of religion, Col. Burr was brought 
to the Throne of Grace and joined the Presbyterian Church, of which his 
wife was then a member, and ever afterwards he was an earnest, active 
church worker, a regular attendant of the Sabbath School, and was or- 
dained a deacon, in which office he was a most earnest and vigilant laborer. 
He was later chosen a ruling elder, was president of the board of control 
of Isbell College, and for 12 years was a trustee of the Institute for the 
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. 

'' He ever cherished the warmest affection for his surviving comrades 
of the Lost Cause and assisted the ladies of the Memorial Association in 
paying due honor to the memory of those who had fallen, for many years 
serving as the Chief Marshal on Memorial Day. He was a most devoted 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 499 

husband and father, ever tender and considerate, sparing no effort for the 
comfort, well being, and advancement of his children and grandchildren. 
In the dark days succeeding the war between the States, his love of 
country and the interests of his people led him to take an active part in 
the political struggle involving the preservation of at least a remnant of 
the South's splendid civilization, and he was ever at the post of duty, 
ready to breast the storm of civil invasion as he had on a hundred fields 
the more imposing but less terrible besom of war. 

" The wife of his youth, the sharer of his toils, joys, and sorrow, with 
five daughters and one son, survive to mourn his loss and suffer the 
bereavement of his tender care." 

HENRY BURR/ [338] of Warren, R. I., 

m. Eunice Swift, of Wareham, Mass. His chil. are: 

584. Estelle 9 ; 585. Adelaide 9 ; 586. Henry 9 ; 587. Rebecca 9 ; 
588. Louise ' ; 589. Albert J ; 590. James 9 ; 591. Betsey. 9 

NORMAN G. BURR, 8 [341] of Narragansett Pier, R. I., 

m. Henrietta Kelley, Mar. 26, 1865, and had one son: 

592. Frank A., 9 b. 1870, for some years clerk at Hotel Berwick, 
Narragansett Pier, d. April 10, 1894, leaving a wide circle of friends to 
mourn his loss. 

Mr. Burr was for years the genial and popular landlord of the Massa- 
soit House, located at Narragansett Pier, R. I., and well known as one of 
the most pleasant and healthful seaside resorts. His wife Henrietta d. 
Feb. 4, 1884. 

CLARENCE C. BURR, 8 [343] of San Francisco, 

m. Emily Wright, at San Francisco, Nov. 29, 1866, and has chil.: 

593. Clara, 9 b. Nov. 15, 1867; 594. Emil W., 9 b. Nov. 13, 1869; 
595. Robert H., 9 b. Sept. 16, 1871. 

Clara [593] rn. Julian Holman, at San Francisco, Apr. 4, 1888. Has 
chil.: I. Sidney £., b. at Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., Cal., April 22, 
1889, and 2. Marjorie, b. Oct. 1, 1898. 

EDMUND C. BURR, 8 [346] of San Francisco, 

m. Anna, dau. of Thomas G. Barnard, of San Francisco, Oct. 27, 1875. 

They have three daus. : 

596. Elsie Lucy, 9 b. Mar. 20, 1877; 597a. Alice," b. Sept. 1, 1883; 
597b. Marian, 9 b. June 4, 1887. 



5<X> THE BURR FAMILY. 

FRANKLIN E. BURR/ [350] of Philo, III., 

m. Emily A. Robinson, of Chesterfield, Mass., who was b. Nov. 27, 1827, 
and has chil. : 

597. Emma J., 9 b. at Bleecker, N. Y., June 17, 1853; 598. Frank 
R./ b. at Oswego, 111., Sept. 4, 1856; 599. Frances C./ b. at Philo, 111., 
Aug. 28, i860; 600. Hubert A.," b. Jan. 31, 1866. 

GEORGE A. BURR, 6 [353] of Florence, Mass., 

m. Sarah M. Ely, of West Springfield, Mass., June 28, 1854. Their chil. 
are: 

601. Fannie E./ b. at Bleecker, N. Y., Sept. n, 1856, m. F. A. 
Look, of Florence, Mass.; 602. Charles E., 9 b. at Bleecker, N. Y., Jan. 
19, i860, dec; 603. Kate L., 9 b. at Bleecker, N. Y., May 10, 1861; 604. 
George H./ b. in Northampton, Feb. 5, 1866; 605. Harry K., 9 b. in 
Northampton, Aug. 21, 1871. 

Mr. Burr was identified with and actively engaged in the most promi- 
nent manf. enterprises of Florence for many years. He began life as 
clerk in a store; then embarked in the lumber business, and manf. in 
Fulton Co., N. Y., and followed it from 1852 to 1861, when he rem. to 
Northampton, and later connected himself with the Florence Manf. Co. 
of Florence, Mass. He d. Jan. 26, 1881. 

HEMAN BURR, 8 [354] of Worthington, Mass., 

m. 1 st, Mary H. Carr, of Worthington, 2d, Martha Cudworth, of Chester- 
field, and 3d, Amanda Pitcher, of Gloucester, Mass. By his 3d w. has a 
son : 

606. Ames E., 9 b. Oct. 6, 1888. 

ARTHUR G. BURR/ [355] of El Paso, Kan., 

m. 1st, Lucy, dau. of Rev. J. H. Bisbee, and 2d, Miss Julia Allen. No 
rec. of chil. 

JOHN E. BURR, 6 [356] of Philo, 111., 

m. Elizabeth King, of Plainfield, N. J. They have two chil.: 

607. Marshall Ames/ b. at Macomb, 111., Mar.,, 8, 1863; 608. 
Eugene Colton," b. at Philo, 111., Feb. 22, 1867. 

MARSHALL BURR, 8 [357] of , Mo., 

m. Mary Fitzpatrick, of Mo.; both are dec, leaving a son: 
609. Frederick, 9 now residing at Philo, 111. 




MRS- ALMA BURR TRIMBLE REYNOLDS 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 501 

CHARLES A. BURR, 9 [362] of Chicago, III., 
m. Mar. 22, 1887, Annie P. Stacy. No chil. 



HORACE BURR, 8 [365] of , 

m. Sept. 22, 1858, Betsey Eugenie Goodrich. Their chil. are: 

610. Laura Goodrich 9 ; 611. Lucy Jane 9 ; 612. Gertrude 
Mary. 

ELIJAH BURR, 8 [367] of , 



m. Apr. 14, 1863, Sarah Ballard. Their chil. are: 
613. Guy 9 ; 614. Cora. 9 

CHARLES AMES BURR, 8 [368] of , 

m. Nov. 8, 1879, Elizabeth Bates. Their chil. are: 

615. Charles Jay 9 ; 616. Gordon Ames 9 ; 617. Fred. Bates. 9 

DAVID BURR, 8 [376] of Chicago, III., 

m. May 2, 187 1, Harriet Elizabeth Murphy. Chil.: 

618. Jennie Coolidge, 9 b. May 12, 1873; 619. Mary, 9 b. May 2, 
1875; 620. David, 9 b. Jan. 28, 1881; 621. Olive Wisley, 9 b. May 12, 
1883; 622. Harriet, 9 b. June 16, 1885. 

EDWIN F. BURR, 8 [378] of Batesville, Ark., 

m. in 1841, Nancy P., dau. of Dr. Patrick Burton, of Little Rock, Ark., 
and d. 1876, in Batesville, Ark. His chil. are: 

623. Edwin Burton," b. 1843, killed on a Mississippi River steam- 
boat in 1872; 624. Emma P., 9 b. 1846, m. 1863, Henry Ewing, of Nash- 
ville, Tenn., afterward publisher of the St. Louis Times, and who d. in 
1874. She has three chil. 625. Charles P., 9 b. 1848. 

CHARLES C. BURR, 8 [379] of Auburndale, Mass., 

m., 1849, Lucy, dau. of Rev. Luther Wilson, who d. in the first year of 
marriage. In 1852, he m. 2d, Amelia S., dau. of Herbert and Lucy 
Bigelow Williams, of Brooklyn, Ct. Their chil. are: 

626. Lucy Williams, 9 b. 1853; 627. Charles Wolcott, 9 b. 1866. 

Mr. Burr was senior member of the firm of Burr Bros, and Co., dry- 
goods, Boston; Director of Arlington Mills; Trustee of Euphrates Coll. 
and Newton Hospital. He served four years on the Newton Board of 
Aldermen and represented the city in the General Court of 1883, 1884; 



502 THE BURR FAMILY. 

was Vice-President and Director of the American Congregational Associa- 
tion; Trustee of Congregational Education Society; Member of Pru- 
dential Committee of American Board of Foreign Missions ; Treasurer 
and Deacon of Auburndale Congregational Church for many years and also 
one of its founders. He d. Sept. 23, 1900. 

HEMAN M. BURR, 8 [382] of Newton, Mass, 

m., 1851, Ellen Russell, and had one dau.: 

628. Nellie Tucker, 9 b. 1852, m. 1872, Bernard Leonard, of South- 
bridge, Mass, now res. in Jackson, Mich. Her husband is a merchant. 
They have two chil. 

Mr. Heman M. Burr d. at Newton, in 1854. 

ISAAC TUCKER BURR/ [383] of Boston, Mass, 

m, 1852, Ann Frances Hardon, and has chil.: 

629. Annie Hardon, 8 b. Sept. 21, 1853, m. Sept., 1877, Dr. John W. 
Farlow, of Newton, Mass.; 630. Cora Frances, 9 b. Jan. 9, 1855; 631. 
Heman Merrick, 9 b. July 28, 1856; 632. Isaac Tucker, 9 b. Feb. 21, 
1858; 633. Winthrop Motley, 9 b. July 25, 1861; 634. Bertha, 9 b. 
Mar. 30, 1S63; 635. Allston," b. July 3, 1S66; all b. at Newton, Mass. 

Mr. Burr is President of the National Bank of North America, Boston; 
and of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R. R. He resides at Newton, 
Mass. 

JOHN M. BURR/ [384] of Newton, Mass, 

m., 1 86 1, Amanda Ward, of Arkansas. They have one son: 
636. John Milton,' 1 b. 1S66. Mr. Burr d. June 25, 1S91. 

LUTHER N. BURR, 8 [385] of Davenport, Ia, 

was educated at the public schools of Maine and the Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary. At seventeen years of age engaged in teaching and continued 
in that calling for about five years, when he engaged in mercantile and 
manufacturing pursuits. He has filled many positions of trust in the 
community, having been justice of the peace fourteen years, selectman, 
member of the School I5oard, etc. He m. 1st, May 20, 1841, Laura A. 
Wiley (b. Mar. 24, 1821). She d. Dec. 12, 1842, having borne one son, 
who d. in inf. Mr. Burr m. 2d, Apr. 24, 1844, Mary B. Wiley (b. May 
14, 1823), a sister of his first wife. Their chil. are: 

636a. Milton," b. Aug. 31, 1846; 636b. Porter W.," b. Feb. 1, 1852; 
636c. Luther N.," b. Mar. 15, 1861. Luther N. Burr d. Jan. 13, 1892. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 503 

Milton [636a] enlisted in the military service during the late Civil War, 
and is supposed to have d. at New Orleans in 1862. Luther N. [636c] d. 
when nine years old. 

CHARLES CHAUNCEY BURR, 8 [389] of Hoboken, N. J., 

No return. He was a well-known lecturer, and editor of the Hudson 
Co. Register, a weekly newspaper published in Hoboken. D. . 

MARTIN L. BURR, 8 [391] of , 



m. Julia Ingalls Kimball about 1845. Chil.: 

637. Frederick, 9 b. in Mercer, Me., about 1846, d. in Richmond, Va. 
(army), 1863; 638. Hannibal, 9 b. in 1848, d. in 1863; 639. Fannie, 9 b. 
1850, d. in 1863; 640. Rosalie K., 9 b. about 1859, was m. in 1884 to 
Albert Wallace, of Rochester, N. H., d. in childbirth Sept., 1889. Left 
one boy, Louis Burr, b. Sept., 1889. 

641. William, 9 b. about 1862, d. in inf.; 642. Louis E., 9 b. Jan. 31, 
1864, now living in Chicago, unm.; 643. Amelia Frances,' b. in Port- 
land, Me., July, 1868, was m. June 17, 1 891, to Thomas W. Osgood, of 
Rochester, N. H. 

HEMAN BURR, 8 [392] of New York, 

senior member firm " Heman Burr and Sons, Advertising Agency," New 
York, established i860. D. Sept. 17, 1901. M. Amelia, dau. of Wm. 
Dutton, of Philadelphia. She d. Aug. 2, 1889. Chil.: 

643a. Louis Heman, 9 b. Feb. 25, 1852; 643b. Frederic Martin, 9 
b. Feb. 27, 1859, unm. 

DR. CHARLES H. BURR, 8 [395] of Portland, Me., 

m. Sarah Alba, eldest dau. of Dr. Albus Rea, of Portland, b. Dec. 26, 
1839, m. Nov. 28, 1859. Their chil. were: 

644. Margaret Lucy, 9 b. Jan. 12, 1861, m. Oct. 14, 1885, Marston 
Niles, Esq., of New York City, counsellor at law, late Lieut. Commander 
U. S. Navy, had one son, who d. in inf.; 645. Chauncey Rea," b. Oct. 
16, 1S62. 

Dr. Burr grad. at Univ. of Penn., 1856, M. D. Hahnemann Med. Coll. 
of Philadelphia, 1859, member of the Portland City Council 1864-66, 
member of Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy, 1869, 3d Pres. of Maine Homoeo- 
pathic Med. Soc, 1869, d. at Portland, Feb. 26, 1885. 



504 THE BURR FAMILY. 

GEORGE E. BURR, 8 [398] of , 

m. Elizabeth Landor. No chil. 

HENRY M. BURR,' [399] ok Boston, Mass., 

m. Emily J. Baker, Feb. 8, 1865. They have two sons : 

646. Henry Edward, 1 ' b. Dec. 21, 1866; 647. Arthur Ellington,' 

b. July 23, 1870. 

Henry M. Burr d. Jan. 25, 1898. 

ELBRIDGE BURR, 8 [405] or Upshur Co., W. Va, 

m. Nancy J. Jack, 1841, and has chil.: 

648. William, 9 b. 1842; 649. Samantha, 9 b. 1843, ni - Robert L. 
Bosely, 1866, d. 1871; 650. Ladassah, 9 b. 1846, m. Gabriel Bean, 1865; 
651. Benton, 9 b. 1847; 652. Amy E., 9 b. 1849, m. Charles D. Gladwell, 
1870; 653. Spencer, 9 b. 1850; 654. Luther, 9 b. 1853; 655. Wesley, 9 
b. 1855; 656. Mary, 9 b. 1858; 657. Theodosia,' b. 1861. 

MARTIN BURR, 8 [406] of Upshur Co., W. Va., 

m. Louisa See, 1848, and has chil.: 

658. Mercia L., 9 b. 1849, m. John Perry, 1868; 659. Mary V., 9 b. 
1853, d. 1866; 660. George A., 9 b. 1855; 661. Celia J., 9 b. i860; 
662. Abraham, 9 b. 1863; 663. Charles, 9 b. 1866; 664. Claudius,' 

b. 1869. 

REV. JOHN E. BURR, 8 [409] of Fisherville, N. H., 

served in the Union army for two years, during the war of the rebellion, 
was wounded, Aug., 1864, and discharged; grad. at Brown Univ. in 1871, 
and at Newton Theo. Sem. in 1874, and became Pastor of the Main St. 
Baptist church, Fisherville, N. H., in 1874. He m. Emma J., dau. of 
Deacon Isaac Goddard, of Prov., R. I., in 1874, and has one dau.: 

665. Alice Mabel,' b. 1875. 

CLAUDIUS BURR, 8 [411] of French Creek, W. Va., 
m. Martha J. Ferral, dau. of Mortimer Ferral, in 1877. 

JOSEPH JONES BURR, 8 [450] of Brewer, Me., 

m. Elizabeth Morrow, and had : 

666. Elizabeth M.,' b. Oct 29, i860, who m. Jan. 1, 1883, Dr. John 
Thclberg, of kockford. 111., and had: I. John Morrill, b. Nov. 4, 1883, 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 505 

d. Nov. 6, 1883; 2. Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1891. Mrs. Thelberg grad. from 
the Woman's Med. Coll. in N. Y., 1882, and from 1886 to 1889 was Res. 
Physician and Prof, of Physiology at Vassar Coll. 

667. Walter H., 9 b. Dec. 27, 1863, d. July 31, 1880; 668. Joseph J., 9 
b. July 24, 1868, m. October 9, 1S80, Jeannette Watson, of N. Y., has one 
son, 668a. Joseph J., 10 b. Oct. n, 1887. He is a druggist in New 
Haven, Ct. 

Mr. Joseph J. Burr d. Oct. 14, 18S1. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 8 [459] of Beaufort, S. C, 

m. to Caroline K. Rowe, Aug. 4, 1864. Their chil.: 

668b. Harry Porter, 9 b. at Rockland, Me., Dec. 3, 1865; 668c. 
Helen Tomasina, 9 b. at Samana Bay, Santo Domingo, Nov. 22, 187 1, 
m. June 17, 1897, to Frank E. Leslie, M.D., of Woburn, Mass., and now 
res. at Andover, Me. 

THEOPHILUS BURR, 8 [483] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Betsey Reed Hersey, of Hingham, Nov. 29, 1845. No chil. He d. 

May 16, 1884. Mrs. Burr d. . Mr. Burr was a rep. in the Mass. 

Legislature of 187 1. 

FRANKLIN BURR, 8 [484] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Lydia Welch Lane, Apr. 29, 185 1, and has chil.: 

669. Frank Homer, 9 b. July 31, 1855; 670. Emma Hustace, 9 b. 
Sept. 12, 1857; 671. Annie Lane, 9 b. May 22, 1859. 

Mr. Burr d. Oct. 18, 1886. 

GEORGE H. BURR, 8 [487] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Mary M. Lane, July 12, 1861, who d. June 24, 1871. Their chil. were: 
672. Georgiana, 9 b. May 2, 1862; 673. Hannah Frances, 9 b. Mar. 
20, 1864, d. Sept. 17, 1881; 674. Alexander Theophilus, 1 ' b. May 10, 
1870, d. Dec. 31, 1889. 

ELIJAH W. BURR, 8 [488] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Lydia Hobart, dau. of David Hersey. Their chil are : 

675. William Ripley 9 ; 676. Henry Waters 9 ; 677. Clarence 
Stanley 9 ; 678. Charles Wendell ' ; 679. George Winthrop ' ; 680. 
Fannie Hosmer." 



506 THE BURR FAMILY. 

The last three triplets — the first case recorded in the family. 
Mr. Burr is largely engaged in the manufacture of cords and tassels; 
has an office in Devonshire St., Boston, and res. in Hingham. 

CHARLES T. BURR/ [491] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Susan A. Frances Thayer, Nov. 23, 1865, and has chil.: 

681. Arthur G., 9 b. July 26, 1867; 682. Minnie F./ b. June 29, 
1869. 

Mr. Burr is engaged in manufacturing, and resides at Hingham, Mass. 

ROBERT BURR/ [492] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Harriet, dau. of Charles Howard, Feb. 6, 1855, and has chil.: 

683. Harriet Adelaide," b. June 19, 1856; 684. Hannah Howard, 9 
b. May 28, 1861; 685. Carrie dishing," b. July 3, 1863, d. July 4, 
1864. 

FREDERICK \V. BURR/ [508] of Hull, Mass., 

m. Dec. 21, 1882, Catherine Bertha Donahue. Their chil. are : 

686. Edna Lillian, 9 b. Dec. 9, 1883; 687. Elsie Mabel, ' b. May 

26, 1886; 688. Alice Ella,' b. Nov. 19, 1888. 

Mr. Burr is town clerk and tax collector of the town of Hull, Mass. 

HENRY H. BURR/ [510] of Hingham, Mass., 

m. Oct. 21, 1885, Nettie Mabel Wadleigh. Their chil. are: 

689. Chauncey Wadleigh, b. Mar. 6, 1887; 690. Harlton Her- 
sey," b. Dec. 25, 1889. 

DANIEL GOULD BURR/ [516] of Paris, III., 

studied law, was admitted to the bar, served in the Mexican War, and has 
been a wide traveller. He is also a prominent Mason. Mr. Burr has an 
interesting collection of letters and documents relating to Aaron Burr. 

LABAN C. BURR/ [518] of Tolono, III., 

m. Miss Rebecca Dell Thrasher, of Charleston, 111., June 2, 1858. Their 
children were: 

691. Luella," b. March 25, 1859, who m. Charles E. Trimble. 
They have one dau., I. Alma Burr, who m. Dr. H. D. Reynolds, and re- 
sides at Nashville, Tenn. They have one dau., 1. Alma Litta. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 507 

Mrs. Alma Burr Reynolds has one of the most beautiful contralto voices 
known, being natural, strong, and sweet. She is a very beautiful woman 
of a pure blond type, and on the few occasions on which she sings in pub- 
lic attracts large audiences. 

691a. Kent, 9 d. in inf.; 692. Laban A., 9 b. Oct. 26, 1862; 693. 
Logan Cushing, 9 b. Oct. 8, 1864. 

Laban Cushing, the f. d. Aug. 13, 1895. He was a cabinet maker by 
trade, serving his apprenticeship in Wilmington, 111. In March, 185 1, he 
engaged passage overland by ox teams to California in search of gold. 
Failing to find a paying claim he turned his attention to his trade, receiv- 
ing from ten to twenty dollars a day for his services. He remained in 
California about three years, returning by way of Panama, crossing the 
Isthmus, and by boat to New York, returning to Charleston, 111. On June 
2, 1858, he married Miss Rebecca Dell Thrasher, and moved upon a farm 
where they lived until June, 1864, when they moved to Tolono, 111., where 
he engaged in the lumber, furniture, and undertaking business. Mr. Burr 
was originally a Whig, casting his first vote for Fremont. He joined the 
Republican party at its birth, and voted for every Republican candidate 
for the Presidency up to the time of his death. He was a great admirer 
of Blaine, a personal and political friend of John A. Logan and Congress- 
man J. G. Cannon, of his district. Mr. Burr was for nine years President 
of the Board of County Commissioners of Champaign County, serving in 
that capacity a greater number of years than any other man in the county. 
He was also elected Mayor of Tolono a number of times. He built a 
water-works plant and saw it successfully finished the night before he died. 
He was a Mason and Odd Fellow, and was Grand Master of his home 
lodge at the time of his death. 

EDWARD H. BURR, 8 [526] of Boston, Mass., 

is a master mariner, and commenced going to sea at the age of 17 years. 
His first voyage was in the ship Panther, under Capt. Gannett, one of the 
most accomplished commanders of his time; he made several voyages 
with Capt. G., and was rapidly promoted to the rank of first officer. His 
first voyage as master was in the clipper ship Orion, from Liverpool to 
Boston; he next made two successful voyages to the Atnoor River, Kam- 
tchatka, in the bark Be firing; then in the ship Mutlah, several voyages to 
Australia and the East Indies, returning to New York and Boston, with 
continued success. He is now (1878) in command of the new and elegant 
ship Ice King, owned by the Tudor Co., a large and successful mercantile 
firm of Boston, engaged in the ice trade, and having several agencies in 



508 THE BURR FAMILY. 

the East Indies. He m. Dec., 1874, Mary E. Blood, of Bucksport, Me., 
who d. in Australia, Aug. 29, 1875, ^ 2I Y ears an d six months, leaving 
no chil. 

HORACE T. BURR," [528] of Boston, Mass., 

m. 1872, Susie Sawyer, of Arlington. They have two chil.: 

694. Henry T., 9 b. in Medford, 1872 ; 695. Freeman H., J b. in 
Medford, 1875. 

Mr. Burr commenced sea life at 16 years of age, and made two voy- 
ages in the ship Panther, Capt. Gannett, to Bombay and Calcutta, E. I. 
On his return at the commencement of the Civil War, he volunteered as a 
private in Co. E., 47th Mass. Infantry. His reg't occupied the defences 
of New Orleans after the capture of the city. He received the appoint- 
ment of Captain in the 13th Reg't U. S. colored troops, Apr. 13, 1864, 
and was assigned to the command of Co. F. He was present with his 
company in all its duties and engagements of an active field service, from 
the commencement of Gen. Grant's Wilderness campaign to the close of 
the war, and the final discharge of his reg't. He also served as a mem. of 
General Court-Martial at Headquarters of 1st Brig. 4th Div. 9th Corps. 
His company won true distinction on account of good discipline, excellent 
deportment, and bravery in action. Capt. Burr was engaged in the 
following battles : Wilderness, May 5, 6, and 7, 1864 ; Spottsylvania, May 
7 to 15, 1864 ; Tolopotomy Creek, May 19 and 24, 1864 ; Cold Harbor, 
June 1 to 3, 1864 ; Old Church, June 10, 1864 ; siege of Petersburg, June 
18, 1864 ; mine before Petersburg, July 30, 1864 ; Weldon R. R., Aug. 19 
and 20, 1864; Poplar Grove Church, Sept. 29 and 30, 1864; Hatchers 
Run, Oct. 27 and 28, 1864; Bermuda Front, Dec. 28, 1864 ; Dutch Gap 
Canal, Jan 25, 1865 ; Capture of Richmond, April 3, 1865. He, with his 
reg't., was discharged from service, Nov. 30, 1865. Capt. Burr is an 
architect and draughtsman in the city of Boston. 

NINTH GENERATION. 

PHILIP C. BURR, [536] of Cambridge, Mass., 

m. to Evelyn A. Bradley, of Woodbury, Ct., June 21, 1899. Their son, 
695a. Herbert Bradley, 10 was b. Nov. i, 1900. 

DR. HENRY N. BURR, a [537] OF Williamson, N. Y., 

m. Kate Sumner, who was b. at Woodbridge, Mich., Sept. 24, 1842. They 
have chil.: 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 509 

696. Kittie S., UI b. at Macedon, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1866 ; 697. Grace 
M., 10 b. at Macedon, Dec. 12, 1867 ; m. Stephen Hogaboom, Oct. 10, 
1892 ; rem. to Creston, la. Chil: I. J . Marion, b. Dec. 27, 1893; 2. Ste- 
phen Rice, b. July 1, 1897 ; 698. Henry C.,'° b. Feb. 3, 1870, 699. 
Marion E., 10 b. at Walworth, Sept. 10, 1872. 

In 1862, Dr. Burr became asst. surgeon of the 97th Regt. N. Y. Vols., 
and served until the regt. was discharged at the end of the war. He then 
settled at Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., where he rem. ten years; then 
spent a year in Syracuse, and from thence removed to Walworth, where he 
had a large practice. He is now (t902) editor and proprietor of the 
Williamson Sentinel, which he has conducted for the past sixteen years, in 
which he has been ably assisted by his two daughters, the Misses Kittie S. 
and Marion E. Burr. His wife, Mrs. Kate Sumner Burr, is a lady of con- 
siderable literary ability, and has contributed several poems of merit to 
the Independent and other journals, and was for nineteen years editor and 
proprietor of the Invalid's Visitor. 

EDWIN L. EURR, 1 [538] of Boonville, N. Y., 

m. Jan. 31, 1865, Mary Rockwood. They have two chil.: 

700. Florence I., 10 b. Sept. 5, 1868, m. Charles Edwards, June 1, 

1898; 701. Nettie E., 1 " b. Jan. 5, 1874. 

Mr. Burr res. on the farm formerly owned by his grandfather, Sylvanus 

Burr, in Boonville, N. Y. 

SYLVANUS BURR, 9 [543] of Norborne, Mo., 

m. Elizabeth Downer; they have no chil. He is a carpenter and joiner 
by trade. 

ISAAC BURR, 9 [544] of Boonville, N. Y., 

m. Feb. 23, 1859, Jennette A. Jillson. They have two chil.: 

702. Nellie A., 10 b. Jan. 3, i860; 703. Jessie A., 10 b. Sept. 17, 1863. 
Isaac Burr was educated at Lowville Academy, where he showed 
marked ability in mathematics. His clear conception of figures proved 
beneficial in many kinds of business. He clerked two years in a dry-goods 
store, taught school, learned mechanics; removed to the State of Illinois 
where during five years he took contracts for building, speculated in land, 
and accumulated quite a fortune which he has invested in five different 
States. Mr. Burr studied law and was actively engaged in the profession 
several years. He has always been a Democrat but did not vote for free 
silver. He has retired from active life and resides in Boonville, N. Y. 



510 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Misses Nellie and Jessie Burr were educated at Boonville union school 
and academy. In 1880 they graduated from Lowville Academy and 
taught school the following year. In 1886 and 1887, they studied drawing, 
painting, and music at Syracuse University, and later spent four years at 
Cornell University, graduating with the class of 1893. In 1900, they 
travelled through England, France, Switzerland, and Germany. In the 
fall of 1893, Miss Jessie A. Burr ran on the Democratic ticket for School 
Commissioner of Oneida County, N. Y., but was not elected. In 1S95- 
1896, she taught in the Mystic Valley Institute, Ct. From 1897 to 
1901, she taught in the public schools of Boston, Mass., and since 1901, 
she has been teaching in New York City. Miss Nellie A. Burr was prin- 
cipal of Williamson union school, New York, 1 897-1 89S, when she began 
teaching in the public schools of New York City. In addition to her 
school work she is studying law at the New York University. 

WILLIS L. BURR, 9 [548] of Turin, N. Y., 

m. Etta Meir, Dec, 1881; one son, 704. Lynn A., 1 " b. May 9, 1883, en- 
listed in the U. S. Army and was in the campaign in the Philippines as 

bugler; returned home July 4, 1901. Mrs. Burr d. and Mr. Burr m. 

2d Dec. 27, 1894, Sarah Geiskoph, by whom he had 705. Morris,'" b. Apr. 
12, 1897, and 706, Margaret, 1 " b. Jan. 9, 1900. 

THERON L. BURR, 9 [556] of Adrian, Mich., 

m. Harriet Wilson, at Ridgeway, Mich., Feb. 1 1, 1864, who was b. at Sodus, 
Wayne County, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1839. They had eight chil.: 

707. Allen Vernoy," b. Feb. 14, 1S65; 708. Mattie Louise," b. 
May ii, 1866; 709. Anna Estelle," b. Sept. 6, 186S; 710. Homer 
Orlando, 1 " b. Oct. 1, 1869; 711. Charles Eddy, 1 " b. Oct. 12, 1872; 
712. Delphine," b. Oct. 10, 1875; 713. Ralph," b. Dec. 5, 1876, d. 
April 3, 1877; 714. Ada May, 1 " b. May 13, 1879, d. Jan. 27, 1889. 

Mr. Burr is a prosperous farmer living six miles northwest of Adrian, 
Mich. His father was killed when he was only ten years old and he early 
learned to rely upon himself and to aid his mother in the support of their 
family. 

Laboring under great disadvantages he educated himself and was 
a successful teacher in the schools of Michigan. He is a Republican 
and an active member of the Cong. Church at West Adrian and contributed 
liberally to the building of it, and to its support. Beginning life with only 
willing hands, aided by those of the estimable woman whom he chose for 
his wife, he purchased in 1866 the farm on which lie lives, and by hard 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 511 

labor and good management has secured a comfortable home for himself 
and family. He has held many offices of trust in his own town, and has 
attained no little success in veterinary practice. 

Mattie Louise [708] m. Charles J. Hood, M. D., Sept. 3, 1891, at 
Adrian, Mich.; no chil. She graduated from Adrian College Normal 
School in 18S7, and was a successful teacher a number of years in the 
schools of Lenewee County, Mich. Dr. Hood graduated from Ann Arbor 
Medical School in 1887, and located in Spokane, Washington. His health 
failing, he sought change of climate in Nevada, where he has established 
a large practice and is a prominent physician in eastern Nevada. 

Anna Estelle [709] m. Lucius A. Porter, Sept. 20, 1899, at Adrian, 
Mich.; no chil. Mrs. Porter received her education at the Ypsilanti State 
Normal School, Michigan, and for years was one of the foremost teachers 
in the schools of Lenawee Co. Mr. Porter is a farmer of considerable 
wealth and an influential citizen. 

Delphine Burr [712J is unm. and living with her parents at Adrian, 
Mich.; she is an active worker in the Congregational Church. 

CHARLES A. BURR, 9 [557] of Neosho, Mo., 

m. Josephine Westgate, Oct. 22, 1868, at Palmyra, Mich. No. chil. 

Mr. Burr was engaged in farming until 1881, when he removed to 
Neosho, Mo., where he carried on a dairy business most successfully until 
1900, when he retired from active business. He is a Republican and an 
active member of the Christian Church. He enlisted in the War of the 
Rebellion Aug. 22, 1S62, in Company F. 26th Michigan Infantry Volun- 
teers, and was discharged June 14, 1865. He is highly respected and is a 
good entertainer, of jovial disposition, and widely known as the " Hillside 
Dairyman." 

ORLANDO BURR, 9 [558] of Adrian, Mich., 

unm., enlisted in the War of the Rebellion, December, 1863, in Company 
H. 26th Michigan Infantry Volunteers, and was taken prisoner at the 
Battle of the Wilderness and sent to Andersonville Prison. He was pa- 
roled some time in the spring of 1865, and started to march to the Union 
lines, but being too weak to walk, fell and died by the roadside. 

ARTHUR MARKHAM BURR, 9 [565] of Melrose, Mass., 

m. June 12, 1901, Mary Griffith Ellis, b. July 29, 1874, dau. of W. Irving 
and Harriet Hollingsworth Ellis, all of Melrose, Mass. Mr. Burr is a 
member of the Higgins, Snow Co., of Boston, Mass. 



512 THE BURR FAMILY. 

THOMAS SHEPARD BURR, [567] of Boston, Mass., 

graduated at Williams College, class of 1887. Has since been employed 
as civil and mechanical engineer in the West, South, and in Boston on rail- 
road, town, harbor, sewerage, and hydraulic works. He is unm. 

EMIL WILLARD BURR, 9 [594] of Alvarado, Cal., 

m. at S. F., Nov. 3, 1900, to Ada Bell Jewett, dau. of Philo D. Jewett. 
A son 715. Edmund Willard, 10 b. Dec. 12, 1901. Emil Willard Burr 
graduated from the University of Cal., class of 1894, as a chemist and 
became Superintendent of the Alameda Sugar Co. in 1898. 

ROBERT H. BURR, 9 [595] of San Francisco, Cal., 
m. Aug. 14, 1895, Mabel Lawrence. Is a dentist. 

GEORGE HOWARD BURR, [604] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Oct. 1, 1889, Mildred, dau. of Col. and Mrs. Charles Morrison Howe. 
Child: 716. Howard Courtney, 1 " b. July 8, 1890. 

CHARLES P. BURR/ [629] of St. Louis, Mo., 

m. Jessie Orr. Chil: 716a. Emma Patric, 1 " m. Major Henry Ewing, C. 
S. A., for some time editor of the St. Louis Times. Her only child, I. Ed- 
wcna, was educated abroad at Dresden and Hanover, and m. at Dresden, 
June 21, 1900, Herr Bernard von Heck, of Holland, cotton manufacturer. 
Mr. Burr is a grain broker in St. Louis. 



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HEMAN MERRICK BURR, 8 [631] of Chestnut Hill, Mass., 

grad. at Harvard Coll. in June, 1877, m. Nov. 29, 1881, Mary Frances, 
dau. of Samuel and Mary Hartwell Ames, of Boston. Has two sons: 

717. Roger Ames, 1 " b. in Germany, Aug. 28, 1882; 718. Theo- 
dore, 1 " b. at Chestnut Hill, Mass., Sept. 15, 1886. 

Mr. Burr is a well-known member of the Suffolk Co. Bar, of Mass. 

I. TUCKER BURR, Jr., [632] of Boston, Mass., 

m. Oct. 12, 1882, to Alice McClure Peters, of Jamaica Plain, Mass.; has 
four chil.: 

719. Isaac Tucker Burr, 3d, 1 " b. March 22, 1885; 720. Barbara. 10 
b. Nov. 1, 1886; 721. Carleton, 1 " b. Aug. 29, 1891; 722. Alice Parkin- 
son, 1 " b. Oct. 16, 1893. 




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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 513 

Judge PORTER W. BURR, 9 [636] of Charles City, Iowa, 

m. Apr. 19, 1876, Miss Buena V., dau. of Hon. W. P. Gaylord, a promi- 
nent lawyer of Floyd Co. Their chil. are: 

723. Mary Elizabeth, 10 b. Feb. 10, 1880; 724. Lucy Weber, 10 
b. June 3, 1891. 

Mr. Burr was educated at Griswold College, Davenport, took the law 
course at Iowa State Univ., was admitted to the bar in 1873, and located 
at Charles City, la., where he has since resided. Judge Burr has held 
responsible official positions from the beginning, having been Clerk of the 
Courts, Mayor of Charles City, and City Attorney for several terms. From 
1892 to 1896 he was District Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of 
Iowa. 

LOUIS HEMAN BURR, 9 [643a] of New York City, 

m. Josephine E. Allen, of Worcester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1874. They have 
one dau., 725. Amelia, 10 b. Nov. 19, 1878. 

Mr. Burr was educated at the College of the City of New York. 

Dr. CHAUNCEY REA BURR, 9 [645] of Portland, Me., 

m. Frances Brewerton, only surviving dau. of Major-General James Brew- 
erton Ricketts, U. S. Army, and Frances Anne Pyne Livingston Lawrence, 
his wife. They were m. at the Church of the Holy Communion, New 
York City, July 25, 1888, and have chil.: 

726. Frances Dorothy Rea, 10 b. at Morristown, N. J., July 14, 1889; 
727. Gladys Violet Livingston, 1 " bapt. Oct. 4, 1891; 728. Julia Mar- 
guerite Ricketts, 10 bapt. Mar. 8, 1894. 

Dr. Burr is Ph.B. Yale Coll., 1884; M.D. Harvard Univ., 1888; In- 
terne Pupil Rotunda Hosp., Dublin, 1888; Clinical Clerk, Soho Square 
Hospital for Women, London, 1889; Fellow of the Mass. Med. Soc. 1889; 
District Physician to Boston Dispensary, 1892; Asst. Physician Out-Patient 
Dept. Boston City Hosp., 1893; Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy, 1898; Jun- 
ior Medical Officer on the U. S. S. Monterey at battle of Manila, Aug. 13, 
1898; resigned from Navy Sept. 25, 1901, and resumed the practice of his 
profession in Portland, Me. 

WILLIAM BURR, 9 [648] of Upshur Co., Va., 

m. Lydia F. Bosely, in 1869. Has one son: 

729. Bailey, 10 b. 1870. 
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514 THE BURR FAMILY. 

BENTON BURR, J [651] of Upshur Co., Va, 

m. 1873, Mary C. Teater, and has chil.: 

730. Anna M., 1 " b. 1874; 731. Grade, 1 " b. 1877. 

SPENCER BURR, 9 [653] of Upshur Co., Va., 
m. 1877, Luceba A. Gould. 

HARRY P. BURR, J [668b] of Beaufort, S. C, 

m. Jan. 1, 1888, to Miss Lilla Maud Collins, at Beaufort, S. C. Their 
child: 

732. Helen Collins,'" b. Sept. 15, 1890. 

ARTHUR ELLINGTON BURR,' J [681] of Boston, Mass. 

Educated in Boston; graduated at Harvard University, 1891; LL.B. 
Harvard Law School, 1894; has practised law in Boston since 1894; m. 
April 17, 1899, Miss Emily F. Sturtevant. 

LABAN A. BURR, M.D., U [692] of Bloomington, III., 

b. at Charleston, 111., Oct. 26, 1862; m. 1st, Miss Claudia L. Brown of 
Ashmore, 111., who bore him a dau. : 

733. Marguerite Dell, 10 who d. young. 

Mrs. Burr died, and he m. 2d, Miss Bettie W. Boulware, of Blooming- 
ton, 111. Have one son: 

734. Logan."' 

After attending three courses of lectures at the Missouri Med. Coll., 
Dr. Burr graduated from the Beaumont Hosp. Med. Coll. of St. Louis, in 
March, 1887. He was the valedictorian of his class. Entering his pro- 
fession, he practised for five years; then, leaving his practice, he entered 
the Post-Graduate Policlinic of Chicago, taking the special course on the 
eye, ear, nose, and throat, at the same time entering the Illinois Eye and 
Ear Infirmary as Assistant Oculist and Aurist, and remained one year. 
He resumed practice on leaving the Infirmary for ten years, when he re- 
turned to Chicago for a post-graduate course in surgery at the Post-Grad- 
uate Med. Coll. and Hospital. Upon completing this course he was 
elected a member of the faculty, occupying the chair of Lecturer on 
Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery, and receiving an appointment as 
Assistant Abdominal Surgeon in the Post-Graduate and Charity Hospitals, 
which positions he held for three years, resigning in the fall of 1900 to 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 515 

return to his original field at Bloomington, 111. Dr. Burr is one of the 
most prominent and successful practitioners in central Illinois. 

LOGAN CUSHING BURR, M.D., 9 [693] of Chicago, III., 

was born Oct. 8, 1864, at Tolono, 111.; d. June 27, 1891, at Chicago, 111. 
He was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. 
He entered the Cook County Hospital as interne, where he remained one 
year, paying special attention to surgery. He was a man of commanding 
appearance, brave and fearless, yet kind and gentle to the afflicted. He 
was a brilliant surgeon for one of his years, and was cut down at the very 
stepping-stone of a brilliant career. 

TENTH GENERATION. 

Rev. HENRY C. BURR, 10 [698] of Berea, O., 

m. Nov. 15, 1892, Miss Josephine Page, of Oberlin, O. He is Prof, of 
Philosophy in Baldwin University, of which he is a graduate, as well as of 
Drew Theological Seminary. Mr. Burr is an ordained minister of the M. 
E. Church and has occupied a number of charges. They have one child, 
[735] Henry Leonard," b. Dec. 3, 1901. 

ALLEN V. BURR, 10 [707] of Denver, Colo., 

m. Lois R. Miles, of Miles Grove, Pa., at Salt Lake City, Oct. 13, 1S91. 
Two chil. were born: 

735a. Ruth Harriett, 11 b. March 21, 1393; 736. Theron Arthur," 
b. April 14, 1894, d. July 10, 1894. 

Mr. Burr received his education at the district school near Adrian, 
Mich., Adrian College, and Brown's Business University. He is a Repub- 
lican and an enthusiastic Mason, and was made a Knight Templar Jan. 
26, 1891, in El Monte Commandery, No. 2, at Ogden, Utah. Reared on 
a farm and the oldest of a large family, he was early taught to make him- 
self useful; after the age of thirteen, he assisted his father during the 
summer months on the farm, and attended school in winter, until he was 
of age. In April, 1888, he decided to go west, believing the opportunities 
there better for a young man, and went to McCook, Neb., where he se- 
cured a position as clerk in a general store. There he contracted typhoid 
fever, and, on his recovery, he made application for a position as brake- 
man on the B. & M. Ry. He was given a position, and promoted to 
train conductor in about eighteen months, when his health failed, and he 



5 l6 THE BURR FAMILY. 

removed to Denver, Col., where he entered the employ of the Pullman 
Company, Feb. 10, 1890, as conductor, and was promoted to yard foreman, 
Oct. 10, 1892, and to night agent, Jan. 1, 1900, which position he now 
holds. He has a large acquaintance, and is respected by all who know 
him as a man of good character and true to every trust. 

HOMER O. BURR,'" [710] of Cincinnati, O., 

m. Maymie C. Botts, at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 12, 1895. No chil. Mr. 
Burr is a Republican, and a member of the Congregational Church. He 
received his education at the Ypsilanti State Normal School of Michigan. 
In 1892, he entered the employment of the Commissary Department of 
the Pullman Company at Denver, Col., and soon established himself as a 
man of a high moral character, ambitious and painstaking; and in 1895 
was advanced to Assistant Commissary Agent at Cincinnati, Ohio, which 
position he still holds. 

CHARLES E. BURR, 10 [711] of Adrian, Mich., 

m. Lura E. Starin, at North Morenci, Mich., Dec. 22, 1897. Chil.: 
737. Theron Lorenzo, 11 b. Nov. 17, 1899, at Canandaigua, Mich.; 

738. Charles Allen,' 1 b. Aug. 17, 1901, at Adrian, Mich. 

Mr. Burr is a successful farmer near Adrian, Mich. He received his 

education at Rosin Valley Seminary, Mich. He is a Republican and a 

man of good character and a respected citizen in the community in which 

he lives. 



NEW JERSEY BRANCH. 



FIRST GENERATION. 
I. HENRY BURR. 1 

NO mention of the New Jersey branch of the family is made in the 
genealogical dictionaries, and until his work was nearly completed, 
the compiler had supposed that the many families of the name, in 
Central New Jersey, were offshoots from some one of the three Puritan 
branches of New England; and had confined his researches to them. But 
from data gathered by the Rev. Alexander Shiras, D.D., of Washington 
City,* from the records of the Friends' meeting-houses in Burlington Co., 
N. J., and other sources, it was discovered that they were descended from 
one common ancestor, who emigrated from England as early as 1682, and 
settled near Mount Holly, the county seat of Burlington Co. This ances- 
tor was Henry Burr. His wife's name was Elizabeth Hudson. He was a 
Quaker in religious belief, and many of his descendants have adhered to 
the same simple faith. His death is not recorded, but no doubt his dust 
reposes in the ancient graveyard of the Friends at Mount Holly.f 

The only positive evidence of his presence in America is found in the 
records of the Friends' meeting-house at Mount Holly, which record the 
birth of John Burr, son of Henry and Elizabeth Burr, under date of May 
29, 1691. Corroborative proof is found in the fact that a deed, dated 
1682, and conveying to William Penn and others one-nineteenth part of 
the province of New Jersey, is known to have been in possession of the 
son, John, is now preserved in the family, and was probably given to Henry 
Burr, the father, as one evidence of title to a portion of the grant. 

The above was written for the edition of 1878. Before issuing the 
second edition the author visited Burlington Co., and in the collection of 

* For much valuable information concerning this branch the compiler is also indebted 
to Dr. Joseph S. Burr, of Leesville, Ohio, Mr. Milton J. Burr, of Chariton, Iowa, and to 
Thomas L. Gaskill Esq., of Newark, N. J. 

f A census of Northampton Township in 1709 gives his age at that time as 45 yrs., 
his w. Elizabeth's as 33 yrs. He was b., then, 1664. 

517 



5 I 8 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Hon. Joseph S. Gaskill, of Mt. Holly, found other traces of him. As 
early as Aug. 16, 1688, there is record of his purchasing certain land war- 
rants of Robert Dimsdale, and about the same time of his selling others to 
his son, Joseph Burr. As early as 17 14, he received a deed from a neigh- 
bor, the opening part of which we quote as follows: 

"This Indenture made the Sixth day of December, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourteen, and in the first year of 
ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, King of Great Brittayne, &c. 
Between William Stevenson of the Township of Northampton & County 
of Burlington in ye Province of West New Jersey yeoman of the one part 
and Henry Burr of the same Township, County and Province afore said 
yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that ye s'd William Stevenson for 
and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and forty Pounds of good 
current silver money of West Jersey to him the said William Stevenson in 
hand paid by the said Henry Burr att & before the ensealing and delivery 
of these presents the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the said 
William Stevenson and thereof of every part and parcel thereof doth fully 
and freely acquit, exonerate, release and discharge the said Henry Burr, 
his heirs, executors, administrators and every of them for ever. By these 
presents hath granted, bargained and sold, aliened and enfoeffed and con- 
firmed, and by these presents doth fully, clearly and absolutely grant, 
bargaine and sell, alien and enfoeffe, release, convey and confirm unto 
the said Henry Burr, his heirs and assigns forever a piece, parcel or tract 
of land lying within the township of Northampton & County of Burlington 
aforesaid containing two hundred Acres of upland and meadow ground, it 
being part of the plantation or tract whereon the said William Stevenson 
now liveth on that side thereof next adjoining to Henry Burr's plantation." 

July 31, 1738, for five pounds Henry Burr conveyed to his son Joseph 
a certain "farm called by the name of the Peach Field, with the dwelling- 
house, out-houses, fencings, orchard, gardens, and all and every the im- 
provements upon ye said farm and plantation containing by computation 
300 acres of land be the same more or less ... it being the same plan- 
tation said Henry Burr purchased of Helena Skene who was cmpozuered by 
her husband John Skene to grant as is shown by an indenture under the 
hand of John Skene bearing date 10th June, 1695 , and entered upon the 
records in Burlington, which land John Skene purchased of Edward 
Billing:' 

After examining the records of the Friends' Meetings, in which he was 
materially aided by Bartlett White. Esq., of Mt. Holly, the author pro- 
ceeded to Trenton, where among the early probate records of the Province 
of New Jersey preserved in the office of the Secretary of State he made a 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 519 

still more interesting discovery in the will of Henry Burr, the first settler. 
As being of interest to his descendants we give this instrument entire: 

" I Henry Burr of the Township of Northampton, County of Burling- 
ton, in the Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, being in good 
health, perfect in mind and memory, thanks be to God therefore, Calling 
to mind the Mortality of my Body, do make this my last Will and Testa- 
ment; yt is to say principally and first I recommend my soul into the 
hands of God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently buried 
at the discretion of my executors. 

'' And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless 
me withal, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner 

" Imprimis. I give unto my son, John Burr, the sum of twenty shillings 
and no more. 

" Item. I give unto my son Joseph Burr the sum of ten shillings and 
no more, they being already endowed out of my estate. 

" Item. I give unto my negro woman Mary my following particulars, 
viz., the Bed whereon she generally lodges with the Bedstead and furni- 
ture thereunto belonging, one cow, one iron kettle, pot, pot-hooks and 
trammel, one linnen wheel, one woolen wheel, and the dung hill fowls be- 
longing to the place, all the provision yt is left in the smoke house after 
my funeral and the appraisement, both the eatables and drinkables. 

"Item. The remaining part of my estate after my just debts and 
funeral charges and legacies above mentioned are paid, I give and be- 
queath to my five daughters, namely, Elizabeth Woolman, Mary Lipincott, 
Sarah Haines, Rebecca White, and Martha Matlock, to be equally divided 
among them share and share alike. Lastly I appoint my two sons-in-law, 
Samuel Woolman and Caleb Haines, executors of this my last Will and 
Testament. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal the 
day and year above written (29th day of October, 1742). 

his 

" Henry + Burr. 

mark 

" Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of us, Thomas 
Shiner, Ruel Elton, John Woolman." 

The will was admitted to probate at Burlington, June 11, 1743, by 
Joseph Rose, Surrogate, which was about the date of Henry Burr's death. 
It will be observed that although a man of wealth and prominence he was 
unable to write, and made his mark in signing the will. This is not 
strange, as few people in that day except lawyers and clerks possessed 
that accomplishment. Family tradition says that he was a friend of 
William Penn's, and accompanied him on his last voyage to this country. 



520 THE BURR FAMILY. 

The following excerpt which we take from volume 7 of the Pe?in. 
Magazine of History and Biography, which reprinted it from the records 
of a " Monthly Meeting "held at Burlington "ye 1st of ye 11 mo 1704 
and continued by adjournment til ye 25 of ye same," will be of interest to 
the descendants of Henry Burr. 

"To all captains and other military officers concerned whereas 
" Henry Burr [and about one hundred others] Did att our last 
Monthly Meeting appear declaring that theey were of ye Society of ye 
people called Quakers and that for conscience sake they could not bear 
nor use arms to ye destruction of ye lives of men," the Meeting requested 
for them exemption from militia duty. 

He bought a tract of eleven hundred acres of land in Northampton, 
Burlington Co., N. J., where he settled. He m. Elizabeth dau. of Robert 
Hudson and Mary Thredder, dau. of Richard and Martha Thredder, of 
London, Eng. Their chil. were: 

2. John, 2 b. May 29, 1691; 3. Joseph,-' b. 1694; 4. Elizabeth,- b. 
1696; 5. Mary, 2 b. 1698; 6. Sarah, 2 b. 1701; 7. Rebecca, 2 b. 1703; 
8. Martha, 2 b. 1705; 9. William, 2 b. 17 10; 10. Henry, 2 b. 1713. 

The daughters of Henry Burr by their marriage connections left their 
impress upon society. 

Elizabeth [4] the eldest daughter, m. in 17 13, Samuel Woolman, and 
became the mother of John Woolman, the Quaker preacher and annalist, 
" a very remarkable man in his way, who was a pioneer in the cause of 
the freedom of the slave and perhaps one of the most conscientious of 
men." The poet Whittier speaks highly of him and of his "Journal." 
Charles Lamb is credited with saying, "Get the works of John Woolman 
by heart," and it has been reported that at one time Woolman's "Journal" 
was used as a text-book at Princeton College for its pure English. 

Mary [5] m. 17 15, Jacob Lippincott, of Pilesgrove, Salem Co., N. J. 
She was so highly esteemed for her Christian virtues that the Friends 
prepared and published a memorial of her after her death. 

Sarah [6] m. 17 12 (?) Caleb Haines, joint executor of her father's will. 
(The date of m. is probably incorrect as she would have been in 17 12 but 
eleven years old.) 

Rebecca [7] m. 1734, Peter White, no issue. 

Martha [8] m. 1723, Josiah Haines, and 2d, Timothy Matlack, and 
had issue: I. Sybil, 2. Timothy, b. 4th month, 20th, 1734, m. Ellen 
Furnall, and became a man of note in Revolutionary times, secretary of 
the Continental Congress, and a conspicuous character in the history of 
Philadelphia during that period; 3. Titus, 4. Seth, $. Tosiah, 6. White, 
7. Elizabeth. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 521 

SECOND GENERATION. 

JOHN BURR, 2 [2] of Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. 3d month 29th, 17 12, Keziah, dau. of Job and Rachel Wright, of 
Oyster Bay, L. I., by whom he had the following chil. : 

ioa. Rachel, 3 b. nth month 22d, 17 13; II. Henry, 3 b. 8th mo. 26th, 
1715; 12. John, 3 b. 1st mo. 25th, [718; 13. Solomon, 3 b. nth mo. 
27th, 1721; 14. Keziah, b. 2d mo. 17th, 1724; 15. Joseph, 3 b. 2d mo. 
nth, 1726. 

Keziah, mother of these chil., d. Apr. 12, 1731, and was interred in the 
graveyard by Mt. Holly Meeting House, " much lamented." Her husband 
appears to have subsequently married another wife, Susanna, of whom 
were born: 

16. Susanna, 3 b. 8th mo. 26th, 1736 ; 17. Hudson, 3 b. 5th mo. 22d, 

1745- 

From New Jersey Archives, Vol. v., p. 212, we extract the following : 

" John Burr, of New Jersey, was appointed Surveyor-General of the 
Western Division of New Jersey, May 8, 1728." 

Also a copy of a letter from John Burr to James Alexander, Esqr., of 
New York : 

" xMay the 8th, 1728. 
Kind Friend : 

The Troublesom Occation of my Writing at this time is occationed by 
the Late Proceedings of the Councill of propritors in Appointing me To 
be Surueyor Gen'' 11 of Land in the Western Deuision of New Jersey; 
What was Not only foreign To my Thoughts but as Disagreeable to my 
Mind; without first Knowing Whether or no thee Raelly Declined seruing 
in that office ffor altho, thy Residing at New York May possablely Render 
the matter More Diffical for thee To Agitate and not Atogether so Con- 
veniant for the people Yet the Regulation we have been under in Suruay- 
ing & Resurueying our Lands since thy Accession To that Office may 
very well atone for that according To my Thoughts: Nor haue I Any 
Inclination To Act or Any ways Intermiddel in that affair without thy 
Consent. Thy Answer will be very Agreeable To my Desier, who with 
Due Respects Remain thy Rael fr d ' To Serve When May. 

John Burr." 

JOSEPH BURR," [3] of Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. 12 mo. 2d, 1726, Jane Abbott, dau. of John and Anna, of Nottingham, 
N. J. Chil.: 



52 2 THE BURR FAMILY. 

18. Henry,' b. 5 mo. 12th, 1 73 1 ; 19. Joseph, 3 b. 9 mo. 25th, 1732; 
20. Abagail, 3 b. n mo. 1st, 1734, d. 4 mo. 16th, 1761, m. David Davis, 
no issue; 21. Mary, 3 m. 1747, Solomon Ridgway; 22. Robert 3 ; 23. 
Jane, 3 m. 1762, David Ridgway; 24. Rebecca, 3 m. 1 771, James Chap- 
man, of Bucks Co., Pa.; 25. Ann, 3 m. George Deacon; 26. William 3 ; 
27. Hannah, 3 m. 10 mo. 1st, 1753, Richard Eayre. 

Jane Burr Ridgway [23] had chil.: I. Rachel, m. 1st, John Evans, 
and 2d, Wm. H. Love; 2. David, 3. Joseph, 4. Robert, m. Elizabeth 
Love ; 5- John, m. Rachel Johns ; 6. Abagail, m. John Lievzey ; 7- 
William. 

The marriage of Joseph Burr and Jane Abbott is recorded in the 
records of the Chesterfield Monthly Meetings as follows : 

"Whereas, Joseph Burr son of Henry and Elizabeth Burr of Northum- 
berland in the County of Burlington, and Western Division of New Jersey, 
and Jane Abbott dau. of John and Anna Abbott of Nottingham in the 
County and Province aforesaid, having declared their intention of mar- 
riage with each other before several monthly meetings of the people 
called Quakers at Chesterfield in the County and Province aforesaid, 
according to the good order used among them, whose proceedings therein 
after a deliberate consideration thereof, and having consent of parents 
and relations concerned, nothing appearing to obstruct, were approved of 
by the said meetings. Now these are to certify all whom it may concern 
that for the full accomplishment of their said intentions this 1 6th day of 
12th mo. 1726, they, the said Joseph Burr and Jane Abbott appeared in 
the public meeting of the said people and others at their public meeting 
house in Chesterfield, and the said Joseph Burr taking the said Jane 
Abbot by the hand did in a solemn manner openly declare that he took 
her to be his wife, promising through the Lord's assistance to be unto 
her a loving and faithful husband until the Lord should separate them 
by death, and then and there in the said Assembly the said Jane Abbott 
did in like manner declare that she took the said Joseph Burr to be her 
husband promising by the Lord's assistance to be to him a faithful and 
loving wife till it should please the Lord by death to separate them; and 
moreover the said Joseph Burr and Jane Abbott (the latter according to 
the custom of marriage assuming the name of her husband as a further 
confirmation) did there and then to these presents set their hands, and 
we whose names are hereunder subscribed being among others present at 
the solemnization of ye said marriage and subscription in manner afore- 
said as witnesses whereunto we have also to these presents set our hands 
the day and year above written." 

Henry Burr. John Burr, and Rebecca Burr were among the witnesses. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 523 

WILLIAM BURR, 2 [9] of Northumberland Co., Pa., 

m. , and raised a family of six sons and two daus., of whom no 

data have been furnished me except of : 

28. David, 3 b. 1765, in Northumberland Co., Pa. 

THIRD GENERATION. 

HENRY BURR, 3 [11] of Vincentown, N. J., 

m. Sarah Eayre, and had chil.: 

35. Elizabeth, 4 who m. Abraham Hewlings, and had chil.: I. Susan 
P., 2, Ann, unm.; 3. Elizabeth Hopkins, 4. Rachel, unm.; 5. Joseph, 6. 
Abraham^ unm.; J. Thomas, unm.; 8. Caroline, unm. 

Susan P. Hewlings m. Samuel W. Smith, and had chil.: 1. William 
Henry, b. Dec, 1801; 2. Elizabeth, unm.; 3. Alary Ann, unm.; 4. Anna 
Rebecca, 5. Maria Rachel. 

William Henry Smith m. Maria Harmon, and had chil.: 1. Susan Caro- 
line, 2. William, unm.; 3. Elizabeth Headings, 4. Anna Rebecca, 5. Harmon 
Hewlings, 6. Mary Ann, unm. 

Susan Caroline Smith m. Cornelius C. Scanlan, has three chil.: 1. 
Anna R. M., 2. Carrie M., 3. Mary Ann. 

Anna R. M. Smith m. Joseph Pallat. Chil.: 1. Florence, 2. Joseph. 

Carrie M. Smith m. John Miller ; has one son, Jacob. 

Elizabeth H. Smith m. James H. Simmons, and has two chil.: 1. Eliza- 
beth S. and 2. George S. 

Anna Rebecca Smith m. Joseph Downie. Has four chil.: 1. Joseph 
S., 2. Maria H., 3. Emma H, 4. William H. 

Harmon H. Smith m. Cecilia Clark, and has : 1. Ella S. and 2. Will- 
iam H. 

Ella S. Smith m. John Dingas. Chil.: 1. Ella and 2. James S. 

Anna Rebecca Smith (dau. of Samuel W.) m. Thomas Adams Myers. 
Chil.: 1. Emana, unm.; 2. Elizabeth, unm.; 3. Samuel S., 4. William 
H., unm. 

Samuel S. Myers m. Fannie Lodge. Child: Mary Ann. 

Maria Rachel Smith m. James Page. Chil.: 1. Emma M., 2. Mary S., 
3. Anna R., 4. Clara. 

Elizabeth Hopkins Hewlings m. William J. Stockton. Chil.: 1. Thomas 
Hewlings, for many years Chaplain of Congress; 2. Emily, 3. Elizabeth H. 

Rev. Thomas H. Stockton m. Anna McCurdy. Chil. 1. Elizabeth, 
2 Thomas H. , 3. Matilda, 4. Anna Maria. 



524 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Anna Maria Stockton m. George Woolley Allen; has one child: Jessie 
Stockton. 

Emily Stockton m. Rufus Bicknell, M.D.; has chil.: i. Rufus, 2. 
Lucius. 3. Elizabeth, 4. Emily. 

Elizabeth m. Root, Emily m. Young, M.D. 

Elizabeth Hewlings Stockton m. Evans, M.D. Chil.: 1. Mary 

and 2. Kate, a missionary in India. 

Joseph Hewlings m. Caroline Adams. Chil.: 1. Louisa, 2. Edward, 
3. Thomas. 

36. Henry, 4 b. Feb., 1769, at Vincentown, N. J.; 37. Thomas'; 
38. John. 4 

SOLOMON BURR, 3 [13] 

m. ; chil. were: 

38a. Samuel 4 ; probably others. 

JOSEPH BURR, 3 [15] of Northampton, Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. Mary, dau. of Edward and Mary Mullen. Their chil. were : 

39. Hudson, 4 b. May 25, 1750 ; 40. Sarah, 4 b. Apr. 30, 1752 ; 41. 
William, 1 b. Oct. 14, 1753 ; 42. Mary, 4 b. May 1, 1756, m. Mr. Harris, 
of Moorestown, N. J.; 43. Keziah, 4 b. Nov. 19, 1758, m. Richard 
Howell, Governor of New Jersey. 

Richard Howell, son of Ebenezer Howell, b. 1754 in Newark, 
N. J., and educated there. Moved with his parents to Cumberland Co., 
N. J., where he studied law and entered the Revolutionary Army in 1775. 
Previously he had shown his patriotism by joining in the destruction of the 
tea imported in the Greyhound. In 1775 he was made captain of the Fifth 
Company of the Second Battalion in the first establishment of the " Jersey 
Line " of Continental troops, and took an important part in the expedition 
to Canada. 

In 1776 he was commissioned major of the Second N. J. Battalion or 
Regiment, and took part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, 
bearing himself bravely. 

He spent the greater part of the winter of 1777-78 with the army at 
Valley Forge. On the 28th of June, 1778, he was in the battle of Mon- 
mouth. 

"An event occurred on that day, the cause of great sadness to Major 
Howell, but one which displayed his high tone and soldierly character. 
Dr. Lewis Howell, his twin brother, was lying at the point of death at the 
Black Horse Tavern, between Trenton and Bordentown, and Major Howell 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 525 

received word that unless he came that day he would not see him alive. 
He obtained leave of absence, and his place was supplied. The young 
officer appointed remarked that Howell was very willing to get leave of 
absence, for he well knew there would be hot work that day. The major 
hearing of the remark, and believing it a reflection on his courage, threw 
himself into the ranks as a private, and fought gallantly throughout the 
battle ; nor did he ever afterward see his much loved brother. Washing- 
ton, hearing of the circumstance, sent for him, and, on inquiry, the account 
being confirmed by Major Howell, Washington rebuked him gently, and 
said : " Howell, I admire your bravery, but it was your duty to go to your 
brother." Major Howell, at the instance of Washington, executed a deli- 
cate and dangerous commission in visiting New York as a private citizen 
to purchase clothing for the troops, a mission he performed with great 
fidelity, and at his own expense, never having been refunded the large sum 
expended. His daughter, Mrs. Agnew, attempted to memorialize Con- 
gress in relation to the debt, but had the misfortune to lose in the mail 
important letters and documents, and nothing was accomplished. 

At the close of the war he was elected Governor of New Jersey, and 
re-elected eight times consecutively, finally refusing a re-election on 
account of the sickness which resulted in his death. He received Gen. 
Washington as President-elect in 1789. 

This was the occasion of an interesting incident when the Father of 
his Country passed under a triumphal arch on which were inscribed the 
words: "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Protector of the 
Daughters." Matrons, maids, and little children (among them the Gov- 
ernor's daughter, who afterwards became Mrs. James Agnew) sang the 
song written by Gov. Howell, commencing : " Welcome, mighty chief, 
once more." 

Gov. Howell was also the author of "The Jersey Blues." 

He died the 28th of April, 1802. He left a widow, Keziah Burr 
Howell, who died Aug. 9th, 1835, at the house of her son-in-law, James 
Agnew, A.M., M.D., in Pittsburgh, Pa. He left five sons and three 
daughters, namely : 

1. Sarah, b. 8th mo. 5th, 1783, m. Dr. Jas. Agnew, and lived in Pitts- 
burgh. 

2. Charles m. Patty Green, and rem. to Miss. 

3. Bculah m. John Glaser, a Hamburg gentleman of wealth. 

4. Maria never m., and died late in life at the home of her nephew, 
ex-Chief-Justice Daniel Agnew, in Beaver. 

5. Richard, m. Rebecca A. Stockton. 

6. Joseph, m. Mary Roberts. 



526 THE BURR FAMILY. 

7. Wm. Burr, a Lieut, of Marines, rem. to Miss, and m. Miss Margaret 
Kemp, and had a daughter, Farina, who became the wife of Jefferson 
Davis. 

8. Franklin, a lieutenant in the navy, k. on the U. S. frigate President 
off N. Y. Bay. 

Sarah Agnew's children : 1. Daniel, b. Trenton, N. J., 1st mo. 
5th, 1809, m., Beaver, Pa., 7th mo. 4th, 1831, Elizabeth Moore, dau. of 
Robert Moore (lawyer, twice elected to Congress) and Mary Stibbs. 
Daniel Agnew grad. from the Western University of Pennsylvania, 1825, 
read law with Judge Baldwin, of Pittsburgh, and was admitted to the bar 
1829, when he settled in Beaver. He was a member of the Constitutional 
Convention of 1837-38, was appointed and elected President Judge of the 
17th district, 1 85 1, and was elected Judge of the Supreme Court, 10th mo. 
1st, 1863, for fifteen years. He resumed the practice of law at Beaver, 
1879, where he still resides. 

Daniel Agnew's brothers and sisters were : 2. Richard, dead ; never 

m -; 3- "James, m. , d. ; 4. Mary, m. Dr. John F. Allen, of 

Batesville, Ark., both dec. ; their chil. : 1. Samuel, unm.; 2. Mary, m. 

Fouville, who d., no chil.; 3. Sara//, m. Theodore Makfield, of Ark., 

has several chil.; 5. Amelia, m., in Pittsburgh, nth mo. 3d, 1832, Charles 
A. Moore, one child, 1. Edward. Mrs. Moore lives in Allegheny. 

The chil. of Daniel Agnew (1) and Elizabeth Moore are: r. Mary 
Stibbs, b. Beaver 5th mo., 6th, 1832, died in Allegheny City, 12th mo. 14th, 
1874, m., Beaver, 6th mo. 10th, 1873, Col. John M. Sullivan, of Butler, 
Pa. ; he was Sect'y of State under Gov. Pollock (after studying law with 
Samuel H. Purviance, of Butler), was ten years Collector of Internal 

Revenue in Allegheny City ; d. , no chil. ; 2. jfames, b. Beaver, 4th 

mo. 1 2th, 1834, d. there 10th mo. 22d, 1846 ; 3. Sarah Howell, b. 2d 
mo. 15th, 1836, m. Beaver, Pa., 9th mo. 16th, 1S61, David Minis, Jr., M.D., 
who died at Roanoke Island, N. C, 2d mo. 14th, 1862. Sarah m. again 
7th mo. 25th, 1877, Henry Hice, a prominent lawyer of Beaver, in 1874 
President Judge of the courts of Beaver Co.; no chil.; 4. Amanda Moore, 
b. Beaver, 1838, m. 10th mo. 17th, 1865, Rev. Walter Brown, M. E. minister, 
of Ohio, present residence Beaver ; their chil. are : 1. Alice Elizabeth, b. 
in Bellaire, Ohio, 5th mo. 29th, 1S67, m. in Beaver, Oct. 28, 1896, William 
Sturgeon Morrison, lawyer, of Beaver Falls, Pa.; 2. Mary Virginia, b. 1st 
mo. 29th, 1870, residence, Beaver; 3. Lucy Henry, b. 6th mo. 7th, 1873, 
residence, Beaver ; 5. Franklin Howell, b. Beaver, 4th mo. 6th, 1S42, was 
engaged in the U. S. coast survey, then studied law in Beaver, and was 
admitted to the bar, elected senator for Washington and Beaver district in 
1882, m. Nancy Kidd Louck, of beaver, in 1S85, one child, Elizabeth, b. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 527 

July 12, 1S86 ; 6. Robert Moore, b. Beaver, nth mo. 23d, 1846, m. Mary 
Brown, of Gettysburg, Pa.; Robert is a lawyer, of Lancaster, Pa., has two 
chil. : 1. Daniel Agnew, Jr., and 2. Helen. 

44. Susanna, 4 b. Feb. n, 1761 ; 45. Rebecca, 4 b. Mar. 12, 1763; 
46. Beulah, 4 b. Dec. 25, 1765, m. Mr. Stelle ; 47. Joseph, 4 b. Oct. 6, 
176S; 48. Hannah, 4 b. Oct. 1, 1771, m. Dr. Benj. Budd, of Mt. Holly, 
N. J.; 49. Charles, 4 b. Oct. 12, 1774. 

Joseph Burr's will was proved Mar. 20, 1781 ; inv. presented Aug. 1, 
1 781 ; amt., ^"1,900 gs \od. He ordered his mills, hereditaments, and 
appurtenances on Maurice River sold, also his meadow lands in Burling- 
ton Co. To his loving w. Mary he gave ^300 ; to his dau. Keziah, w. of 
Gov. Howell, a good feather bed, bedstead, and furniture, case of high 
drawers, walnut dining-table, one half-dozen Windsor chairs, a good milch 
cow, his saw-mill called the Oak Mill with the appurtenances adjoining his 
homestead in Northampton, also certain lands whereon said mill stood, a 
dwelling-house, mill-house, mill-dam, and ^150 in money, besides an equal 
share in his estate. The homestead was given to his son Joseph. To his 
dau. Mary Harris he gave one half the plantation on Prince Maurice River 
that he bought of Benjamin Morgan, of which his son Hudson owned the 
other half. 

HUDSON BURR, 3 [17] of New Jersey, 

m. Phebe Lippincott the 25th day of 5th mo., 1767. Their chil. were : 

50. Wm. Hudson, 4 b. 20th of 5th mo., 1768; 51. Jacob, 4 b. 24th 
of 7th mo., 1770 ; 52. Benjamin, 4 b. 8th of 3d mo., 1772 ; 53. Thomas, 4 
b. 31st of 5th mo., 1773 ; 54. Rowland, 4 b. 25th of 3d mo., 1774 ; 55. 
Sarah, 4 b. 3d of 2d mo., 1776. 

HENRY BURR, 3 [18] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Hannah Foster. Their chil. were : 

56. Hannah, 4 b. 3d mo., 25th, 1754, m. 12th, 1774, Henry A. Ridge- 
way; 57. Abigail, 4 b. 2d mo. 20th, 1758, m. Samuel Stockton, of Ches- 
terfield, 2d mo. 5th, 1777; 58. Henry, 4 b. 1st mo. 10th, 1763; perhaps 
others. 

" This is to certify that the Bearer hereof, Henry Burr, is an Inhabitant 
of the Township of Northampton, in the County of Burlington (Farmer) 
and is a person of good repute, and is generally believed to be clear of 
acting, doing, or saying any thing injurious to the present Government as 
Established under the authority of the people ; therefore permit him the 



528 THE BURR FAMILY. 

said Henry Burr to pass and repass through any of the Counties of this 
state if he behaveth himself as becometh a good citizen. Given this 7th 
day of August 1779. Josiah Foster, Esq. 

Mem. of Assembly." 

JOSEPH BURR, 3 [19] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. Rachel, dau. of Barzilla Coats, of Westhampton, N. J. He was one of 
the heirs of Lord Walpole, Chancellor of England. Chil. : 

59. Mary," b. , m. Samuel Wright ; 60. Lydia, 4 b. 1 mo. 14th, 

1759, d. 6 mo. 29th, 1828, m. 2 mo. 14th, 1782, Thomas Lippincott, son of 
John and Anna. Chil.: I. Anna, b. 12 mo. 8th, 1782, d. 6 mo. nth, 1846, 
m. Henry Warrington and had chil.: 1. Joseph (M.D.), b. 1805, m. Mary 
L. Nicholson and had issue 1. Josephine L. S. ; 2. Mary E., m. Joseph 
Stokes and had, Horace, who m. Helen Stokes and has a dau., Mary T. ; 
3. Susan N., 4. Anna B., 5. Rebecca, and 6. Henry — the two last d. in 
inf.; 2. Rebecca, b. 1807, d. 5 mo. 5th, 1844, m. George M. Haverstick, 

had two chil., d. in inf.; 3. William, d. unm.; 4. Lydia, b. 181 1, d. , 

m. Clarkson Sheppard, no issue ; 5» Anna, b. , m. Joseph Hooton, no 

chil.; 6. Seth, b. 1816, m. 1846 Martha N. Jenkins ; 7. Henry, b. 1818, m. 
Margaret Comfort, and had: 1. Anna H., who m. Joseph L. Bailey; 2. 
William H, who m. Susan Walton, and had : 1. Helen and 2. Margaret 
H. ; 3. Charles W., who m. Rebecca W. Abbott, and had, Henry S. ; 4. 
Henry, 5. Edward j 8. Rachel, b. 1823, d. 5 mo. 19th, i860, unm. 

61. Marmaduke, 4 b. 1 761, d. 8 mo. 1 6th, 1805, m. 1st, Bispham, 

2d, Ann Hopkins, of Chester, N. Y., no issue ; 62. Barzillai, 4 b. 3 mo. 
12th, 1764; 63. Caleb, 4 b. 5 mo. 20th, 1766 ; 64. Achsah, 4 b. 1770, m. 
1789, William Burroughs, chil.: I. Mary, m. Joseph Morgan, had chil.: 1. 

Lydia, who m. Morrison and had two daus. : 1. Anne and 2. Mary : 

2. Isaac, m. , no issue; 3. Alexander j 2. Lydia, d. unm.; 3. Rachel, 

m. Dr. M. B. Smith, of Phila., and had chil.: 1. William, m. Mary Jarden, 
has two daus.; 2. Anna, m. Edward Tatum, has two sons : 1. Edward and 
2. Albert; 3. Ellen, m. Gilbert Congdon, no issue; 4. Albert H., M.D., 
m. Emily Kaighn and has chil. : 1. Edward B. (m. Sarah Jenks) ; 2. 
Lawrence, 3. Emily, 4. Elizabeth, 5. Alice ; 5. Marshall B., an Epis. 
clergyman, m. Augusta Pell and has issue. 

65. Joseph, Jr., 4 b. 9 mo. 25th, 1774; 66. Isaiah, b. 8 mo. 25th, 

1776 ; 67. Charles, b. 5 mo. 20th, 1778, d. 9 mo. 25th, 1798, of yellow 

fever. 

ROBERT BURR, 3 [22] of Burlington Co., N. J. 

m. 2 mo. 13th, 1760, Mercy Antrim, dau. of Isaac, of Springfield, and 
had : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 529 

68. Joseph, 4 who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Wills, 5 mo. 14th, 
J785. 

WILLIAM BURR, 3 [26] of Mt. Pleasant, O., 

m. Ann Edwards, and had chil.: 

69. Martha, 4 b. June 6, 1764, m. Nov. 6, 1798, Thomas Strahl ; 70. 
Rheuben, 4 b. Mar. 14, 1766; 71. Jane, 4 b. May 1, 1768, m. Benjamin 
Pearson, a famous hunter of Eastern Ohio in border times ; J2. Timothy, 4 
b. Apr. 19, 1770; 73. Samuel, 4 b. Mar. 2, 1772; 73a. Rebecca, 4 b. 
Jan. 25, 1775, m. Samuel Yokim, a soldier of the Rev.; 74- David, 4 b. 
May 10, 1777 ; 75. William, 4 b. Feb. 13, 1779 ; 76. Joseph, 4 b. Dec. 
31, 1780 ; 77. Henry, 4 b. Nov. 27, 1782. 

William Burr settled early in Northumberland Co., Pa., where the above 
chil. were born. He is described as a man of medium height, well- 
proportioned physically and of nervous temperament. He was a surveyor, 
and pursued that profession a long time in Pa. When 90 years of age 
his hearing was very acute, and he could read the finest print without 
glasses ; near-sighted in youth, his sight improved as age crept on. He 
was a strict but liberal member of the Orthodox branch of the Friends' 
Church, and a regular attendant upon the meetings. " He brought into my 
father's house," says the venerable grandson from whom the above facts 
are derived, " a Bible containing a portion of his father's family record, 
from which I learned that he was b. May 4, 1740 ; that his father's name 
was Joseph, that he was a slaveholder, that his slaves' names were registered 
first, and then his children's in a bold and rather handsome hand, and 
in Quaker style — ' 1st mo.' and 'ye 10th day,' etc. 

" He used to say that his father was very wealthy, that he was addicted 
to asthma, and that in his old days he was robbed in daylight by four of 
his white neighbors, in disguise, of quite an amount of silverware ; the 
robbers were taken, and executed under British laws, and the property 
regained — one sugar bowl, however, had been cut into four pieces." In 
1825 or '26, Mr. Burr, then 85 years of age, rem. to Jefferson Co., O., to 
the home of his son, William, with whom he spent the remainder of his 
days ; this journey he performed on horseback. He d. Sept. 15, 1833, set. 
93 years. His w., Ann, d. in middle life. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

HENRY BURR, 4 [36] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. 1st. Abigail Bishop. Chil.: 

77a. Joseph B.,' d. unrn.; 78. John H., f M.D., d. at Island Chiloe, 

34 



530 THE BURR FAMILY. 

S. A., 1834, unm.; 79. Elizabeth, 5 dec; 80. Robert Dimsdall, 5 b. 
1804; 81. Henry, 5 d. unm.; 82. Thomas, 5 d. unm. 

Elizabeth Burr m. George William Lehman. Chil.: I. Henry Burr, 
2. Elizabeth, 3. Samuel, m. and d. in California ; 4. Caroline, 5. George 
William. 

Henry Burr Lehman m. Isabel Burr, of Island Chiloe, S. A., dec; had 
two chil. 

Elizabeth Lehman m. Frederick Obley; has one child, Dora. 

Caroline Lehman m. Capt. Patton. 

Mr. Henry Burr m. 2d, Mary, dau. of Robert Thomas and Rachel 
Fenimore, of Burlington, N. J.; she was b. Dec. 5, 1786, and m. May 3, 
1808. His chil. by her were: 

83. William Ridgway, 5 b. Feb. 13, 1809; 84. Thomas Eayre, 5 b. 
Oct. 18, 1810; 85. Henry Cooper, 5 b. Dec. 8, 1812; 86. Abby 
Bishop, 5 d. in inf.; 87. Mary Thomas 5 ; 88. Abby Bishop 5 ; 89. 
David Thomas, 5 b. Nov. 23, 1823. 

Mary Thomas Burr m. Ellwood Johnson, son of Samuel Johnson and 
Jannette Rowland, of Germantown, Pa. Chil.: I. Edward Thomas, 2. 
Elizabeth, dec; 3. Rowland, dec; 4. Anna Mary, 5- Edith, dec; 6. 
Helen Rowland. 

Edward Thomas Johnson m. Maria Elizabeth, dau. of Smith Bowen 
and Anna Bispham, of Philadelphia. 

Mr. Henry Burr the f. d. in Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 1847. Mary, his 
wid., d. in Germantown, Pa., Mar. 23, 1866. 

THOMAS BURR, 4 [37] of Vincentown, N. J., 

m. Sarah Brown. Chil.: 

90. Samuel 5 ; 91. Charles, 5 d. in Washington, D. C; 92. Richard 5 ; 
93. Elizabeth, 

Elizabeth Burr m. Alexander Shiras, and had three chil.: I. Sarah 
B., 2. Rev. Alexander Shiras, D.D., at one time connected with the Board 
of Education of Washington, D. C, and 3. Joanna, now Mrs. Hollins- 
head. She m. 2d, Joseph White, of Mt. Holly, by whom she had three 
chil.: 4. Elizabeth, 5. George S., and 6. Mary. 

SAMUEL BURR, 4 [38a] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth Lippincott. Chil.: 

93a. William H., 5 b. 1799; 93b. Ezra, 5 still living; 93c. Aaron, 5 
b. June 4, 1801; 93d. Stacy, 5 b. Sept. 13, 1803; 93c Rebecca"; 93f. 
John ; 93g. Samuel H., b. Feb. 8, 1805; 93h. Mariam ' ; 931'. 
Charles, 6 b. 1821. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 53 I 

Of the daus., Rebecca [93e] m. George Gilbert, and had: I. Henri- 
etta, who m. Theodore Clair and had: i. Emma (m. Nathan Smith); 2. 
Wilbur, 3» Rebecca, 4« Harry, 5. Mariam, 6. Susan. 

Mariam [93I1] m. William Losee, and had: I. Martin, 2. Hannah, 3. 
Mary, 4. Sarah, who m. Samuel Keegan and had: 1. Margaret, 2. Mariam, 
3. Alice, 4. William, 5. Charles, who m. Martha Borden, and had: 1. Clara 
(who m. Thomas S. Wells), 2. William, 3. Mary, 4. Martha. 

HUDSON BURR, 4 [39] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. 1 st, Mary Brown; their chil. were: 

94. Richard, 5 b. i mo. 22d, 1781; 95. Joseph, 5 b. 10 mo. 23d, 1782, 
rem. to Abington, Pa., 1792; 96. Hudson, 5 b. 2d mo. 21st, 1784, rem. to 
Abington, Pa., 1801; 97. Mary, 5 m. Joseph Bolton, had seven chil.: I. 
Richard, 2. Beulah, 3- Samuel, 4. Joseph, 5. Mary, 6. Elizabeth, and J. 
Ellen. 

98. Sarah, 6 m. John Brognard, had seven chil.: I. Ferdinand, 2. 
Joseph, 3. Margaret, 4. Sophia, 5. Mary, 6. Sarah, J. Josephine. 

He m. 2d, Hannah Woolston. Their chil. were: 

98a. Keziah 5 ; 98b. Harriet 5 ; 98c. Hannah 5 ; 98d. Matilda. 5 

Of these daus. Hannah and Harriet became the wives of William 
Ridgway, and had: I. Hudson, 2. Henry, 3. Eliza, and 4. Harriet. 

Matilda m. 1st, Job Irick, of Vincentown, N. J., and had: I. William 
Hudson, 2. Mary, and 3. Harriet; and 2d, Charles Keen, of Phila., by 
whom she had: 4. Charles Joseph, and 5« Matilda. Of her chil., William 
Hudson m. Sally Stretch Eayre in 1863, and had one child, Mary S. 
Mary m. Dr. Charles Taylor, of Phila., and had two chil.: 1. Charles, who 
m. Sophia Davis, and has chil.: 1. Charles Keen, 2. Harvey Bur chard, and 
3. Emily; and 2. Mary, who d. unm. Harriet m. 1st, William Sperry, of 
Phila., and had: 1. William, d. in inf. ; 2. Harry, d. in inf.; 3. William, 
d. in inf.; 4. Harry, 5. Maggie, and two daus, all dec. Harriet the 
mother m. 2d, Bastian. 

Charles Joseph Keen m. Mrs. Sally S. Irick; no chil. 

Matilda Keen m. Charles Stevens, of Phila.; has chil.: 1. Walker, 2. 
Horace, 3. Eugene, 4. Charles, 5. Gertrude. 

WILLIAM BURR, 4 [41] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. nth mo. 4th, 1776, Rebecca Harris, who was b. 8th mo. nth, 1752, d. 
5th mo. 6th, 1784. Chil.: 

99. Ann, 5 who m. Joseph Cooper, a merchant of Phila., and bore him 
six chil.: I. William, dec; 2. Mary, dec; 3. Alfred, dec; 4. Colin 



532 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Campbell, an artist of merit; 5* Franklin; 6. Joseph, dec. These chil. 
res. in Phila. Mr. William Burr, d. 6th mo. 9th, 1795. 

JOSEPH BURR, 4 [47] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. Leah Shreve, b. 1 7 7 1, dau. of Joshua and Rebecca, and had chil.: 

100. William, 6 b. 12th mo. 3d, 1791, rem. to Phila., 1811; 101. Re- 
becca,' b. 4th mo. 23d, 1792; 102. Joshua, 6 b. 1st mo. 22d, 1794, rem. 
to Phila. 181 1. 

Rebecca m. Reading Newbold, of Burlington Co., and became the 
mother of several chil., of whom four, I. Joseph, 2. Reading, 3. Amelia, 
4. Adelaide, still survive. 

William Burr never m. and res. with his sister during the later years 
of his life. 

WILLIAM HUDSON BURR, 4 [50] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. 1 st mo. 23d, 1790, Anne, dau. of John and Postrema Ridgway. Chil.: 
103. John R., 6 b. nth mo. 20th, 1790— was killed; 104. Phebe, 6 b. 
8th mo. 30th, 1792; 105. Susanna W., 6 b. 6th mo. 19th, 1795, m. Daniel 
Ridgeway Knight; 106. Postrema R., 6 b. 10th mo. 17th, 1797, m. 
Edmund W. Burr [112]; 107. Mary Ann, 6 b. 3d mo. 22d, 1800; 108. 
William Hudson, 6 b. 10th mo. 1st, 1802, m. Rebecca Haines, no chil.; 
109. Martha," b. 10th mo. 28th, 1804, m. Benjamin Deacon, d. 9th mo. 
9th, 1853; no. Thomas S., 6 b. 3d mo. 29th, 1S07; 111. Dellaplaine 
Ridgway, 6 b. 9th mo. 29th, 1809. 

HENRY BURR, 4 [58] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Phebe Williams, dau. of Edmund and Miriam, of Shrewsbury. Chil.: 
112. Edmund W., 6 b. 2d mo. 1st, 1792; 113. Elizabeth, 6 b. 5th 
mo. 1 8th, 1793, m. Joshua Satterthwaite, of Crosswichs, N. J., and had 
chil.: I. Charles; 2. Ann; 3. William H.; 4. Elizabeth. 

114. Miriam," 1). nth mo. 21st, 1794, m. Ellwood E. Smith. Chil., 
I. Roderick; 2. Elizabeth. 

115. Henry, :> b. icth mo. 15th, 1796; 116. George W., 6 b. 9th mo. 
15th, 179S; 117. William W., 6 b. 2d mo. 3d, 1800; 118. Tyle W., 6 
b. 3d mo. 15th, 1802; 119. Charles/ b. 7 tli mo. 21st, 1804; 120. Hud- 
son S., 6 b. 7th mo. 2d, 1806. 

Henry Burr d. in 1832, and is buried in Mt. Holly, N. J. His will was 
proved Jan. 30, 1832; his wid. Phebe and son Tyle were executors. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 533 

BARZILLAI BURR, 4 [62] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Mary Smith. Chil. : 

121. Ann, 5 b. 1st mo. 15th, 1788, d. 1st mo. 8th, 1796; 122. Daniel 
D., 5 b. 5th mo. 4th, 1790, d. 5th mo., 1796; I22a. Lydia, 5 b. 7th mo. 5th, 
1792, m. Nathan Atkinson. Chil., I. Ann; 2. Barzillai; 3. Charles, d. 
1887, unm.; 4. Mary A., d. in inf. 

123. Barzillai, Jr., 5 b. 12th mo. 13th, 1797, m. Ann , lived and 

died in New York, will proved 1st mo. 12th, 1836; 124. Richard S., 6 b. 
nth mo. 4th, 1802, m. Ann Hampton. 

CALEB BURR, 4 [63] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. 1st mo. 15th, 1790, Martha, dau. of Hezekiah and Margaret Jones of 
Northampton, N. J., and had issue: 125. Rachel, 5 b. 8th mo. 1st, 1791, 
d. 1834, m. 6th mo. 3d, 1813, John L. Stokes, of Rancocas, N. J.; 126. 
Benjamin, 5 b. 8th mo. 25th, 1793; 127. Rebekah, 5 b. 8th mo. 12th, 
1795, m. 1st mo. 21st, 1813, Joseph Johns, of Phila. Chil., I. William; 
2. yoseph; and 3. Robert. 

128. Mary, 5 b. 5th mo. 18th, 1797, m. 12th mo. 21st, 1819, John Penny. 

Chil., I. Mary Ann; 2. Susan, m. Frampton Watson; 3. John, m. ; 

4. Rebecca; and 5- yoseph, who d. in inf. 

129. Margaret, 5 b. 10th mo. nth, 1799, d. ; 130. Caleb, 5 b. 

nth mo. nth, 1800, d. 3d mo. 10th, 1802; 131. Joseph Brown, 5 b. 4th 
mo. 22d, 1802; 132. Caleb, 5 b. nth mo. nth, 1804, d. 2d mo. 14th, t8i6; 
133. Alexander, 5 b. 8th mo. 18th, 1807; 134. Israel," b. 1st mo. 20th, 
1809. 

JOSEPH BURR, Jr., 4 [65] of Mt. Holly, N. J. 

m. Mary Sloan in 1798; chil. by her were: 

135. Rachel Coate, 5 b. 10th mo. 10th, 1799; m. 4th mo. 15th, 1824, 
Joseph Hutchinson; chil., I. yames Sloan, who m. Coralie Pearsall, of N. 
Y., and had 1. yoseph, who m. and had a son yoseph; 2. Elizabeth, who m. 
1st mo. 16th, 1861, Joseph Hobart of Boston, and had, Gertrude L. and 
Margaret H., who res. in California; 3. Edward; 4. Liticoln; 5. Kate F.j 
6. yames Sloan, Jr.; 2. Abby Ann; 3. Mary B.; 4. Abigail; 5. Elizabeth; 
6. Emma; 7. John; 8. William; 9. Margaret, m. 10th mo. 18th, 1864, 
John D. Hopper, of N. Y.; one child, Mary B. H. 

136. Mary S., 5 b. 4th mo. 12th, 1801, m. 5th mo. 1st, 1822, Chalkley 
Atkinson, and had chil., I. Mary Ann, m. 1845, John Smith; 2. Elizabeth 
B., dec; 3. Joseph B., m. 187 1, Ada Fenton; 4. Rachel C, m. 10th mo. 
4th, 1853, James Willets, and has, 1. Mary Burr, m. nth mo. 24th, 1886, 



534 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Robert P. Brown, and had Elizabeth A., b. 12th mo. 16th, 1889; 2. Arche- 
laus P.; 3. Joseph B.j 5. Lewis; 6. Louise, unm.; 7« Thomas C, m. 1865, 
Anne E. Atkinson; 8. Anna H., m. 1868, Samuel P. Bennett, and has 
chil., 1. Lewis R.j 2. Louisa; 3. Joseph A. Joseph Burr m. 2d, in 1808, 
Mary Hilyard, and had chil.: 

137. Edith, 6 who m. Joseph Livezey, and had, I. William, who m. 
Mary Garritson; 2. Joseph, who m. Elma Haines; 3. Charles, who m. 
Mary Conrad; 4. Mary, who m. G. W. Pettit; 5. Elizabeth; 6. John, dec; 
7. Lewis, dec; 8. Edward. 

138. Marmaduke L. : ; 139. Elizabeth, 5 unm. 

ISAIAH BURR, 4 [66] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. Beulah Haines. Chil.: 

140. Marmaduke, 6 b. 2d mo. 26th, 1799, d. 3d mo. 10th, 1799; I4 1 - 
Charles, 6 b. 4th mo. 24th, 1800, d. 4th mo. 16th, 1S01; 142. Ann,' b. 
nth mo. 26th, 1 So 1, m. 10th mo. 31st, 1822, John W. Rulon, of Phila., and 
had chil., I. Sarah West, b. 9th mo. 3d, 1823, m. 3d mo. 30th, 1846, John 
A. Hendry, chil. are: J. Mary Frances, b. 9th mo. 1st, 1847, d. 9th mo. 
25th, 1851; 2. William W., b. 12th mo. 24th, 1849, d. 9th mo. 3d, 1851; 
3. Emma L., b. 4th mo. 21st, 1851; 4. Anne R., b. 4th mo. 14th, 1853; 5. 
Edwin A., b. 9th mo. 2d, 1855, m. Mary A. Browning, 7th mo. 22d, 1885, 
has one son, Clifford Archer ; 6. Sallie West, b. 9th mo. 14th, 1857, d. 5th 
mo. 2d, i860; 2. Elizabeth Archer, b. 8th mo. nth, 1825, d. 3d mo. 25th, 
1866, m. 3d mo. 8th, 1845, William H. Miller, and has chil., 1. Harry Clay, 
b. 7th mo. 13th, 1846, d. 1st mo. 5th, 1888; 2. Annie Rulon, b. 9th mo. 24th, 
1848; 3. J. Rulon, b. nth mo. 6th, 1850, m. Margaret French, and had 
chil., 1. J. Rulon, 2. Sumner, 3. Emily S., 4. Margaret E.; 4. Emily Ritter, 
b. 10th mo. 4th, 1856, m. Samuel J. Barclay, and had one child, Richard 
D.; 5. Mary West, b. 7th mo. 24th, 1858; 6. William H ., b. 10th mo. 28th, 
i860, d. 3d mo. 10th, 1861; 7. Walter Scott, b. 2d mo. 9th, 1863, d. 5th 
mo. 6th, 1864; 8. Charles Cooper, b. 7th mo. 14th, 1S65; 3. Samuel Archer, 
b. 7th mo. 17th, 1827, m. nth mo. nth, 185 1, Rebecca R. Warrington, and 
2d, Olivia Behrens, chil., 1. Samuel R. Warrington, b. 2d mo. 10th, 1855, 
m. Josephine W. Koons, and had chil., 1. Anna W., d. 4th mo. 25th, 1S87, 
2. Robert Koons; 2. Anna Burr, b. 8th mo. 10th, 1858, d. 4th mo. 25th, 
1865; 3. Elsie West, b. nth mo. 29th, 1864; 4. J. Archer, b. 3d mo. 2d, 
1866; 5. Samuel A., Jr., b. 1881; 4. Mary Anna, b. 4th mo. 30th, 1829, d. 
4th mo. 1 2th, 1884, m. 8th mo. 28th, 1848, Gerard R. Vogels, and had chil., 
1. Carrie R., b. 7th mo. 25th, 1849; 2. Charles B., b. 10th mo. 12th, 1854, 
d. 1st mo. 1st, 1864; 3. Laura, b. 7th mo. 12th, 1856, m. Wm. F. Yarnall, 
1st mo. 27th, 1887, and had one son, Chandler Price, b. 2d mo. 26th, 1888; 



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5. John West, b. 9th mo. 21st, 1832, unm.; 6. Caroline M., b. 4th mo. 
16th, 1836, m. 10th mo. 10th, 1866, Edgar H. Prosserd, and has chil., 1. 
Helen R., b. 12th mo. 30th, 1867, m. Joseph Pyle, 6th mo. 23d, 1889, one 
child, Helen, b. 1890; 2. Edgar West, b. 1st mo. 25th, 1869; 3. J . Rey- 
nolds, b. 7th mo. 6th, 1 871; 4. Elizabeth R., b. 12th mo. 6th, 1879. 

143. Richard H., 6 b. 7th mo. 10th, 1809, dec. 

RHEUBEN BURR, 4 [70] of York Co., Canada, 

was born in Bucks Co. Pa., March 15, 1766. His parents were members 
of the "Society of Friends," and he continued in that faith during life. 
After the close of the American Revolution, Rheuben, then about twenty 
years of age, went with several N. E. loyalists to Canada, and settled in 
the Niagara district, now Lincoln Co. He remained only three years 
when he returned to Pennsylvania, and was married in 1790 to Elizabeth 
Cleever, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cleever, who were also " Friends." 
About 1804 he again went to Canada, and took up land on George Street, 
County of York. He was a carpenter by trade, but also worked a farm. 
Of his seven children five were born in Pennsylvania, and two in Ontario. 
His wife died in 1839, and on September 21, 1842, he died, and was buried 
in the Methodist burying-ground at Woodbridge. He is described as a 
man about 5-7" in height, thick-set frame, and inclined to be corpulent, 
as were all his sons. His wife was tall and well-proportioned. Their 
chil. were: 

144. John, 5 m. Mary Marsh, was a farmer; 145. Nancy, 6 m. Moses 
Perry, and lived in Markham township; 146. Rowland, 6 b. 1798; 147. 
Sarah, 6 m. James Marsh, a farmer, and lived in Markham township; 148. 
Rebecca, 6 m. John Willson, a farmer, and lived in East Gwillingburg 
township; 149. Jane, 6 m. Jeremiah Graham, a farmer, and lived in East 
Gwillingburg township; 150. Nathaniel. 6 

DAVID BURR, 4 [74] of Belmont Co., O., 

married and raised quite a large family of chil., was mem. Bapt. Ch.; res. 
in Belmont Co., O. 

WILLIAM BURR, 4 [75] of Belmont Co., O, 

m. Sarah, dau. of Caspar Strahl, a German who emigrated to this country 
in early life, and settled in Bucks Co., Pa. The marriage took place Oct. 
28, 1800. In 1806, the young couple rem. to Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., 
O., where the husband followed his trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker, 



536 THE BURR FAMILY. 

putting in, it is said, the first sash, glass, and brick that ever graced the 
town. 

He remained in Jefferson Co. until the 1st of Nov., 1836, when with 
his family he rem. to Belmont Co., where he bought a farm, and res. until 
his death, which occurred Aug. 18, 1856. William Burr was a man of 
strong vital powers, a stirring man of business, prompt in meeting an 
engagement, and considered that with him industry covered a multitude 
of smaller sins. He was a member of the Friends Ch. most of his life, 
and on the division of that body inclined to the orthodox branch, but 
becoming disgusted with their illiberal and persecuting spirit he joined 
with the Hicksite party. He was the father of nine chil.: 

151. Joseph S., 5 b. Aug. 23, 1801 ; 152. Jesse, 1 b. 1802 ; 153. 
Thomas, 5 d. in inf.; 154. Ann, 5 b. 1806, m. John Lipsey, a Quaker, and 
res. in Indianapolis, la.; 155. Mary, 6 d. inf.; 156. Sarah, 6 b. 1810, m. 
Wm. Stanton, and died in 1865, leaving no chil.; I57« Ruth A., 5 b. 1813, 
a teacher of rare ability, d. in 1861; 158. Merrick S., 5 b. Jan. 16, 1817; 
159. Milton J,, 5 b. 1821. 

HENRY BURR, 4 [77] of Mt. Pleasant, O., 

m. Lovica Thomas. They had one dau. : 

160. Mary," who m. William Stedman, and res. at Bridgeport, W. Va. 
Henry Burr was a cabinet-maker by trade, and was killed by the fall- 
ing of a hickory tree which he was cutting for the uses of his trade. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

ROBERT DIMSDALL BURR, 5 [80] of Chiloe, Chili, S. A., 

emigrated with his brother John H., M.D., in 1828, to the island of Chiloe, 
Chili, S. A., and m. there Christine De Navarro. Chil.: 

161. Isabel' 1 ; 162. Marianes," m. , and had one son; 163. 

Clorinda,' m. , and had two sons; 164. Juan"; 165. Roberts'; 

166. Henry"; 167. Antonio"; 168. Rosalia"; 169. Christina"; 
170. Eliza." 

The following sketch of Mr. Burr's career will be read with interest: 
"Died in the city of Ancud, Chili, S. A., on the 5th August last, Robert 
D. Burr, in the 81st year of his age. He was born in Burlington, N. J., 
in 1804, and has lived in South America for the past 57 years, being at 
the time of his death one of the most highly esteemed residents of his 
adopted country. 

" After attaining his majority, having learned the trade of cabinet- 



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GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 537 

making, he sailed for South America, stopping at Monte Video, but find- 
ing war going on in Buenos Ayres, he took passage round the ' Horn ' for 
Valparaiso, leaving there for Lima, Peru, where he established himself in 
the mercantile business with a partner, and also carrying on his trade as 
cabinet-maker. 

" Finding there could be a good business established by preparing 
lumber and shipping it up the coast, he returned to the United States, and 
in the year 1828, took out to the City of Ancud, on the island of Chiloe, 
Chili, S. A., the complete outfit for a saw-mill which he set up, and he 
and his sons have continued the business to the present time of cutting 
lumber, and shipping it along the coast as far as Callao, Peru, they and 
their relative, John De Navarro, having among them several vessels en- 
gaged in the trade. 

"The above-mentioned saw-mill was the first established on the coast 
of South America, and was viewed by the lower class of natives with such 
jealousy that they destroyed the dam and burnt the mill. 

" He then had a passage made through the rocks leading a stream from 
higher ground and rebuilt his mill, the authorities furnishing him with 
ample protection from the lawless natives, the intelligent portion knowing 
the enterprise would be beneficial to the country. In addition to his 
lumber trade, he established a trading store, doing a business with the 
whalers and seal hunters, taking furs in exchange for goods, and shipping 
his receipts to London to be sold. He had also been for many years, up 
to or near the time of his death, the agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship 
Company. 

" He m. a Chilian lady, Christine De Navarro, who died in 1S76, and 
he leaves a large family of children, most of whom are m. and occupy 
prominent positions in Chilian society. 

" A daughter-in-law, in a letter informing of his death and funeral, says: 
' Never has there been such a funeral in Ancud as his. All the city is in 
mourning.' 

"Among our oldest citizens, probably there are still some living, who 
can recall a memory of him as a young man. He lived a long life of 
active usefulness, reflecting credit upon his native city." 

WILLIAM RIDGWAY BURR, 5 [83] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Mercy Ann Allen, dau. of David Allen and Elizabeth Ackley. Chil. : 
171. Emma Frances," never m.; 172. Helen Eayre," who m. Rowland 
Jones Dutton, and has one child, Edith. 173. Thomas Stockton.' 1 
Mr. Burr d. June 22, 1890. 



538 THE BURR FAMILY. 

THOMAS EAYRE BURR/ [84] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Mary Louisa Erwin, b. Aug. 16, 1816, dau. of Charles Envin and Eliza 
Spooner. Chil. : 

174. Charles Henry, 8 b. Apr. 7, 1837; 175. Edward Erwin, 8 b. 
Dec. 31, 1840. 

HENRY COOPER BURR, 6 [85] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Sarah Yeardsley, dau. of Joseph Compton, and Hannah Stewart. Chil.: 
176. Howard Compton 8 ; 177. Harry Stewart, 8 dec; 178. Francis 
Cooper, 8 dee.; 179. Joseph Compton, 8 dec. 

DAVID THOMAS BURR, 6 [89] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. May 20, 1847, Caroline, dau. of William Hazleton French and Eliza- 
beth Borton Atkinson, b. April 11, 1825, d. March 25, 1865. Their chil. 
are : 

180. William French, 8 b. Jan. 21, 1S49; 181. Mary Fennimore," 
b. Jan. 19, 185 1, d. March 22, 1875 ; 182. Henry Dimsdall, 8 b. Oct. 22, 
1854, d. March 21, 1856 ; 183. Caroline Elizabeth, 8 b. Nov. 16, 1858, 
m. to William J. Hall, at West Chester, Pa., July 14, 1887. Chil.: I. 
Margaret, b. Aug. 31, 1888; 2. Thomas H., b. June 6, 1890. 

184. Walter Lincoln, 8 b. March 22, 1861. 

Mr. Burr is a mem. of the cloth house of Lippincott, Johnson, & Co., 
Philadelphia. 

SAMUEL BURR, 6 [90] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Catherine Smith. Chil.: 

185. Benjamin, 8 dec; 186. Harriet, 6 dec; 187. George W. 8 ; 
188. Thomas 8 ; 189. Joseph S., 8 b. Jan. 14, 1821. 

RICHARD BURR, 6 [92] of Washington, D. C, 

m. Mary, dau. of George Thompson, of Washington. Chil.: 

190. Thomas, 6 b. Dec. 13, 1823; 191. Richard 8 ; 192. Benja- 
min r ; 193. Hamson ' ; 194. Mary A. 8 ; 195. Rebecca 8 ; 196. De 
Vere, 8 m. Miss Daniels, and res. in Washington, D. C; 197, Samuel, 8 
res. in New York City. 

WILLIAM H. BURR, 6 [93a] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Jane Force. Chil.: 

197a. Amanda'; 197b. Susan'; 197c. Louisa'; I97d. Re- 
becca 8 ; 197c Robert'; 197L Mary/ m. Joseph Ivins; I97g". Sarah 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 539 

Ann, 6 m. William Cronk, chil.: I. Horace, 2. William, 3. George. 197b. 
Samuel," m. Anna Vansciver, has chil.: 197L J. William 7 ; 197J. 
Effie 7 ; 197k. Edward, 6 m. Amanda Lippincott, has chil.: 197^ 
George 7 ; 197m. Mary. 7 

Mr. William H. Burr d. Sept. 14, 1859. 

EZRA BURR, 6 [93b] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Susan Flinn. Chil. were: 

I97n. Leonard, 6 m. Mary Seaman; 1970. Allen"; I97p. Abbie 6 ; 
I97q. Augustus 6 ; I97r. George, 6 m. Mary Quien; 197s. Gordon, 6 
m. Mary Murray, chil.: I97t. Mary 7 ; 197U. Margaret 7 ; 197V. Liz- 
zie 6 ; 197W. Cortland. 6 

AARON BURR, 6 [93c] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Mary Mulford. Chil.: 

198. Mary J., 6 m. Louis Craft, one child, Georgej 198a. Benjamin, 6 
d. in the war for the Union; 198b. Elizabeth, 6 m. Harry Hunter, chil.: 
I. Celia, 2. Lydia; 198c. Rebecca, 6 m. Frank Settee; I98d. William, 6 
m. Ellen Dempsey, chil.: 198c James 7 ; 1981". William 7 ; I98g. 
Harriet, 6 m. Thomas Matlach, chil. : I. Frederick, 2. William, 3. Martin; 
I98h. Ann, 6 m. Joshua Fennimore, chil. : I. Hannah, 2. Benjamin, 3. 
Elizabeth (m. Daniel Vansciver and had: 1. George and 2. Lillie), 4. 
Sarah, 5. Emily, 6. Anna; 198L Aaron. 6 

Mr. Burr d. Apr. 27, 1869. 

STACY BURR, 6 [93d] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Margaret Force. Chil.: 

198J. Anna 6 ; 198k. Ellen 6 ; 198I. Sarah Jane 6 ; 198m. El- 
wood 6 ; I98n. Mary," m. Fletcher Potts, has chil., I. George, 2. William, 
3. Stacy, 4. Mary. 

Mr. Stacy Burr d. Mar. 20, 1864. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [93f] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Margaret Wright. Chil.: 

1980. Henry, 6 m. Mary Thatcher; 198P. Emily " ; I98q. Eliza- 
beth ■ ■; I98r. Emma 6 ; 198s. Sarah 6 ; I98t. John. 6 

SAMUEL H. BURR, 6 [93g] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Sarah Gardner. Chil.: 

198U. Edward 6 ; 198V. Anna, 6 m. Joseph Hays, had chil.: I. 
Me dor a, and 2. Elizabeth. 



540 THE BURR FAMILY. 

198W. Elizabeth, 6 ra. Jacob Cook and had: I. Mary Frances, 2. 
Anna, 3. jfennie (m. Judge William Sheldon, of Cosume, Cal.), 4. Sarah. 
198X. George W.," b. Oct. 9, 1830; io8y. Westley." 
Mr. Samuel H. Burr d. Feb. 22, 1863. 

CHARLES BURR, 5 [931] of Burlington, N. J., 
m. Susan Smith. No chil. Mr. Burr d. July ir, 1866. 

RICHARD BURR/ [94] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth Coe; their chil. were: 

198Z. Hudson Coe, 6 b. 12th mo. 22d, 1803. Perhaps others. 

JOSEPH BURR, 5 [95] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Margaret, dau. of Joshua and Margaret Bispham, of Moorestown, N. J., 
in 1804. Their children were: 

199. Mary," who m. Evan Blackwood, of Mt. Holly. No chil., d. 
Mar. 8, 1893. 200. Hudson," b. Feb. 4, 1807; 201. Louisa, 6 b. Dec. 25, 
1808, who m. Jona. Oliphant, of Medford, N. J., and res. in Mt. Holly, d. 
June 5, 1884. Her children are, I. jfoseph, 2. Margaret, 3. Franklin, 4. 
Eliza, 5. Walter, 6. John, 7. Mary. 

202. Margaret," b. Feb. 7, 181 1, m. Jesse Varney, res. in Mt. Holly. 
Her chil. are: I. Margaret, dec, and 2. j^ulia. Mrs. Varney d. Sept. 6, 
1894. 

203. Joseph " ; 204. Eliza, 6 unm.; 205. Richard," b. May 1, 1819; 
206. John I., 6 b. Nov. 1, 1821; 207. Joshua," b. at Northampton. 

Joseph Burr owned a large farm, called Northampton, and mills. 
Afterwards moved to Philadelphia, and went largely into the steamboat 
interest, running from Philadelphia to Camden, N. J. He was dis- 
tinguished for his benevolence, hospitality, and beloved by all who knew 
him. He died in 1849, in the 67th year of his age. Margaret Bispham 
Burr, his wife, died at Mount Holly, N. J., May 9, 1867, at the age of 85, 
and is buried at " Laurel Hill," Philadelphia, by the side of Joseph, her 
husband. 

HUDSON BURR, 5 [96] of Princeton, N. J., 

m. Anna Grant, and shortly after rem. to Ohio. Their chil. were: 

208. Beulah," res. in Fairbury, 111.; 209. Nelson"; 210. Irene," 
res. in Attica, Ind.; 211. Maria," res. in Zenia, O.; 212. Joseph," d. 
without heirs; 213. William," d. without heirs; 214. James," res. in 
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JOSHUA BURR, 6 [102] of Vincentown, N. J., 

m. Mary Newbold, and became the father of two chil.: 

215. J. Franklin ' ; 2l6. Rebecca, 6 who m. Guy Bryan, of Phila- 
delphia, great-grandson of Timothy Matlack, the " fighting Quaker," of 
Phila., whose portrait hangs in Independence Hall, and to whom was pre- 
sented a silver urn suitably inscribed for his gallant defence of the city. 
Their chil. were: I. Guy, who became a lieutenant in the regular army, d. 
at Memphis, Term., of a sunstroke, and is buried in the National Cemetery 
at Nashville, Tenn.; 2. Joseph Franklin, who m. Ella Lopez, of Phila., 
and had chil.: 1. Minnie Newbold, 2. Hope, 3. Gabrielle, 4. Rebecca Burr, 
5. Helen, d. in inf.; 6. Guy, 7. Dolores, 8. Richard; 3. Mary Burr, who m. 
Capt. George Stretch Eayre, Mar. 28, 1866, and has one child, Sarah S.j 
4. Ann Wilson, who m. Anthony Bullock, and had: 1. Rebecca Burr, 2. 
William, d. in inf.; 3. Lena, 4. Davis; 5- Virginia, who m. Samuel Rey- 
nolds, and res. in Peoria, 111.; 6. William P., who m. Laura K. Black, of 
Vincentown, and res. in Vincentown; 7- Helen, who m. J. Elferth Watkins, 
of Richmond, Va., and has: 1. John Elferth, Jr., 2. Julia B., and 3. Mary 
Elferth. She d. Nov. 13, 1854, at Morristown, N. Y. 

Capt. George Eayre, who m. Mary Burr Bryan (3), has on the wall of 
his hall suitably engrossed and framed a scroll bearing the names of the 
fifty-four battles of the late war in which he was engaged. He enlisted in 
the 1st Colorado Cavalry, and for some time was engaged in fighting the 
Indians along the border. Later he joined the Independent Battery 
Colorado Light Artillery, and was mustered into the U. S. Service in the 
spring of 1863. He was com. captain in 1864 for bravery on the field, and 
was several times commended in General Orders. 

Of Joshua Burr a granddaughter writes: " He inherited from his father 
a grist-mill, saw-mill, chair factory, a distillery where the oil of sassafras 
was extracted, and a store where the employees ' traded.' I lived at my 
grandfather's and remember riding my horse as a child beside him as he 
rode over his farm daily to look after his help. He had a passion for 
hunting, was a celebrated shot, kept his hounds and fine horses, and 
enjoyed life as few countrymen of his day did." 

DELLAPLAINE RIDGWAY BURR, 6 [ill] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Hannah Walts, b. on the 14th of January, 1825. Their chil. were: 

217. William Hudson," b. Jan. 26, 1853; 218. Evan Walts," b. 
Mar. 10, 1854; 219. Dellaplaine Ridgway, Jr./' b. Nov. 29, 1855; 220. 
Charles Walts," b. Nov. 16, 1861. Mr. Burr, the father, d. Sept. 24, 
1880. 



542 THE BURR FAMILY. 

EDMUND W. BURR, 5 [112] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Postrema, dau. of William H. Burr, of Phila. Their chil. were : 

221. William H., 6 b. Aug. 5, 1816 ; 222. Elizabeth," m. John 
Diehl, of Red Lion, Del., and has several chil.; 223. Charles"; 224. 
Anna R., r ' m. Mr. Buehler. 

HENRY BURR, 5 [115] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth Inskip, and had chil.: 

225. Henry, 8 dec; 226. Mary"; 227. Sarah." He seems to have 
m. 2d Troth, and d. Mar. 26, 1826. 

GEORGE VV. BURR, 6 [116] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth Blackwood, Nov. 26, 1818, who was b. Aug. 16, 1S00, dau. 
of John Blackwood, M.D., and Ann Wills, his wife. Their chil. were : 

228. Nelson, 9 unm.; 229. Ann," who m. Oct. 22, 1840, Asa Gaskill, 
of Mt. Holly, N. J., and has chil. : I. George Burr, b. Sept. 18, 1841 ; 2. 
Charles Oakford, b. June 25, 1843 ; 3. Julia, b. July 31, 1847, m. John 
A. Clevenger, and has one child, Grace ; 4. Joseph H., a well-known 
lawyer of Mt. Holly, N. J., b. May 23, 1850, m. Dec. 25, 1872, Ella S. 
Logan, and has chil.: 1. Thomas Logan, b. July 6, 1874 ; 2. Nelson Burr, 
b. Sept. 12, 1875 ; 3. Charles Sutler, b. Oct. 11, 1S77 ; 5. Annie Blackwood, 
b. Sept. 25, 1853 ; 6. Judson, b. July 31, i860 ; J. Henry Shinn, b. Nov. 
13, 1863. 

229a. Mary," who m. Oct. 23, 1849, Robert Snodgrass, of Philadelphia, 
and has chil.: I. Ella J., b. Oct. 15, 1850, m. Jan. 23, 1873, Major N. L. 
Dikeman, of Saratoga, N. Y., and has one dau., Mary Burr, b. Dec. 9, 
1873 ; 2. Anna E., b. Sept. 7, 1855 ; 3. Robert Burr, b. Oct. 24, 1862 ; 
4. Mary Alice, b. Mar. 3, 1867. 

WILLIAM W. BURR, 5 [117] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Elinor Birdsall, Dec. 23, 1831. Chil.: 

230. Albert H.," b. July 26, 1841, d. May 24, 1876; 231. Phebe 
W.," b. Dec. 27, 1845, m. Mar. 22, 1866, William McFarland, and had a 
son, Burr, b. Mar. 22, 1867, who grad. at Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., and 
is now a practising physician in Bordentown, N. J. Phebe the mother d. 
Apr. 4, 1S76. 

232. Anne R.," b. Jan. 28, 1849. 

Mr. William W. Burr d. Sept. 10, 185 1. His widow Elinor still resides 
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TYLE BURR, 5 [118] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Abigail A., dau. of Abel Haines. Their chil. were : 

233. Abel H." ; 234. Elizabeth, 9 m. Caleb Hendrickson and had 
chil. : I. Ty/e, 2. Emma, 3. Henry, the last two twins. Tyle m. Mary 
Smith, res. in Haddonfield, N. J. Has two chil.: 1. Henry and 2. Eliza- 
beth. Emma m. Clifford Brinkerhoff, of an old Knickerbocker family, and 
res. in New York. Henry is unm. 

235. Henry. 6 

CHARLES BURR, 5 [119] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. 1st, Lucy Ann Troth, b. Apr. 2, 1807, by whom he had one child : 

236. Alfred H., 6 b. Mar. 20, 1827 ; she d. Feb. 20, 1829. He m. 2d, 
Feb. 8, 1830, Mary E. Engle, b. Apr. 12, 1805, and had chil.: 

237. Lucy Ann, 6 b. Jan. 10, 1831, m. Anthony Cuthbert, has a dau., 
Mary, who m. John Rue. 

23?. Mamre George, 6 b. Dec. 19, 1832 ; 239. Samuel E., 6 b. Mar. 
20, 1836; 240. Aaron E., 6 b. Jan. 28, 1841 ; 241. William W., 6 b. 
Nov. 24, 1838; 242. Charles O., 6 b. Oct. 24, 1843; 243. Augustus 
Walter, 6 b. June 5, 1847. 

Mr. Charles Burr d. Oct. 29, 1852. 

DR. HUDSON S. BURR, 5 [120] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

d. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1876. He was a dentist of high repute ; he m. 
Anna Pike in 1829, and had chil.: 

244. Ellen C., 6 who m. Henry T. Hoyt, and has three chil. : I. 
Frances T., b. in 1854 ; 2. Mauritius P., b. 1856 ; and 3« Charles T., b. 
i860. 

245. Anna," unm.; and 246. Josephine," who m. Charles Ross 
Smith, and has chil.: I. Mabel C, b. 1867 ; 2. Henry Hudson, b. 1869 ; 
3. Charles Ross, b. 1872. All res. in Philadelphia. 

Charles T. Hoyt m. Carrie Pearson ; Mabel C. Smith was m. in 1891 
to Harry Clifton Adams. 

BENJAMIN BURR, 5 [126] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. Feb. 14, 181 7, Hope Downs. One child : 

247. Benjamin, Jr. 6 

JOSEPH BROWN BURR, 5 [131] of Milwaukee, Wis., 

m. 6th mo. 15, 1827, Sarah Peusch. Their chil. of adult age were : 

248. Rebecca Woodward," b. in Phila., Oct. r, 1828. 249. Ame- 
lia Fredericka, b. Dec. 5, 1832. 250. Charles Henry," b. in Newark, 



544 THE BURR FAMILY. 

N. J., Aug. 23, 1837 ; 251. William Henry Harrison/ b. June 8, 1840; 
252, George Washington/ b. Feb. 20, 1843. 

Of above daus., Rebecca W. [248J was m. to William H. Ray, b. in 
Phila., Nov. 13, 1 82 1, and had chil. : I. Amelia Emma, b. in Germantown, 
Pa., June 29, 1853; 2. Harriet Louise, b. in Phila., Apr. 26, 1855 ; 3. 
jfessie Fremont, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., June 25, 1866. 

Amelia Fredericka [249] m. to Louis W. Bardenwerper, b. in Braun- 
schweig, Germany, Dec. 15, 1829, and had : I. Harry West, b. in Mil- 
waukee, Apr. 23, 1864; 2. Carrie Amelia, b. Dec. 18, 1866 ; 3. Charles 
Herman, b. July 21, 1871. 

ALEXANDER BURR, 6 [133] of Burlington Co., N. J., 

m. . Chil.: 

252a. Joseph J. 6 ; 252b. William H.' 

MARMADUKE L. BURR, 5 [138] of Philadelphia, Pa, 

m. Rebecca Castleburg, and had chil.: 

252c. William/ d. in the army ; 252d. Matilda/ m. Boyd : 

252c Ella/ m. William, son of Ex-Governor Pollock ; 2521. Mary/' m. 

Buehler ; 253. Joseph 6 ; 254. Marmaduke/ dec; 255. Joseph 

Clarence.' 

JOHN BURR/ [144] of Canada, 

in. Mary Marsh. Their chil. were : 

256. Robert*; 257. John, Jr. 6 ; 258. James 6 ; 259. William 6 ; 
260. Meribah/ m. John Button ; 261. Susan/ m. Montgomery. 

ROWLAND BURR/ [146] of Toronto, Can. 

In 1819 he was married to Hester Lamoureux, a descendant on the 
father's side from the French Huguenots, and on the mother's side from 
one of the " pilgrims of the Mayflower." After their marriage they settled 
on a farm near Richmond Hill, in the township of Vaughan, and built 
there a saw-mill and a flour- mill, both of which with the land he rented. 
He was fond of change and enterprise. Would take large contracts from 
the Canadian Government, when he could give employment to a large 
number of men. He built many handsome residences in Toronto, on 
some of which he lost heavily. In 1836 he sold his land and mills in 
Vaughan and moved to Toronto. He stayed there only one year, and 
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bridge now stands. He built there a saw-mill, a flour-mill, and a woollen 
factory, all of which he sold to J. W. Gamble, M.P. He built also three 
mills a few miles farther down the river at Weston. His last contract was 
the building of a large block of houses in Toronto, in one of which he spent 
the last few years of his life. He died in 1866. His wife then lived with 
her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Tyrrell, in Weston, where she died in Jan., 1886. 
Rowland Burr had one son and five daughters : 

262. Sarah/ who was m. to Andrew Patton, a farmer living at Carlisle; 

263. Harriet, 6 who m. John Ward, a building contractor, and d. 1852; 

264. Elizabeth, b. Feb. n, 1825, m. in 1845 Wm. Tyrrell, a contractor 
and builder, now living at Weston, Ontario; 265. James, 6 b. 1831; 266. 
Mary Ann, 6 m. in 1858, Dr. N. O. Walker, of Port Dover, Ont., who was 
b. in Norfolk Co., Can., 1834. Dr. Walker is an M. A. of Toronto Univ., an 
M.D., CM., of Trinity Univ., and an M.R.C.S. of Eng., and has the reputa- 
tion of being one of the most skilful practitioners of his section. 267. 
Hester, 6 m. J. J. Francis, a land surveyor. 

Elizabeth [264] was the mother of eight children, several of whom have 
developed abilities of the highest order, and which have raised them to 
positions of honor and usefulness. They were: I. Adam, b. June 19, 
1846, d. Dec. 31, 1847; 2. George Garrett, b. July 19, 1849, d. Aug. 24, 
J 853; 3. Winnie, b. Apr. 29, 1S52, m. Oct. 2, 1883, Rev. L. E. Lennox, 
and d. Oct. 8, 1886, leaving two daus. ; 4. Robert Shaw, b. Nov. 12, 1854; 
5- Joseph Burr, b. Nov. 1, 1S58; 6. Hester Ann, b. Dec. 6, i860, m. Apr. 
30, 1888, Rev. L. E. Lennox, of Ionia, Mich.; J. James Williams,\>. May 
10, 1863; 8. Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1866; 9. Henry Grattan, b. Nov. 1, 
1867. Of the sons: 4. Robert Shaw is -an M.B. of Toronto Univ., an 
M.D., CM., Trinity Univ., an M.C.P.S. and an L.R.C.P., London, Eng., 
and a professor in the Woman's Medical Coll., Toronto. He has been 
a resident in the above-named city for fourteen years, and enjoys a lucra- 
tive practice among the better classes. He m. Feb. 23, 1S82, Grace Walker, 
of Dover Court Road, Toronto, and has a son and a daughter. 

5. Joseph Burr received his primary education at the high school in 
his native village. At the age of fifteen he was sent to Upper Canada 
College, Toronto, and three years later entered Toronto University, from 
which, in 1880, after a distinguished college career, he took the degree of 
B.A. with the highest honors in Natural Sciences. After leaving the Uni- 
versity he studied law for a short time, but in August, 188 r, he accepted a 
position on the staff of the Canadian Geological Survey, and from that 
date till the summer of 1883, was employed at palseontological work in 
the Geological Museum at Ottawa. In the latter year he was appointed as 

one of the Field-geologists on the staff of the Geological Survey, and was 

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546 THE BURR FAMILY. 

engaged as assistant to G. M. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., &c, in an explora- 
tion of the Rocky Mountains. In the following year he was placed in 
charge of a party sent to explore the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, 
between the 51st and 54th parallels, and his report on that district printed 
in 1887 gives a full account of its mineral and agricultural resources. In 
1887, he undertook the systematic exploration of Northern Manitoba, and 
has already published a number of papers relating chiefly to its Glacial 
and Cretaceous geology, not only in the Reports of the Canadian Survey 
but in the American yournal, the American Geologist, the Bulletin of the 
Geological Society of America, the Transactions of the Royal Society of 
Canada, &c. Besides his work as a geologist Mr. Tyrrell is an earnest 
student of Canadian history, and while travelling is always on the alert to 
collect local details, and to record the position and character of places that 
were once important in the old days of the fur trade, but of which 
all traces will soon be destroyed by the rapid advance of settlement. Mr. 
Tyrrell is now an M.A. of Toronto and a B.S.C. of Victoria Universities, 
a Fellow of the Geological Societies of London and America. 

On February 14, 1894, Mr. Tyrrell married Mary Edith, daughter of 
Rev. Dr. Carey, one of the most scholarly and eloquent divines in the 
Baptist Church in Canada. They have two children: 1. Mary Elizabeth 
and 2. George Carey. 

In 1896 he received a diploma and premium founded by Sir George 
Back, the great Arctic Explorer, from the Royal Geographical Society of 
London, for explorations in Northern Canada. 

In January, 1899, Mr. Tyrell resigned his postion on the Geological 
Survey of Canada and removed to Dawson, the capital of the Yukon 
Territory, and the centre of the famous gold mines of the Klondike, where 
he is now successfully practising as a Mining Engineer. 

7. fames Williams received his early training at home and in the high 
school. At the age of sixteen he chose for his calling the profession of 
Civil Engineering, and after one year's preparation he entered the School 
of Practical Science, Toronto, from which he graduated successfully in 
May, 1883. During the summer vacation of 1882 he accompanied a sur- 
veying party to the wild region lying to the west of Lake Nippissing, Ont. 
The party had some very trying experiences because of the swampy na- 
ture of the country and the difficulty in procuring supplies, and conse- 
quently some of the members deserted and returned with a party of 
Indians. Mr. Tyrrell, however (though terribly afflicted with boils brought 
on by the nature of the diet), enjoyed his first experience in the woods, 
and returned home to his studies in the fall much recuperated. During 
the years 1883 (and 1884) he was connected with the Dominion Geologi- 




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cal Survey as a topographer. During this time he accomplished a complete 
survey of the Lake of the Woods, with its 3000 islands, and made a map 
of the same. In the spring of 1885, he obtained his diploma as a provin- 
cial land surveyor from the Ontario Government. A few weeks later he 
was chosen as hydrographer and a meteorological observer to accompany 
a Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson's Strait and Bay. With 
this expedition he sailed from Halifax in May, 1885, and did not return 
until October of the following year. During these intervening months 
Mr. Tyrrell was engaged in exploring and surveying some of the northern 
shores of Canada, in taking meteorological and other observations, and in 
studying the habits of the Eskimos with whom he was associated. He 
relates many strange tales of his experiences in these Northern regions 
with the Eskimo and the polar bear. After his return from the North he 
was engaged in Toronto during the winter in preparing maps of his 
explorations, which have since been published by the Government of 
Canada and by the British Admiralty. In February, 1887, he obtained his 
diploma as Dominion Land Surveyor, and in the spring of that year 
obtained work as an assistant engineer on railway construction in the State 
of Maine. Here he remained for sixteen months during the building of 
the railway (the International Ry. of Maine). Just as he was beginning 
to consider what he would do next he received the offer of a partnership 
with Mr. Abrey, a practising surveyor and engineer of Toronto. A Ham- 
ilton engineer was desirous of selling out his business, and Mr. Abrey's 
proposition was that Mr. Tyrrell should buy it and accept a partner- 
ship with him. On receipt of this proposal Mr. Tyrrell wired back his 
acceptance, and on the 1st of September, 1888, took possession of his 
office as a private practitioner in the city of Hamilton, where he is now do- 
ing a successful business. In the spring of 1889 he obtained the degree of 
C.E. from the Toronto University, and on June 4, 1890, he married Miss 
Isabel Macdonald of Toronto. 

Henry Grattan (9) was educated at the high school in Weston and 
afterward at Toronto University. He began his professional life in 1866; 
was for two years asst. engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and for 
three years following asst. engineer of the Pencoyd Bridge and Construc- 
tion Co., at Pencoyd, Pa. Mr. Tyrrell is author of the following books: 
Mill Building Construction, Bridge and Structural Index, American Park 
Bridges, Genealogy of the Tyrrell Family, and is a regular contributor to 
the following engineering and scientific journals : Engineering Netvs; 
Railroad Gazette; Street Raihvay Review; Scientific Americanj Muni- 
cipal Journal and Engineer; Railway and Engineering Review; American 
Architect; Architects' and Builders' Magazine; Street Railroad Journal; 



548 THE BURR FAMILY. 

Electrical World and Engineer; Electrical Review; Electricity; The En- 
gineer, London; Feilderis Magazine, London, and many others; and con- 
tributor also to the following popular magazines: Cosmopolitan; National 
Sportsman; Northwest Magazine; Rod and Gun; The Strand, etc. 

He is owner of Tyrrell's Interlocking Drawbridge Gates ; designer 
and engineer of the new Middletown Drawbridge, the world's largest 
highway draw span; also designer and engineer of the Easton Suspen- 
sion Bridge. This design received first prize in competition, for being the 
most remarkable suspension bridge ever built. 

Mr. Tyrrell is at present engaged by the $150,000,000 syndicate at 
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., as specialist to report on the advisability of using 
controlling gates to regulate the discharge of water in their power canals. 
His design and report was accepted. The gates cost $100,000. Mr. 
Tyrrell's headquarters and offices are in Boston, Mass. 

On Jan. 1, 1890, he married Lillie Bryant, dau. of George and Alicia 
Bryant of Sherbrooke, Quebec. They have one son, George Grattan, b. 
Dec. 18, 1S90. 

NATHANIEL BURR/' [150] of Canada, 

m. 1st, Olive Rogers, and 2d, Margaret Graham. His chil. were: 
268. Albert"; 269. William"; 270. Hester ; 271. Hannah: 

DR. JOSEPH S. BURR, 6 [151] of Leesville, Carroll Co., O., 

m. rst, Nancy Vanmeter, dau. of Isaac and Mary Vanmeter. Chil.: 

272. Oren, a physician in Texas; 273. Linnaeus"; 274. Sarah L.,' ! 
who m. James Grant; 275. Eliza Jane," who m. Basil W. Price. 

Dr. Burr m. 2d, Nancy Carr, and had by her: 

276. Chapman"; 277. Milton." 

He in. 3d, Louisa D. Bennett, dau. of Hardin and Mary Bennett, of 
Parkman, O. They have no chil. 

Dr. Burr was educated at Smithfield, O., and at Mt. Pleasant, O., 
under Mr. Beattie. He began the practice of medicine in 1821, and was 
engaged in the constant practice of his profession for 57 years. He was 
liberal in politics and religion, and was one of the first to espouse the 
anti-slavery cause. He inclined to Spiritualism in religious belief. 

JESSE BURR, [152] of Oneida, III., 

m. Martha Lipsey, of Mt. Pleasant, O., and has several chil., all daus. 
He is a mem. of the Methodist Protestant Church, an enterprising and 
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MERRICK S. BURR, 5 [158] of Vermillion, S. D., 

m. Aug. 13, 1856, Phebe H., dau. of Eli and Mary Bromhall. Chil. : 
278. William Stanton,' b. Oct. 8, 1857; 279. Newton Post, 6 b. 

Apr. 2, 1862. 

Mr. Burr d. Jan. 23, 1892. 

MILTON J. BURR, 5 [159] of Chariton, Lucas Co., Ia., 

m. Alcinda M. Bond. Chil.: 

280. Minora E., c who m. Hanly G. Curtis, a school teacher; 281. 
Sarah J. 6 ; 282. Clarkson C.° ; and two d. in inf. 

Mr. Burr is a farmer by occupation, an original abolitionist, and liberal 
in religious belief. In a very interesting letter to the compiler he mentions 
some of the peculiarities of his family as follows : " My grandfather, father, 
one or two other branches of the connection, and myself, were and are 
partially bald-headed. I also believe we, as a general thing, are addicted 
to gray hairs and failure of sight at an earlier age than is common. From 
my grandfather to the youngest member of the family that I am acquainted 
with, I never knew a family so addicted to accident as ours. I have heard 
Grandfather Burr speak of having a broken or dislocated hip; one of his 
sons died from a small burn on his knee, one was killed by the falling of a 
tree, one fell nearly 40 feet into a well, but survived the shock. My father 
narrowly escaped death several times by falling, under different circum- 
stances ; one of my brothers has had both legs broken at different times, 
another was severely hurt by falling from a building, and yet another has 
no less than three times escaped death only by a hair's-breadth in conse- 
quence of falling, while I am blind in one eye, lame in both feet, and 
otherwise injured from the effect of accidental blows, falls, and cuts. Of 
course the verdict of deficient caution would be rendered against us, but 
I never knew a family possessing more forethought on matters in general 
than ours." 

CALVIN BURR, 6 of Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y., 

b. Aug., 1786. I suppose him — from place of birth and family character- 
istics — to have been grandson of John [12], b. 17 18, of whose chil. I have 
no data except that they settled in Northern New Jersey. All that is 
known of Calvin Burr is that his father was a farmer and lived in Northern 
New Jersey on the line between that State and New York. His father's 
name is thought to have been Richard or Thomas. He moved to Preston, 
Chenango Co., N. Y., when a lad and a few years later m. Anna Fenton, 
of Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y. Their chil. were: 



550 THE BURR FAMILY. 

285. Lavinia F. " ; 286. Mary D/ ; 287. Ezra D., 6 b. in Preston, 
Aug. 21, 181 1 ; 288. Deloss W." Mrs. Burr d. and Mr. Burr m. 2d, 
Clara Gross, of Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., by whom he had one dau.: 

289. Laura A.,° b. June 17, 1825, in. Amos L. Story, Sept. 23, 1840, 
of New Boston, N. Y., and has chil.: I. Addie C, m. in 1865, and res. in 
Baltimore, Md., and 2. Laura B., unm. Mr. Story was prominent in 
railroad circles. He died at New York in 1865. 

Calvin Burr kept a hotel all his life after his marriage. He d. at New 
Boston, Madison Co., N. Y., in August, 1840. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

THOMAS STOCK TON BURR, [173] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Laura Gillam. Chil. : 

290. Elizabeth Gillam 7 ; 291. Helen Ackley 7 ; 292. Florence 
G. 7 ; 293. Frank Pomeroy. 7 

CHARLES HENRY BURR, 6 [175] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Henrietta Maria Thomas. Chil. : 

294. Charles Henry 7 ; 295. Mary Grafton. 7 

HOWARD COMPTON BURR,' 5 [176] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Mary Helen McLeod. Chil.: 

296. Howard St. Pierre 7 ; 297. Harry McLeod, 7 deceased. 

WILLIAM FRENCH BURR, 6 [180] of Germantown, Pa., 

m. in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14, 1875, ^ ar >' Walton, dau. of Charles Reese 
and Susannah Haworth Wetherald, b. July 17, 1851. They have one child: 

298. Agnes Haworth, 7 b. Sept. 9, 1876. 

JOSEPH S. BURR, 6 [189] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Apr. 12, 1843, Eleanor T. Berrell. One child : 

299. William Berrell, 7 b. Apr 7, 1844. 

Mr. Burr was for years a printer and stationer, at 310 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia. He d. Feb. 21, 1896. 

THOMAS BURR, 6 [190] of Washington, D. C, 

m. Sept. 7, 1847, Lizzie Robinson, who was b. in Washington, July 9, 1828. 
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300. Marie 7 ; 301. Lizzie 7 ; 302. Charles. 7 

Marie m. Benjamin Franklin Bigelow, of Washington, and has chil.: I. 
Franklin Burr ; 2. Edwin H. ; 3. William Lindsay ; and 4. Eleanor 
Ethel. 

Mr. Burr is cashier of the Water Department of Washington. 

AARON BURR, 8 [l98i] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Margaret Gibbs. Chil. : 

302a. Harry 7 ; 302b. George 7 ; 302c. Benjamin 7 ; 302d. Al- 
bertine 7 ; 302c William 7 ; 302f. Frank, 7 m. Sallie Freeman ; 302g. 
Josephine, 7 m. R. Woodick ; 302h. Henrietta, 7 m. John Lippincott, 
has chil. : I. Dora ; 2. Joseph. 

ELWOOD BURR, 6 [198m] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Letitia Harkness. Chil. : 

302L John, 7 b. Apr. 23, i860 ; 302J. Elwood. 7 

GEORGE W. BURR, 6 [198m] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Jan. 10, 1850, Elizabeth Ross Haskin. Chil. : 

302k. Thomas, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1854, d. Dec. 17, 1867 ; 302I. Samuel 
Huntley, 7 b. Apr. 20, i860. 

WESTLEY BURR, fi [i98y] of Burlington, N. J., 

m. Rebecca Horner. Chil. : 

302m. Edward 7 ; 302m Aurelia 7 ; 3020. Frank 7 ; 302p. 
Samuel 7 ; 302q. Matilda 7 ; 302r. Elizabeth 7 ; 302s. Sarah 7 ; 
302t. Annie 7 ; 302U. Virginie. 7 

HUDSON BURR, 6 [200] of Mt. Holly, N. J. 

m. Martha H. Peacock, of Mt. Holly, b. 1806. Chil. : 

303. Joseph A., 7 dec. leaving a widow and daughter ; 304. Sarah 
P., 7 b. Jan. 8, 1834, m. Dec. 26, i860, to Adam Fries Townsend. Have 
one child, Ada, b. Apr. 4, 186S. They res. at Evanston, 111. 

305. William J., 7 m. Sarah Burden. Two chil. Res. at Grand 
Forks, Dak. ; 306. Henry Hudson 7 ; 307. David P. 7 ; 308. Mary, 7 d. 
in inf. Mr. Burr the f. d. Apr. 10, 1870. 

JOSEPH BURR," [203] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Hettie Montgomery. I have no record of chil. He died Dec. 12,1877, 
in Philadelphia. 



552 THE BURR FAMILY. 

DR. RICHARD BURR, 6 [205] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

was a surgeon of recognized ability and varied experience. At the open- 
ing of the war, in October, 1S61, he was commissioned surgeon of the 
7 2d Pennsylvania Vols., and served in that capacity for one year, or 
until October, 1862, when he was made embalming surgeon of the army. 
This position, one of great responsibility, and requiring great skill, he 
filled until the close of the war. He was with McClellan's army in its 
attempt against Richmond, and at the battle of Fair Oaks had charge of 
the wounded under Surgeon Gen. Tripler, and in the seven days' battle 
before Richmond superintended the removal of the wounded officers to 
Fortress Monroe. In 1S65 Dr. Burr returned to Philadelphia, where he 
resided, in the practice of his profession. He m. Oct. 19, 1848, Miss 
Anna M. Duffield. They had no chil. Dr. Burr d. Oct. 5, 1S88. 

JOHN BURR, 6 [206] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Margaret Ackley. Have one son : 

309. Edward Hand, 7 b. Oct. 1, i860. 

He was a member of the firm of James C. Hand & Co., Philadelphia. 
Mr. Burr d. Aug. 30, 1889. 

JOSHUA BURR,' [207] of Davenport, Iowa, 

was educated in Philadelphia, and while quite young went into the hard- 
ware business. He was m. by the Rev. Thomas Brainard, Aug. 3, 1837, 
to Mary Reeves Tempest, eldest dau. of Robert and Mary Reeves Tem- 
pest, of Philadelphia. Has one son : 

310. Charles Phipps, 7 born and educated in Phila. 

NELSON BURR, 6 [209] of Warren Co., Ind., 
m. Apr. 15, 1855, Sarah Frances Butcher. Chil. : 

311. Zillah Ann, 7 b. Jan. 15, 1856, was m. Dec, 1874, to John Van 
Reed, a farmer, and has : I. Eugene and 2. Earl. 

312. Laura Alice, 7 b. July 30, 1857, m. Dec. 26, 1878, Ezra Mc. 
Claflin, a farmer, and has Clarence Raymond. 

313. William, 7 b. June 19, 1859, a farmer, unm., res. at Carbondale, 
Ind.; 314. Mary Francis, 7 b. May 23, 1861, was m. June 4, 1S90, to 
John Brownley, a merchant of Pattonsburgh, Mo.; 315. Emma Hope, 7 
b. Sept. 2, 1863, was m. Mar. 8, 1886, to John Hinman, a farmer, of Clay- 
tonville, 111. They have two chil.: I. Pearl, 2. Shirley. 

316. Frank Russ, 317. Jennie Bell, 7 twins, unm., b. Aug. 14, 1865, 
res. at Attica, Ind. 

Mr. Nelson Burr d. Mar. 10, 1883. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 553 

DR. WILLIAM H. BURR, 6 [22l] of Madison, Ga., 

m. Harriet Hill. Has one son : 

318. Charles H., 7 b. 1857. 

ABEL H. BURR, 6 [233] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Louisa, dau. of Caleb Woodward. Chil.: 

319. Ida W., 7 m. Nathaniel F. Helley, and has chil.: I. Cora, 2. 
EUina, 3. Anna, 4. Ruth. ^^Z€l U£ f , Sen 

320. Frederick T.,' m. Charlotte Colby ; 321. Tyiee W., 7 d. 1879 ; 
322. Mauae L. 7 ; 323. Agnes R. ; 324. Louisa M. 7 






HENRY BURR, 6 [235] of Mt. Holly, N. J., 

m. Maggie Irick. Has two chil. : 

325. Madeline 7 ; 326. Clara, 7 who m. John C. Hopkins, of Moores- 
town, N. J., and has one child, Margaret. 

ALFRED H. BURR, 6 [236] of Moorestown, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth Hartman, of Phila., Dec. 26, 1850. Their chil. are : 

327. Lord Hartman, 7 b. July 25, 1852; 328. Alfred Troth, 7 b. 
Apr. 16, 1S55. 

Mr. Burr has been a merchant in Moorestown for over forty years. 
As a boy he entered the store of Mr. Joseph Page, soon after went to 
Philadelphia, and served his time. On reaching his majority he returned 
to Moorestown, and went into business for himself, and has since con- 
tinued it. In 1S72, his throat becoming affected, he purchased a large 
plantation in Florida, which he has since made his winter residence, and 
on which he has a fine orange grove of 1500 trees. 

M. GEORGE BURR, 6 [238] of Moorestown, N. J., 

m. Elizabeth . Chil.: 

329. Lizzie 7 ; 330. George. 7 

SAMUEL E. BURR, 6 [239] of Bordentown, N. J., 

m. Sarah E. Richardson, of Moorestown, N. J., Nov. 9, 1858. Chil.: 

331. Charles E., 7 b. Sept. 6, 1868. 

Mrs. Burr d. Apr. 18, 1894, and Mr. Burr m. 2d, Jan. 3, 1895, Elizabeth 
C. Thompson, b. Jan. 5, 1858, by whom he has : 

331a. Samuel E., Jr., 7 b. Dec. 6, 1897 ; 331b. Anna, 7 b. March 12, 
1900. 

Mr. Burr is a hardware dealer and insurance agent at Bordentown, and 
manager of the Telephone Exchange. 



554 THE BURR FAMILY. 

AARON E. BURR, 6 [240] of Moorestown, N. J., 

m. Dec. 31, 1862, Sarah S. Heaton. Chil.: 

332. William H., 7 b. June 22, 1864, d. Aug. 11, 1865 ; 333. Charles 
E., 7 b. Jan. 8, 1867, d. July 3, 1867 ; 334. Mary A., 7 b. July 2, 1868 ; 
335. Rebecca A., 7 b. Aug. 13, 1870 ; 336. Aaron R., 7 b. Jan. 18, 
1876, d. July 24, 1876 ; 337. David H.,' b. May 6, 1877 ; 338. James 
B. E., 7 b. Sept. 6, 1884. 

Mr. Burr is a State detective of New Jersey. 

WILLIAM VV. BURR," [241] of Leadville, Colo., 

m. in 1859 Mary Jane Houghton. Chil.: 

339. Mary Ann, 7 b. Nov. 6, i860, d. 1863; 340. Charles H., 7 b. 
Mar. 25, 1863 ; 341. Lucy May, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1S73 ; 342. Kate Luella, 7 
b. Dec 21, 1874; 343. Mollie Elizabeth, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1S77. 

CHARLES O. BURR, 5 [242] of Bordentown, N. J., 

m. Martha H. Bechtel. Chil.: 

344. Lucy May, 7 dec; 345. Charles H. 7 

Charles the f. d. in 1873. 

AUGUSTUS WALTER BURR, 8 [243] of Bordentown, N. J., 

m. Ella E. Buzby. Chil.: 

346. Minerva Swayze 7 ; 347. Louise Driver 7 ; 348. Lansing 
Burrows. 7 

JOSEPH J. BURR, 6 [248] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Mary McMullen. Chil.: 

349. Joseph F., 7 m. Mary VViltie, has a son, 349a. Albert H. H ; 
350. Albert A. 7 ; 351. Laura C., 7 b. Nov. 7, 1 86 1, m. Charles P.Reese, 
one child, Ira ; 352. Walter W. 7 

WILLIAM BURR, 6 [249] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Mary Bennett. Chil.: 

353. James 7 ; 354. William 7 ; 355. Frank 7 ; 356. Percy 7 ; 357. 
Clarence. 7 

CHARLES HENRY BURR." [250] or Berkeley, Cal., 

was m. to Martha Lucretia, dau. of George and Martha Cantrell, who was 
b. in Troy, N. Y., Now 18, 1845. Their chil. were : 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 555 

358. Sarah Emma, 7 b. in Chicago, 111., June 24, 1875, m. July 12, 
1899, by the Rev. Mr. Ratcliffe, of the Church of the Good Shepherd, to 
Walter Manchester, son of Walter Manchester and his wife Elizabeth Ann 
(Turner) Manchester, who was born in Croyden Surrey, Eng., May 1, 
l8 7 x ; 359- Viola Grace, 7 b. in Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 20, 1883, d. Jan. 16, 
1887. 

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BURR, 6 [251] of Janesville, Wis., 
m. to Mrs. Laura Day [nee Packard), of Milwaukee, Wis. No chil. 

GEORGE W. BURR," [252] of Milwaukee, Wis., 

was m. to Imogene Ellison, of Minnieska, Minn., Feb. 12, 1884. Chil.: 

360. Amelia Wolcott,' b. in Rapid City, So. Dakota, Apr. 29, 1888 ; 
361. George Ellison, 7 b. in Hill City, So. Dak., Mar. 31, 1890 ; 362. 
Frances Louise, 7 b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 25, 1893. 

JAMES BURR, 6 [265] of Sarnia, Canada, 

m. Deborah Bentley in 1852. Chil.: 

362a. Harriet, 7 b. 1852, m. Cyrus Davis; 362b. Rowland, 7 b. 1854. 
Mr. James Burr d. Feb. 10, 1891, in Missouri. 

NEWTON POST BURR, 6 [279] of Spokane, Wash., 

m. June 29, 1898, Ida V. Albert. Chil.: 

362c. Dismond Eugene, 7 b. Apr. 13, 1899 ; 362d. Leslie New- 
ton, 7 b. Aug. 6, 1900. 

Mr. Burr rem. to Spokane, Wash., in 1S01, where he now resides. 

DR. EZRA D. BURR, 6 [287] of Lansing, Mich., 

m. Melissa Stevens, of Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y. They had one 
son : 

362c Frank Alfred, 7 b. Nov. 24, 1843. 

Dr. Burr was a skilled physician and prominent in public life. He 
was Judge of Probate Court of Eaton Co., Mich., for 1854-5, and was also 
well known as a journalist. He emigrated to Kalamazoo, Mich., in May, 
1837, d. at Lansing, Mich., May 22, 1886. 

DELOSS W. BURR, 6 [288] of Preston, N. Y., 

was a non-commissioned officer in the Florida and Indian wars, serving 
under Jefferson Davis, and d. in the service. 



55^ THE BUNK FAMILY. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

CHARLES HENRY BURR, 7 [294] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. May 27, 1899, to Anna Robeson Brown, dau. of Henry Armitt Brown 
and Josephine Baker of Philadelphia. 

A daughter, 362f. Dorothy/ was b. Aug. 19, 1900. 

WILLIAM BERRELL BURR/ [299] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Sept. 28, 187 1, Mary Cartwright. Chil.: 

362g. Henry Cartwright/ b. Sept. 15, 1872; 362h. Eleanor 
Berrell/ b. Jan. 9, 1877. 

Wm. B. Burr d. Jan. 18, 1897. 

SAMUEL HUNTLEY BURR, 7 [302I] of New York. 

Mr. Burr is a typical scion of the old stock, being six feet three inches in 
height and weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds. For a young 
man few can surpass him in business capacity. We find him at the head 
of the following well-known concerns: Richmond Belt Line R. R. of 
Georgia, Georgia Ochre Co., Murray Hill Improvement and Water Supply 
Co.; also controlling large business interests in New York. Mr. Burr is a 
gentleman of cultivated tastes, and has a very valuable numismatic collec- 
tion. He m. Feb. 27, 1S89, Elizabeth Tillinghast, of an old South Caro- 
lina family, and has chil.: 

363. Bessie/ b. Dec. 5, 1889; 364. Nellie/ b. Aug. 5, 1891. 

HENRY HUDSON BURR, 7 [306] of Cedar Rapids, Ia., 

m. Helen Camp, Apr. 20, 1864. Chil.: 

367. Helen Louise/ b. Oct. 7, 1865; 368. Hudson Gurdon/ b. 
May n, 186S; 369. Florence Josephine/ b. Sept. 18, 1869, d. Mar. 17, 
1890; 370. Maggie/ b. Jan. 13, 1876, d. Feb. 26, 1S79. 

Helen Louise Burr m. A. C. Featherstonhaugh, July, 1890. They 
have one son, I. A. C, Jr., b. Apr. 6, 1891, res. Chicago, 111. 

Florence J. Burr m. A. J. Greene, Feb. 18, 1890. 

Mr. Burr is a skilled stenographer and official court reporter of the 
Eighteenth Judicial District of Iowa. 

DAVID P. BURR. 7 [307] of Stockton, Cal., 

m. Susan Moreing, June 31, 1S69. Chil.: 

371. Louie Farwell/ b. Dec. 24, 1872, m. to CM. Miall, Jan. 26, 
1901; 371a. Theodore Lewis/ b. 1874, d. 1876. 



GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 557 

CHARLES PHIPPS BURR, 7 [310] of Davenport, Ia., 

was m. by Rev. Frank Emerson Judd, of Trinity Church, Dav., Oct. 7, 
1863, at Marengo, la., to Anna Eliza Cooper, dau. of Jonathan Balderston 
Cooper, and Eliza Trindle, his wife, of Newark, Ohio. Anna Cooper 
Burr d. at Davenport, la., Nov. 6, 1878, and is buried in Oakdale Ceme- 
tery. Their chil. were: 

372. Marie Reeves, 8 b. in Dav., Ia., m. William Bardwell Fisk, Oct. 
7, 1900; 373. Laura Leake,* b. Dav., Ia., m. June 14, 1899, in Chicago, 
Alfred Woods Gore, has one child, I. Harold Leake, b. March 14, 1900. 

LORD HARTMANN BURR, 7 [327] of Moorestown, N. J., 
m. Mary Emily Hartman, of Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 8, 1890. 

ALFRED TROTH BURR, 7 [328] of Moorestown, N. J., 

m. Florence V. Ford, of Moorestown, June 10, 1886. One child: 

374. Ethel M., e b. May 20, 1887. 

CHARLES E. BURR, 7 [331] of Bordentown, N. J., 

m. Apr. 12, 1S93, Helen A. Bloomsburg. One child: 

375. Jane, 8 b. May 26, 1S95. 

COL. FRANK A. BURR, 7 [360] of New York. 

Perhaps no living member of the family so well represents its genius 
and personality as does Colonel Frank A. Burr, the well-known author 
and journalist. The story of Colonel Burr's life is a romance; indeed it 
has been so varied and remarkable that read within the covers of a book 
it would be declared unreal and imaginary. He was born November 24th, 
1843, at Grand Rapids, Mich., when that now flourishing city was a mere 
trading port. His father, Ezra D. Burr, M.D., was for years one of the 
best-known physicians of Michigan, Judge of Probate of Eaton County, 
and an editor of note. While yet a child young Burr spent a long time 
with the old Chippewa tribe of Indians in Northern Michigan, and after- 
wards with his uncle, who was a hunter and trapper in that section. Before 
he was eleven years of age he drifted from the wild life of the woods into 
Grand Rapids, where he sold papers on the street, and from thence to 
Eaton Rapids, and afterwards to Detroit, where he was a newsboy, and 
finished his trade as a printer on the Detroit Free Press. Later he became 
a pressman on the Kalamazoo Telegraph, and when the war broke out was 
engaged as a printer on the Grand Rapids Enquirer. The year before the 



558 THE BURR FAMILY. 

war he joined the Grand Rapids Greys company composed of boys, and 
the next year when the war broke out enlisted in the Second Michigan 
Cavalry, of which General Sheridan became the Colonel. He was the first 
soldier to enlist in Company C of that regiment, General Russell A. Alger, 
since Governor of Michigan, being its Captain. Although but seventeen 
years of age he was elected Orderly-Sergeant, and served with the regiment 
in Pope's campaign through Missouri, and from New Madrid until after 
the battle of Pittsburg Landing commanded the escort of Major David S. 
Stanley, one of Pope's division commanders. From disabilities received 
in the campaign, he was sent home after the battle of Farmville, and when 
sufficiently recovered for active service was commissioned First Lieutenant 
of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, and with that regiment was engaged in 
the Bragg and Buell campaign through Kentucky in 1863 up to the battle 
of Murfreesborough. He resigned from disabilities after that campaign, 
and returned to Michigan, only to enter the Seventh Michigan Cavalry 
with the famous Custer's Brigade after five months of recuperation, and 
served with that body of wonderful troopers from Gettysburg to the Wil- 
derness. Leaving that organization in 1864 at the time of Early's attack 
on Washington he was made a First Lieutenant of Cole's Maryland Cav- 
alry, and continued with that until the end of the war. He performed 
staff duty with Gen. William H. Seward, son of the great Secretary of State 
and other general officers. He was Judge Advocate of several important 
court-martials, and quit the service with the staff rank of Lieutenant- 
Colonel. He was less than twenty-two years of age when he was mustered 
out on July 3d, 1S65, having served over four years. His service on court 
martials had given him active practice in the law, and he was admitted to 
the bar of the United States Court and several State courts. Ill health 
drove him into more active life, and he became an engineer, one of the 
most satisfactory employments of his life. An accident drove him back to 
his trade as a printer, and in 1868 he was setting type in Washington. By 
the merest chance he wrote an article for William C. McBride, city editor 
of the Washington Chronicle, and from that time forward was a successful 
journalist. Col. Burr d. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

HENRY CARTWRIGHT BURR/ [361] of Philadelphia, Pa., 

m. Margaret V . Mien and has one son: 

376. Henry Cartwright, 9 Jr., b. Sept. 13, 1899. 



APPENDICES 



APPENDIX A. 

THERE are several interesting families whom the author has failed 
to connect although he has made special efforts in their behalf; 
the most important of these is that of Roger Burr of Granby, a 
soldier of the Revolution, who appears in Granby as early as 1760, enlisted 
for the war April 1, 1777, in Capt. Prior's Company, 1st Reg., Conn. Line, 
which wintered at Valley Forge, and Peekskill, and took part in the battle 
of Germantown, Pa. His chil. were Elihu, Roger, Asa and Bessie; wife's 
name not known. Of these chil. we have no record except of Elihu, who 
was b. Dec. 14, 1769, d. in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1859; m. Sally 
Spring in 1792; she was born April 15, 1769, d. in Cattaragus Co., N. Y., 
Apr. 4, 1839. They came to New York State in 1796. Their chil. were: 

1. Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1793, d. Jan. 23, 1873, in Fulton, N. Y.; 2. George 
Washington, d. in Kentucky, Jan. 1, 1841; 3. Thomas Jefferson, b. March 
15, 1806; 4. Lucinda, b. Apr. 4, 1803. 

1. Sarah, m. Oct. 20, 1816, Patten Parker, b. Sept. 3, 1793; chil: 

1. Laura, b. Feb. 28, 1819, m. Jan. 15, 1853, Dr. Wm. B. Coxe, who 
was b. June 24, 1812, d. July 1900. 

2. Minerva, b. July 26, d. July 1, 1894, m. Dec. 29, 1840, Wm. F. 

Ingell, b. July 21, 1S1S, d. Jan 1, 1894. One child: 1. Florence Adell , b. 
May 24, 1850, m. Wm. Henry Garlock, May 12, 1868. 

3. Mary Alice, b. about 1827, m. William M. Skinner, Oct. 15, 1853; 
one son, 1. William B., who was b. June 13, i860, m. Marion Stacy, Aug. 
14, 1890; one son, 1. Eugene William, b. Feb. 28, 1896. 

4. Horace Gilbert, b. July 20, 1829, d. Dec. 16, 1897, m. 1861, Mary 
Coon. Five chil: 

1. Gertrude, b. 1866; 2. Laura, b. 1867; 3. Horace Earl, b. 1869; 4. 
Carl Arthur, b. 1S73; 5- Mary Margarettc, b. 1883. This family lives in 
Mason City, Iowa. 

George Washington (2) m. Phoebe Sweet, and had chil.: 

1. Lucy, and 2. Albert George. 

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560 APPENDICES. 

George Washington Burr left Genesee Co., N. Y. ( about 1829, for Illi- 
nois, via the lakes, and was never afterward heard from. His wife and 
children about the next year moved to Sangamon Co., 111. 

Albert George Burr (2) was b. in New York, Nov. 10, 182S (?), m. in 
Vandalia, 111., to Alicia A. Anderson, returned to Springfield, and soon 
afterward moved to Winchester, 111., and later to Carrollton, 111. Chil.: 
1. Louis Lee, b. in Springfield, 111., May 22, 1849, and 2. Lucy May, b. in 
Winchester, 111., Apr. 30, 185 1. Lucy May m. George W. McMillen, of 
Mt. Sterling, 111., and has one child, George Burr, b. Aug. 20, 1890. 

Albert George Burr practised law successfully, served several terms in 
the State legislature, and two terms in Congress, and d. in Carrollton, 111., 
June 10, 1S82, while serving his second term as Judge of the Circuit Court. 
His w. having d., he was m. a second time, to Mary Harlan, Winchester, 
111., and had chil. by her: 3. Mary Belle, 4. Albert George, and 5. William 
Brown, now living with their mother in Jacksonville, 111. 

Louis L. Burr (1) was b. in Springfield, 111., May 22, 1S49, and was m. 
May 22, 1S72, in Bloomington, 111., to Helen Parke. Their only child is 
Albert Parke, b. Sept. 7, 1886, in Chicago, 111. 

Thomas Jefferson (3) m. July 3, 1828, Mary Ann Luther (who is still 
living with her sons in Cedar Falls, Iowa). Chil.: 

1. Thomas Jefferson, b. July 18, 1829; 2. Geo. JJ'.,b. July 19, 1836; 3. 
Merzo, b. Dec. 24, 1832, d. June 3, 1838; 4. Orson, b. March 30, 1835, d. 
June 3, 1881; 5. Mary Jane (Lowe) b. Aug. 19, 1837; 6. Emmogene, b. 
Sept. 3, 1840, d. Nov. 26, 1853; 7. Adelbert N., b. Feb. 14, 1843; s - Or- 
lando, b. April 10, 1849, d. Dec. 21, 1880. 

Lucinda (4) m. Tilly Gilbert, Sept. 17, 182 1. Four chil.: 

1. Clarissa, b. Aug. 23, 1S22; 2. Caroline, b. Feb. 6, 1825; 3. Dezell, b. 
April 14, 1832; 4. Harlow, b. March 24, 1839, d. June 15, 1872. 

Clarissa (1) m. Feb. 23, 1842, Nathan Somers. 

Caroline (2) m. June 15, 1848, John Aylesworth. 

Dezell (3) m. May 15, 1861, Roxana Chandler. 

Joel P. Burr, b. in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1S06, m. Harriet Wilbur, 
Oct. 17, 1827, early rem. to Brockport, N. Y., and thence to Lewiston, 
Niagara Co., N. Y. They had two chil.: 

r. Emmett D. and 2. Delgratia. 

Emmett D. (1) m. Lucretia Hubbell, of Albany, N. Y. They had three 
children: 1. Erastus Prosser; 2. George, d. inf.; 3. James JJ r .,b. 1862. 
James W. (3) m. in 1890 to Phoebe E. Dunphy, of New York City, and 
has two chil.: William Emmett, b. 1S9 1 , and James W. Jr., b. 1899. 
Mr. James W. Burr is a broker in New York. 



APPENDICES. 561 

Delgratia Burr (2) m. William. H. Griffith, a civil engineer, of West 
New Brighton, Staten Island, d. in Nov., 1899. 

Mr. Emmett Burr d. Jan. 25, 1876. 

Joel P. Burr invented a cook stove which had a large sale in Western 
New York and Canada. He d. at West New Brighton, 1883. 

Charles Burr emigrated from Connecticut to Ulster Co., N. Y., m. there 
Mary Keater. Had five sons and two daus., of whom we have record of 
but one, Jacob, b. 1814, who m. Catherine H. Keater, of Rosendale, N. Y., 
and had eight chil., of whom we have no record except of Edward C, who 
was b. at Rosendale, N. Y., May iS, 1846, and is engaged in the real-estate, 
loan, and insurance business in Chicago, 111. Mr. Burr m. Dec. 31, 1866, 
Sarah E. Hull, and has one dau., Susie £., b. Jan. 16, 1869. Miss Burr 
has fine musical talent, and has gained an enviable reputation as a vocal- 
ist. She graduated from Alfred Univ., N. Y., with the degree of Bachelor 
of Music, and has since had the degree of Master of Music conferred by 
the same institution. She also studied a year in Boston, and since then 
three years in Chicago. 

Asa Burr, probably son of Roger, of Granby, m. Polly Hayden and 
settled in Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y. They had ten chil. 

APPENDIX B. 

Burrs in New York Regiments in the Revolution. 

Daniel Burr, private, in Col. Morris Graham's Regt., and in Col. Fred- 
erick Weissenfell's levies. Nathaniel Burr, private, Col. Ethan Allen's 
"Green Mountain Boys." Osias Burr, private, Albany Co. Mil., 16th 
Regt. William Burr, private, 1st Regt. of the Line, Col. Goos Van 
Schaick. Aaron Burr, Lieut. -Col. Volunteers, in 1775; under Arnold 
before Quebec, 1777; A. D. C. to Gen. Putnam, 1776; Lieut. -Col. in 
Malcom's Regt., Jan., 1777; retired from Malcom's Regt., from disability, 
May, 1779, but did duty in Westchester Co. 

Connecticut Men Named Burr in the Revolution. 

Adonijah Burr, Sergt., 18th Militia Regt., Capt. Buttolph's Co. Adon- 

ijah, Jr., private, same company. Andrew Burr, 7th Regt., Col. Charles 

Webb, 2d Co. Asa Burr, private, in Col. Saml. Wylly's 3d Regt. Daniel 

Burr, private, in Col. Saml. Wylly's 3d Regt. David Burr, 5th Regt., 4th 

Co., Col. Waterbury. Wakeman Burr, Lieut., 5th Regt., 4th Co., Col. 

Waterbury. Jabez Burr, private, 5th Regt., 4th Co., Col. Waterbury. 
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APPENDICES. 



Ebenezer Burr, private, 5th Regt., 4th Co., Col. Waterbury; also in 4th 
Mil. Regt. Edmund Burr, Col. Bradley's Batt., Wadsworth's Brigade. 
Seth Burr, in Capt. Silliman's Co., 4th Mil. Regt. Ezekiel Burr, Corp., in 
Capt. Gray's Co., 4th Mil. Regt. George Burr, 1st Lieut., 1st Batt.; later 
Capt. Hezekiah Burr, pensioner, Act of 1832. Samuel Burr, in Capt. 
Uimon's Co., Col. Beebe's Regt. Timothy Burr, in Capt. Dimon's Co., 
Col. Beebe's Regt. Ichabod Burr, in Capt. Dimon's Co., Col. Beebe's 
Regt. Increase Burr, in Capt. Dimon's Co., Col. Beebe's Regt. Jesse 
Burr, in Capt. Dimon's Co., Col. Beebe's Regt. Increase, Jr., in Capt. 
Dimon's Co., Col. Beebe's Regt. Ichial Burr, in Capt. Steven's Co., Col. 
Burrall's Regt., 1776, against Ticonderoga. Isaac Burr, minute man, town 
of Fairfield. Isaiah Burr, minute man, town of New Haven. Jehial Burr, 
in Capt. Foot's Co., Col. Hooker's Regt., 1777. Jehial Burr, levies of 
1780, 5th Regt. John Burr, 2d Lieut., Capt. Gillett's Co., Col. Enos' 
Regt., 1778. Jonathan Burr, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regt., New London, 
Feb., 1777. Nathan Burr, Capt. Morehouse's Co., 4th Mil. Regt., Col. 
Whiting. Nathaniel Burr, pensioner, Middlesex Co., 1832. Phillip Burr, 
Capt. Bartram's Co., Col. Whiting's Regt., alarm list. Roger Burr, 
Capt. Prior's Co. Simon Burr, of Torrington, Mil. Regt. Stephen 
Burr, of Haddam, Capt. Edwards' Co. 

New Hampshire Men Named Burr in the Revolution. 
Nathan Burr, in Col. Hazen's Regt., Capt. Jas. Duncan's Co. 



Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. 

Asa Burr, of Bellingham, private, in Capt. Jesse Holbrook's Co., Col 
Wheelock's Regt., in the field, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Aug. 2, 1780, dis 
charged Aug. 7, 1780. Charles Burr, private, Capt. Silas Wild's Co., Col 
Brook's Regt. of Guards, in the field, Nov. 12, 1777-April 3, 1778; en 
listed Aug. 5, 1778, discharged Sept. 14, 1778. Cushing Burr, Hingham 
private, Capt. Peter Cushing's Co., Col. Solomon Lovell, in the field 
March 4, 1776-March 15, 1776; enlisted June 9, 1776, July 31, 1776, Aug 
5, 1778, July 22, 1780. Christopher Burr, volunteer, on ship Deane (a 
privateer), Capt. Elisha Hinman in command; descriptive list of officers 
and men, dat. Boston, Nov., 1780, gives Burr's age as 18 yrs.; complexion, 
light; residence, Rhode Island. Daniel Burr, Bridgewater, 3d Plymouth 
County Regt.; enlisted in Continental Army, Feb. 21, 1778, for the war. 
when he joined Capt. Ephraim Burr's Co., Col. John Bailey's Regt., at 
Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778; on April 1, 1778, reported discharged. Daniel 
Burr, Norton, in the field, July 13, 1780-Dec. 6, 1780; descriptive list gives 



APPENDICES. 563 

his age as 18 yrs; height, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, ruddy. David Burr, Hing- 
ham, private, Capt. Peter Cushing's Co., Col. Solomon Lovell's Regt., in the 
field, Dec. 14, 1776. David Burr, Hingham, Corp., Capt. Isaiah Cush- 
ing's Co., Col. Benjamin Lincoln, in the field, 19 April, 1775-Feb. 27, 
1778. David Burr, boatman, on Capt. Eseck Eddy's Co. of Artificers' 
Expedition to Rhode Island, Aug. 8, 1778. Elijah Burr, private, Capt. 
Abram Washburn, Col. Jacob Gerrish; enlisted 27 July, 1778, discharged 
21 Dec, 1778. Elijah Burr, Sergt., Capt. Amos Ellis, 4th Suffolk Co. 
Regt., in the field, July 27, 1780-Aug. 7, 1780. Elijah Burr, private, Capt. 
Nathan Packard, Col. J. Jacob's Regt.; enlisted July 23, 1780, discharged 
Oct. 31, 1780. Elisha Burr, Bellingham, private, Capt. Jesse Holbrook's 
Co., Col. Wheelock's Regt., in the field, April 19, 1775; Sergt., Dec. 8, 
1776; in the field, July 27, 1780-Aug. 7, 1780, as member of 4th Suffolk 
Co. Regt. (Major Seth Bullard). Elisha Burr, private, Capt. Joseph Will- 
marth, Col. Thomas Carpenter, in the field, Aug. 1, 1775-Aug. 1, 1780. 
Ephraim Burr, Easton (also given Norton), 1st Lieut., Capt. Matthew 
Hayward's Co.; list of officers, Mass. Militia, commissioned Jan. 29, 1776; 
also 1st Lieut., Capt. Matthew Randal's Co., Col. Jacob French; stationed 
at Winter Hill, Feb. 27, 1776: commissioned March 26, 1776; Capt. in 
Col. John Bailey's Regt., Continental Army; pay accounts for service, Jan. 
1, 1777-Sept. 10, 1779; in command of 4th Co., Col. Bailey's Regt., at Val- 
ley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778, Dorchester, Sept. 28, 1778, Boston, Oct. 6, 1778, 
Dorchester, Oct. 22, 1778; not recommended on new establishment. Eph- 
raim Burr, private, Capt. Elihu Gifford's Co., Col. Turner's Regt.; enlisted 
July 23, 1781, discharged Nov. 30, 1781. Ephraim Burr, private, Capt. 
John Perry's Co., Col. Abiel Mitchel; enlisted July 27, 1780, discharged 
Oct. 30, 1780. Isaac Burr, Cohasset, Sergt., Capt. Job Cushing's Co., Col. 
John Greaton; enlisted May 16, 1775. Isaac Burr, Rehoboth, Capt., in 
field, April 19, 1775. Isaac Burr, private, Capt. Samuel Ward's Co., Lieut. - 
Col. Symm's detachment of Guards; enlisted March 9, 1778, discharged 
June 9, 1778. Isaac Burr, Corp., Capt. Job Cushing's Co., Lieut. -Col. 
Samuel Pierce; engaged May 24, 1779, discharged July r, 1779; duty at 
Tiverton, R. I. Isaac Burr, Jr., Rehoboth, private, Capt. Samuel Bliss' 
Co., Col. Timothy Walker; enlisted May 1, 1775. Israel Burr, Bridge- 
water, Corp., Capt. Daniel Lothrop's (Artillery) Co., Col. John Bailey, in 
the field, April 10, 1775. Jacob Burr, 2d Lieut., Capt. Robert Crosman, 
Jr., Col. Thomas Carpenter; list of officers, dated Taunton, Sept. 30, 1776. 
John Burr, Hingham, Sergt. of Marines, brigantine Hazard, commanded 
by Capt. Simeon Samson; engaged Aug. 22, 1877, discharged May 20, 
1778 (this name is also given as Barr). John Burr, private, Capt. 
Peter Gushing, Col. Solomon Lovell, in the field, March 15. 1776. John 



564 APPENDICES. 

Burr, Jr., Hingham, Corp., Capt. Isaiah Cashing, Col. Benjamin Lincoln, 
in the field, April 19, 1775; a Lieut, in Col. Ephraim Wheeler's Regt. at 
Ticonderoga, Sept. 14, 1776 (Return of Officers); reported sick in camp 
at the time. Jonathan Burr, Bridgewater, private, Capt. Daniel Lothrop's 
Co., Col. John Bailey; enlisted July 1, 1775. Joseph Burr, Northfield 
(also given Rockingham), Capt. Eliakim Smith, Col. Jonathan Ward; en- 
listed 27 April, 1775; reported on command at Quebec. Joseph Burr, 
Captain in Col. John Dagget's Regt.; in the field Jan. 1, 1777; sta- 
tioned at Howland's Ferry, R. I. Joshua Burr, private, Capt. Josiah 
Keith, Col. Isaac Dean (Bristol Co.) Regt.; enlisted, March 4, 1781; 
discharged, March 16, 1781. Levi Burr, Hingham, Drummer, Capt. 
Isaac Cushing, Col. Benjamin Lincoln, in the field, April 19, 1775. 
Luther Burr, private, Capt. John Ames, Major Eliphalet Cary's Regt., in 
the field July 30, 1780-Aug. 9, 1780. Nathan Burr, private, Capt. Syl- 
vanus Martin, Col. Thomas Carpenter, in the field, Dec. 8, 1776. Nathan 
Burr, Rehoboth, private, enlisted, March 22, 1781, for 3 yrs.; age, 16, 
height, 5 ft. 6 in., complexion, light (descriptive list). Rufus Burr, private, 
Capt. John Shaw, Col. Abiel Mitchell, in the field, March 6, 1781. Sam- 
uel Burr, Hingham, private, Capt. Isaiah Cushing, Col. Benjamin Lincoln, 
in the field, April 19, 1775. Samuel Burr, private, Capt. Enos Parker, 
Col. Benjamin Symond's (Berkshire Co.) Regt.; enlisted, Sept. 3, 1777; 
discharged, Sept. 27, 1777. Seth Burr, Easton, private, Capt. Matthew 
Randall, Col. Thomas Marshal; enlisted, June 1, 1776. Simeon Burr, 
Easton, private, Capt. Francis Luscombe, Col. Timothy Walker; enlisted 
May 3, 1775 (set. 17 in 1777). Sylvanus Burr, private, Capt. John Shaw, 
Col. Abiel Mitchel, in the field, March 6, 1 78 1 ; also receipt dated Boston, 
July 10, 1782, for bounty paid said Burr by Sylvanus Lazell, chairman of 
class No. 12, of Bridgewater, to serve in Continental Army for three years. 
Thomas Burr, Hingham, private, Isaiah Cushing's Co., Col. Benjamin Lin- 
coln's Regt., in the field, April 19, 1775; also 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Job 
Cushing's Co., Col. Solomon Lovell's Regt., in the field, Dec. iS, 1776; 
also 1st Lieut., Capt. Peter Cushing, Col. Lovell's Regt., com., April 4, 
1776; also Captain Lieutenant, com. dated March 10, 1779. Thomas 
Burr, Jr., Hingham, private, Capt. Peter Cushing (3d Hingham), Col. 
Solomon Lovell, in the field, March 15, 1776. Timothy Burr, Monson, 
Corporal, Capt. Paul Langdon, Col. Timothy Danielson, enlisted, June 8, 
1775. Timothy Burr, private, Capt. Thomas Nash, Col. David Cushing, 
in the field, Aug., 1777. William Burr, Bridgewater (also given Newport), 
private, enlisted in Continental Army, Feb. 21, 1778, for 3 yrs. (or war) 
set. 23 yrs.; residence, Bridgewater; joined Capt. Ephraim Burr's Co., 
Col. John Bailey's Regt.; Sergt., at Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778. William 



APPENDICES. 565 

Burr, Corporal, Capt. John Ames, Major Eliphalet Carey, in the field, July 
30, 1780. Zebulon Burr, Penobscot, private, Capt. John Lane's (sea- 
coast) Co., enlisted July 13, 1775; enlisted again in Continental Army, 
Aug. 23, 1777, f° r war » Capt. Lane, Col. Thomas Nixon; a Return of 
those in camp, near Peekskill, Feb. 16, 1779, gives his death as occurring 
Dec. 25, 1777. Jonathan Burr, private, Capt. Peter Cushing (3d Hing- 
ham), Col. Solomon Lovell, in field, at Hingham, March 15, 1776. 
Jonathan Burr, private, Capt. John Ames, Major Eliphalet Cary, in the 
field, July 30, 1780. 

APPENDIX C. 

The following data were received too late for insertion in the proper order. 

Deborah [294c] p. 159, m. Sherwood and had one dau. I. Sarah 

Burr, b. June 26, 1800, m. Apr. 5, Stephen Martin, who was b. Apr. 5, 
1797, in Fairfield, Ct. Their chil. were: 1. Angeline, b. in Shelby, O., 
March 10, 1819, m. D. H. Young, Sept. 4, 1837; 2. Burr, b. in Shelby, O., 
Dec. 7, 1820, m. Lucy Thomas, Sept. 2, 1843, who d. May 19, 1877; 3. 
Charles IV., b. in Shelby, O., Apr. 15, 1824, m. Martha Brooke, Dec. 17, 
1857; 4. Daniel S., b. in Shelby, O., Nov. 5, 1825, m. Caroline Sherman, 
Dec. 21, 1863, b. in Watertown, N. Y., d. Oct. 23, 1896; 5. Edward, b. in 
Shelby, O., Jan. 24, 1828, d. Jan. 24, 1828 ; 6. Hiram, b. in Shelby, 
O., Apr. 23, 1829, m. Maria Hinman, Oct. 22, 1854; 7. Eleanor, b. in 
Shelby, O., Feb. 14, 1831, d. Feb. 19, 1833; 8. John J., b. in Shelby, O., 
Sept. 5, 1833, m. Harriet E. Guilford, Apr. 21, 1863, b. Greenboro, Vt., 
Oct. 15, 1838, d. Dec. 1, 1879; and 2d, Kathryn Williams, March 15, 1900, 
b. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 18, 1832; 9. Isabel J., b. in Shelby, O., Dec. 22, 
1835, m. Fritz A. Ott, March 8, 1864, b. Germany; 10. Ellen J r ., b. in 
Shelby, O., Nov. 16, 1837, d. July 21, 1866, m. W. VV. Conover, Oct. 15, 
1862, b. Warren Co., O., d. Aug., 1869; 11. Laura Z., b. in Shelby. O., 
Feb. 13, 1840, unm.; 12. George F., b. in Shelby, O., July 27, 1842, m. 
Harriet E. Riggs, Oct. 28, 1866; 13. Emily A., b. in Shelby, O., June 25, 
1845, m. E. C. Orton, b. in Shelby, O. 

GEORGE BURR, 5 [151] Fairfield Branch. 

II. Sarah Burr, b. Oct. 10, 1788 ; m. May 2, 1819, James Lloyd Cogs- 
well, M.D., of Lloyd's Neck, L. I.; d. April 20, 1830, leaving three chil.: 
1. Sarah Buckingham, b. July 8, 1820, m. Sept. 13, 1849, to John W. Bas- 
sett, of London, England, d. Jan. 12, 1875, leaving two chil.: Lizzie Tyler, 
b. Feb. 1, 1853, m. Oct. 25, 1882, Robert H. Benary, of New York City, 
no chil., and Emma Mary, b. May 10, 1854, m. Oct. 22, 1874, I. B. Quinn, 



566 APPENDICES. 

of Staten Island; five chil. were the result of this marriage: Sarah B., 
b. Mar. 5, 1877, Edith T., b. Feb. 16, 1879, Robert E., b. Sept. 27, 1884 ; 
a son and dau. died in infancy ; all res. in New Brighton, S. I. 2. James 
Albert, b. Jan. 27, 1822, d. Jan. 31, 1837. 3. Mary Ledyard, b. Feb. 3, 
1824, d. Sept. 20, 1842. 

HANFORD BURR, [631] Fairfield Branch. 

Chil. were : 1. Harriet, b. Dec. 1837 ; 2. Charles G., b. Sept. 8, 1839; 
3. Andrew L., b. Aug. 7, 1841; 4. Mary A., b. Aug. 7, 1881; 5. Sarah S., 
b. Oct., 1848; 6. Rosabelle ; 7. Arthur. Mr. Hanford Burr d. Nov. 5, 
1889, at Monroe. Charles G. Burr 2 of Shelton, Conn., m. Mary J. Birds- 
eye, dau. of Joseph Birdseye. They have one son, Clifford Birdseye, b. 
July 24, 1873. Mr. Charles Burr is Superintendent of the Birmingham 
Corset Co., of Shelton, Conn., and has been connected with the company 
for the past twelve years. 

DANIEL H. BURR, [645] of Cortland, N. Y., Fairfield Branch, 

m. Sarah L. Durham in 1850. Chil. were Charles A. and Kate S. Charles 
A. has been an editor, a prominent railroad man and politician in the in- 
terior of the State, and is now Deputy Collector of the port of New York. 
Is a resident of Binghamton, N. Y. 

WASHINGTON BURR, [654] Fairfield Branch, 
had also a dau., Josephine Sykes, b. Aug. 23, 187 1. 

MORRIS BURR, [725] Fairfield Branch, 

of Fairfield, Conn., had a brother, David Burr, of Fairfield, Conn., who 
m. and had two sons, David and Uriah. David Burr, of Fairfield, Conn., 
m. and had chil.: Franklin T., b. Dec. 16, 1848; Ella, m. Geo. W. 
Fowler, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Flora, b. 1851; David F., b. at Southport, 
Conn., i860. Franklin T. has been engaged in the harness and trunk 
business at 99 Main St., Ansonia, Conn., for the past fifteen years. Uriah 
Burr, of Greenfield, Conn., b. May 12, 1815, m. Catherine L. Brewster, 
and had children : Edgar P., M. Lowesa, Dwight M., George William, 
James H., b. Mar. 6, 186 1. James H. Burr, of New Milford, Conn., m. 
Myrtle B. Ingersoll, dau. of Charles A. Ingersoll, Feb. 22, 1889 ; res. at 
New Milford, Conn. Uriah, the father, died about 1889. 

Dorothy C. Burr [1133], P- 2 34< m - Cyrenus Garrett, d. May 18, 1897. 



APPENDICES. 567 

Mr. Garrett d. Dec. 19, 1882. Their son Walter G. m. Polly Hall, dau. 
of Emily Burr, Feb. 18, 1891, and has chil. : 1. Robert Hall, b. June 13, 
1892 ; 2. Helen, b. Dec. 11, 1894, and 3. Walter G., Jr. b. May 8, 1896. 
Their son William Henry Garritt m. Julia Leonard of Hancock, N. Y., in 
1872, d. at Westfield, Pa., Nov. 18, 1876, having one child, Cyrenus. 

John W. Clark, p. 325, died Dec. 3, 1900. His son, Clarence Burr, b. 
Apr. 29, 1865, in West Covington, Ken., was m. to Mary E. Eaton, of the 
same city, and had four chil., viz. : 1. Delia C, b. June 20, 1884 ; 2. 
Pearl E., b. July 13, 1886 ; 3. Edith C, b. Apr. 18, 1888, d. Dec. 22, 
1889 ; 4. Burr T., b. Mar. 13, 1890, d. Oct. 4, 1890. 

Andrew Wilson Burr [675], p. 328, b. June 30, 1820, m. Sept. 29, 1841, 
Mary J. Rutty, b. Mar. 11, 1823, d. July 9, 1876. Two chil. : 1. Lyman 
G., b. June 7, 1842 ; 2. Randolph S., b. May 26, 1847. 

Lyman G. m. Nellie E. Brockway, and had three chil., viz. : Frederick, 
b. Nov. 30, 1869 ; Lewis, d. in inf. ; Grace, b. Nov., 1875. 

Randolph S. Burr m. Nov. 7, 1868, Martha J. Burr [1645], of Killing- 
worth, and res. in K. until 1892, when he rem. to Rocky Hill, Ct., where 
he now res. Four chil., viz. : Halsey T., b. Nov. 1^, 1869 ; Anna y., b. 
Dec. 14, 187 1 ; Mary L., b. Jan. 17, 1876, d. in inf.; Dayton B., b. July 1, 
1878. 

Andrew W. Burr m. 2d, Mrs. Ellen S. Parmelee, Aug. 30, 1877. 

To record of Andrew Burr Chalmers, p. 348, add : Mrs. Chalmers d. 
Nov. 24, 1896, and Mr. Chalmers m. 2d, Mar. 25, 1897, Miss Virginia 
Lillian Vanderhoven, of Paterson, N. J. Their son, Andrew Burr, Jr., 
was b. May 21, 1898. 

Harlow, (4), m. Mar. 24, 1893, Emma Campbell. Chil.: 

1. Clarissa Somers, had three chil. ; 2. Caroline; 3. Dezell ; 4. LLarlow. 

JOSEPH BURR, [19] New Jersey Branch. 

60. Lydia (Burr), b. Jan. 14, 1759; d. June 29, 1828; m. Feb. 14, 
1782, Thomas Lippincott, son John and Anna. Chil. : 1. Anna, b. 
Dec. 8, 1782; d. June n, 1846; m. Henry Warrington and had chil., 
Joseph M. D., b. 1805, d. 1888. m. 1833, Mary L. Nicholson, and had 
issue : 1. Joseph H., who m. Louisa Starr, issue one dau., Mary Trotter ; 
2. Mary E., who m., 1858, Joseph Stokes, issue one son, Horace, who m. 
Helen Stokes, issue Joseph Warrington and Elizabeth ; 3. Susan N.; 4. 
Anna B.; 5. Rebecca; 6. Henry L.; the two last d. in childhood. 2. 
Rebecca, b. 1807, d. May 5, 1844, m. 1842, George M. Haverstick ; had 
two chil., d. in inf. 3. William, d. unm. 4. Lydia, b. 181 1, d. 1884, m., 
1856, Clarkson Sheppard, no issue. 5. Seth, b. 1816, d. 1892, m., 1846, 



568 APPENDICES. 

Martha N. Jenkins ; issue, Annie, who m., 1872, John Hutchinson, issue 
one son, John, and two daus. d. in childhood; 2. Mary, who m., 1881, 
Henry Trimble ; issue, 1. Martha W., 2. Ruth Anna. 6. Anna, b. 1818, 
m., 1843, Joseph Hooton ; no issue. 7. Henry (twins), b. 1818, d. 1867, 
m., 1844, Margaret Comfort, and had 1. William H., who m. Susan Wal- 
ton, and had Helen and Margaret H.; 2. Anna H., who m. Joseph L. 
Bailey ; 3. Charles W., whom. Rebecca W. Abbott, and had" Henry and S. 
Abbott ; 4. Henry, and 5. Edward ; 8. Rachel, b. 1823, d. May 19, i860; 
unm. 

ROBERT D. BURR, [80] New Jersey Branch. 

The chil. of Robert Burr, of Chili, as I learn by a pleasant letter from 
Juan Burr, dated Nov. 1, 1891, m. and had chil. as follows : Juan m. 
Rosario Navarro and had chil., Blanca Elvira, Juan Lizardo, Antonio 
Fanar, Elena, David, Roberto, and Clariza. Maria Inez m. Jose Gregorio 
Garay, and had three chil., Jose Antonio Garay, Miguel Anjel Garay, and 
Senaida Garay. Roberto, 2d, m. Rosario Sanchez, and had three chil., 
Isabel, Aureliano, and Aron. Clarinda m. Jose Bernardino Orusjada, and 
had five chil., Aureliano, Justo Bernardino, Roberto, Cristina, and An- 
tonio. Jose Enrique m. Fiddia Vidal, and had five chil., Rosalia, Ramon, 
Roberto, Besshab£, and Manuela. Eliza m. Francisco Gonzales Barrera, 
and had two chil., Paula and Cristina. Isabel is a widow and has no 
chil. Rosalia is not m. Cristina is not m. Antonio, M.D., m. Luisa 
Caninhau ; had no chil. 

MARMADUKE L. BURR, [138] New Jersey Branch. 

Born Jan. 9, 1806, m. Rebecca M. Casselberry (not Casselburg), and 
had five chil. : 1. Mary M., dec. 2. Catharine, dec. 3. Matilda M., who 
m. N. B. Boyd, and had chil., 1. Livingston, dec, 2. Kester, dec, 3. 
Rebecca M., 4. Ella M. 4. Joseph, who m. Emma M. Baker, and had 
chil., 1. Marmaduke L., dec; 2. Joseph Clarence, m. to Elizabeth P. Picot, 
one child, Florence Picot ; 3. Emma Mary, m. Charles Bond, two chil., 
1. Joseph Burr Bond, 2. Charles Carter Bond ; 4. Ida B., dec. 5. Ella 
M., who m. William C. Pollock (son of ex-Governor Pollock), and had 
four chil., James, dec, William C, Walter B., also a dau. dec. 



INDEX. 



Part I. contains the Christian names of Burrs; Part II., surnames of those who have 
married Burrs. Number following name refers to the page. If name is not found on 
page indicated consult following page. 

FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 






Aaron 136, 142, 144, 168, 

172, 175, 176. 204, 205. 
Abbie 196, 211, S. 212. 
Abel 151, 172, 201, 228, 235. 
Abigail 131, 134, 136, 141, 

142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 
152, 155, 156, 157, 158, 
165, 169, 170, 171, 172, 
177, 178, 192, 198, 217, 
225, 233. 

Abraham 170, 204. 

Ada C. 223, B. 253. 

Addison 204. 

Agnes M. 239. 

Agur 170. 

Aimee S. 255. 

Albert 190, 197, P. 220, W. 
241. 

Alfred 201, B. 228, M. 228. 

Algernon T. 245. 

Alice 209, C. 221, M. 221, 

V. 243, H. M. 246, M. 247, 

M. 248, A. 250, A. 252. 

Alletia 197. 

Allie C. 241. 

Mma 171, L. 220, L. 248, 
252. 
^ - 210. 



PART I. 

Alva 171. 

Alvin 192. 

Alvisa M. 209. 

Ama F. 236. 

Amanda 234. 

Amasa C. 204. 

Ambrose 196. 

Amelia 155, 179, 191, 203, 

J. 218, 229, 234, 252. 
Amos 169, S. 215. 
Ancrum 226. 
Andrew 137, 146, 155, 158, 

170, E. 183, 186, 197, 

203, E. 207, 234, E. 238, 

E. 254. 
Angeline 190. 
Ann 134, 137, 142, 146, 148, 

152, 159, S. 193, 219, E. 

220, E. 228, M. 234. 
Anna 138, 147, 165, 170, 

J. 177, 201, F. 206, J. 

209, J. 2ir, C. 252. 
Anne 188, 201, H. 216. 
Annie S. 212, A. 236. 
Anthony S. 250. 
Antoinette 218. 
Archie C. 247. 
Aretta S. 244. 
Arthur 220, A. 236, II. 246, 

G. 257, L. 257. 

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Asaph 170. 
Augusta 218. 
Augustus 199, W. 224. 
Austin H. 240. 
Autha 170. 
Avis 192. 

B 

Barak T. 234. 
Barlow 201. 
Beatrice 250. 
Belinda 218. 
Belle 220, 233. 
Benjamin 150, 175, 196, 
205, 235, S. 236, F. 236, 

253- 
Bernis O. 244. 
Berrick A. 259. 
Bessie L. 248, J. 249, 254. 
Betsey 191, 192, 198, 202, 

203, 229. 
Bolivar 198. 
Bradley 201, 202, 204, 227, 

250. 
Bronson S. 243. 
Buchanan 201. 
Burnetta 237. 



Cadwell 172 



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INDEX. 



Caroline 182, 193, 195, 201, 

215, 229, M. 238. 
Carrie J. 228, D. 237, W. 

248, 251. 
Catherine 141, 147, 165, 

166, S. E. 177, 190, 195, 

217, L. 23S, 243, 244, 

246, 256. 
Charity, 149, 169, 190, 193. 
Charles 141, 172, H. 177, 

E. 195, 196, G. 197, 198, 

C. 200, H. 206, E. 215, 

M. 216, C. 219, 220, B. 

221, R. 221, 227, B. 22S, 

229, R. 236, B. 237, S. 

242, C. 243, E. 244, C. 

248, A. 248, P. 255. 
Charlotte 191, 21S, 222, f. 

233, 257. 
Chauncey 238. 
Clara 176. 

Clarence 241, I. 246. 
Clarinda, 171. 
Clarissa 178, 201. 
Cleora B. 257. 
Clinton S., 255. 
Comfort 168, 141. 
Cornelia 190, W. 207. 
Cornelius S. 206. 
Cyrus 170, A. 222. 

D 

Daniel 131, 134, 141, 151, 
152, H. 170, II. 197, 
198, S. 220. 

David 133, 136, 140, 143, 
146, Jr. 156, 158, 169, 
170, 172, 186, 188, J. 1S9, 
190, H. 193, 201, 202, 
J. 210, 212, A. 213, W. 
219, G. 228, J. 242, E. 
244. 

Deborah 133, 135, 139, 148, 
149, 150, 159, 170, 201, 
231. 

Delia 202, 238. 

Densie 201. 



Dersie A. 214. 
Desiar 170. 
Desiree A. 244. 
Dorothy C. 234, 237, O. 
259- 



Easter 173, 204. 
Eben R. 244. 

Ebenezer 141, 147, 151,153, 
165, 171, 173. 178, w. 

199, 204, 206, 257. 
Eli 202, 205, B. 245. 
Edgar H. 205. 

Edith W. 226, 249, 257, I!. 

259- 
Edmond A. 182. 
Edmund 143, 213. 
Edna A. 255. 
Edward A. 177, W. 189, 

W. 211, 222, 236, II. 242, 

C. 24S, B. 249, N. 250, 

H. 254. 
Edwin B. 198. 
Eleanor 151, 173, 198, 205. 
Eleanora 207, 238, 246. 
Eleazer 154. 
Elihu 233. 
Elijah 152, 168. 
Elinor 171. 
Eliphalet 151, 173. 
Elisha 170, B. 197. 
Eliza 179, A. 190, 193, C. 

200, 204, J. 221, J. 223, 
L. 226, A. 228, M. 228, 
229, 234, M. 236, H. 243, 
F. 259. 

Elizabeth 131, 136, 137, 
141, 142, 146, 148, 151, 

152, 154, 159. !04, 171, 
174, E. 183, I. 188, 189, 
193, 198, 202, M. 210, 
213, 215, N. 215, N. 216, 
217, 233, 251. 

Elizur 196. 

Ella 209, 211, W. 247, A. 
252. 

Eliot 209, L. 240. 



Ellen 141, 142, 147, 155, 
158, 169, 201, 203, C. 

221, 229, S. 242. 
Elvira 196. 

Emily 200, F. 218, L. 226, 
228, C. 236, G. 244. 

Emma 191, 247, 252. 

Emmeline 201, 202. 

Enoch F. 200. 

Ephraim 138, 147, 155, 
165, 195. 

Eras E. 213. 

Erastus 193, 195, 197, W. 

222, 249. 
Estelle C. 213. 

Esther 131, 134, 141, 142, 

152, 165, 171, 175- 
Eugene B. 213, 244, 257. 
Eunice 136, 143, 147, 151. 

152, D. 157, 158, 159. 

165, 166, 179, 186, 191, 

D. 212, A. 228. 
Eveline 252. 
Evelyn 195. 
Ezekiel 152, 176. 
Ezra 142, 156. 



Fannie 231, A. 241, C. 246. 
Fanny 164, 189, 202, J. 

205, E. 258. 
Flora A. 244. 
Florence 235, D. 248, 249. 
Frances 190, E. 211, M. 

213, 228, 229. 
Francillia 220. 
Francis 177, E. 19S, J. 228, 

T, 257. 
Frank N. 220, E. 222, J. 

223, II. 242, II. 251. 
Fred S. 254. 
Frederick A. 183, 193, 203, 

S. 207, A. 209, A. 212, 

II. 213, M. 221, 224, II. 

226, W. 237, S. 23S, S 

240, S. 244, 251. 
Fredima W. 215. 






INDEX. 



571 



George 146, 189, 193, C. 
195, 198, W. 205, B. 206, 
W. 213, G. 216, S. 218, 
M. 220, 233, C. 236, L. 
241, A. 242, L. 248, W. 
249, L. 251, L. 256, E. 

257. 
Georgiana 252. 
Gershom, 136, 145, 157, 

200, 227. 
Gertrude P. 239. 
Gideon 169. 
Gilbert M. 247, B. 251. 
Glover 235. 
Gordon G. 219. 
Grace, 142, 151, 158, 171, 

H. 18S, 250. 
Granville J. 237. 
Grissel 146, 164, 169, 170, 

172, A. 189. 

H 

Halsey 197. 
Hanford 197, M. 226. 
Hannah 141, 142, 152, 172, 

173- 175, E. 189. 203,250. 
Harriet 177, 189, 197, 204, 

T. 210, E. 212, 213, H. 

217, 222, 228, G. 245, J. 

254- 
Harriette H. 236, 246, H. 

253. 
Harry 193, 197. 
Harvey 201, E. 237. 
Hattie N. 240, A. 250, K. 

252. 
Helen M. 205, 206, E. 213, 

C. 223, B. 236, G. 237, 

M. 256. 
Hellinah 135. 

Henrietta 198, 216, M. 245. 
Iienry 170, 177, 179, 189, 

190, A. 193, 203, 205, A. 
\ 207, B. 210, 211, S. 212, 

S. 213, 215, 217, D. 218, 

219, M. 220, 222, 227, 



B. 236, E. 237, H. P. 

23S, A. 240, D. 242, S. 

243, 246, E. 253. 
Hepsibah 168, 170, 210. 
Hepsy 197. 
Herman M. 250. 
Hester 136, 151. 
Hetty L. 205. 
Hezekiah 142, 146, 169, W. 

205. 
Hill 201. 
Hiram 229. 
Holland F. 256. 
Horace 201, 218, C. 228, 

229, B. 251, G. 259. 
Horatio M. 264. 
Hosea 150. 
Howard B. 243. 
H. Stuart 243. 
Huldah 152, 168, 170, 176. 



1 



Ichabod 151. 

Ida O. 239, J. 24<>. 

Increase 151, 172. 

Isaac 146, 151, C. 152, 170, 

177, L. 1S3, 196, 198, R. 

222, 228. 
Isabel 151. 
Isabella C. 164, L. 214, F. 

224. 



Jabez 140, 152, 195. 

Jacob 201. 

J. Ancrum 250. 

James 140, 150, 152, 195, 
G. 200, B. 212, W. 217, 
218, 220, E. 222, L. 228, 
A. 248, G. 250, L. 253. 

Jane 13C, 142, 172, 179, 
L. 196, 198, A. 200, E. 
205, M. 218, E. 220, 
228, 229, A. 247, 252. 

Janett 248. 

Jarvis 1'. 195. 



Jehue 131, 136, 141, 150, 
198. 

Jennie A. 206, 222, L. 241, 
246. 

Jerome 219, P. 255. 

Jerusha 150, 170. 

Jesse 166, 172, 191, 201, 
202, T. 215. 

Jessie R. 215, T. 221. 

Jessye D. 240. 

Joanna 131. 

Joel 152, F. 238. 

John 131, 133, 134, 13S. 
139, 146, 148, 151, 164, 
166, 168, 171, 172, 174, 
B. 177, 189, igi, 193, 
195, W. 196, 201, 202, 

205, T. 207, W. 209, H. 
213, E. 215, 218, A. 228, 
D. 229, H. 233, 235, 
247, M. 248, 252, G. 253, 
M. 257, G. 259. 

Jonathan 133, 171, 172, S. 

183, N. 195, 199, 201, 

204, S. 223, 235, S. 239. 
Joseph 140, 151, 155, 172, 

174, A. 183, 203, 204, A. 

209, T. 233. 
Josephine 212, S. 222. 
Joshua T. 207. 
Josiah 146, 150, 158, 178, 

188, 196. 
Judson 196, P. 247. 
Julia 177, A. 179, 187, 

191, 198, 204, F. 206, M. 

206, 217, 231, 234, M. 
237. 

Julian P. 256. 
Juliana 200, 210. 
June A. 248. 
Justus 148, 169. 

K 

Kate N. 221. 
Katherine 206, 215. 
Kathryn M. 249. 
Kenneth S. 242, H. 255. 
Kinsey 253. 






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INDEX. 



Laura 156. 

Laureany 146. 

Leland M. 214, 244. 

Lemuel 174, 205, G. 236. 

Letha A. 248. 

Letitia 220. 

Lettie 233. 

Levi 169, 175, W. 195, C. 

216. 
Lewis, 190, 193, 203, W. 

217, 220, 229, 234, 235, 

\V. 243, H. 247, C. 255. 
Lida 238. 
Lily P. 249. 
Lindsley H. 258. 
Lydia S. 188, 201. 
Lizzie H. 211. 
Lois 194, I. 215. 
Louis A. 213, 228, 256. 
Louisa M. 197, A. 212, 220, 

C. 226, W. 205, R. 219. 
Lucinda 23S. 

Lucretia 158, 178, 179, 186. 
Lucy 174, M. 253. 
Lula 226. 

M 

Mabel 151, 155, E. 247, A. 

257- 
Mahala, 207. 
Malissa J. 222. 
Marcus H. 251, O. 257, R. 

259- 
Margaret B. 206, 209, J. 

228, 243. 
Maria 195. 

Marie C. 215, L. 248. 
Marietta 193, 255. 
Marinda 198. 
Marion G. 249, E. 256. 
Marjorie 237. 

Martha 142, 150, 169, 171, 
173, igS, 21S, C. 223, M. 

229, 233. 
Martin V. 205, 253. 



Mary 131, 133, 134, 136. 
137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 
146, 148, 149, 150, 152, 
156, 159, 164, 165, 169, 
170, 171, A. 177, D. 182, 
E. 183, 186, 188, 189, 
190, 191, 195, N. 196, A. 
197, 198, S. 200, 204, 
B. 206, E. 209, L. 210, 
J. 211, T. 212, E. 216, 
L. 217, F. 218, C. 219, 
220, 221, D. 222, E. 224, 
H. 225, 227, F. 228, 233, 
236, E. 237, E. 240, E. 
241, A. 242, A. 245, C. 
247, B. 248, 250, B. 252, 

254, J- 259- 
Mason G. 240. 
Maurice S. 252. 
Mehitable 135, 141, 197. 
Merrin S. 256. 
Mildred E. 237. 
Miles 218, B. 220. 
Minnie 251, G. 253. 
Miranda 217. 
Molly 171, 176. 
Morris 202, 203, 234, E. 

259. 
Moses 136, 143, 151, 156, 

202, 204, 213, 228. 230 
Munson 193. 
Murrin 170. 

N 

Nathan 150, 152, 171, 18S, 

2or, 235. 
Nathaniel 131, 134. 13S, 

140, 164, 169, 1S6, B. 

209. 
Nehemiah I4r, 153. 
Nelson G. 209. 
Nichols 169. 
Ninian M. 247. 
Noah 150, 153. 



Olive 193, 257. 






Oliver 146, 164, 177. 
Ophelia 227. 
Orrando P. 256. 
Osmon S. 250. 
Ozias 148, 169, 196. 



Pamelia 201. 

Patience 141. 

Pauline A. 215. 

Peter 131, 136, 142, 145, 

147, 156, P- 182, 190. 
Philander 195. 
Phillip 143. 
Philo 170, 195, M. 219, J. 

220. 
Pinkney 142. 
Polly 175, 201, 204, 22S. 
Priscilla 155, 157. 159. r 7L 

L. 183, 186, 201. 
Prudence 141, 172. 

R 

Rachel 151, 172, 173. 203. 
Ralph 259. 
Ravenscroft 200. 
Raymond 198, 221. 
Rebecca 134, 138, 140 142, 

150, 169, 170, 193, 204. 
Richard O. 211, O. 283. 
Robert 170, M. 239. 
Roda 172, 174. 
Rosilla A. 197, A. 220. 
Rowland, 203, 252. 
Ruamy 24S. 
Rufus 189. 
Rushton D. 217. 
Ruth 150, W. 256. 



Sallie 165, 191, 192. 

Sally 175, 186, 204. 

Samuel 131, 133, 13S, 141. 
I5L 155, 172, 173. Hfl-i 
S. 195, S. 233, D. ?3< 
W. 247. 









INDEX. 



573 



Sappho 204. 

Sarah 131, 133, 138, 141, 
142, 143, 144- 146, 147, 
148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 
155, 158, 159, 164- 165, 
168, 169, 172, 177, A. 
189, E. 190, A. 193, 198, 
201, 203, E. 207, B. 211, 
B. 212, 213, 218, 220, 
R. 223, 228, 229, M. 233, 
A. 234, F. 236, 241, B. 
249, M. 251. 

Sebastian 237. 

S. Elizabeth 224. 

Sellick 171, A. J. 227. 

Semira 198. 

Seth S. 135, 141, 152, 172, 
177, B. 234. 

Sherwood 250. 

Shields 213. 

Silas 165. 

Silliman 195. 

Simon 235. 

Spencer 247. 

Stella B. 259. 

Stephen 136, 152, 176, D. 
205, 252. 

Stratton 150, 170. 

Sturges 155, 159, 178. 

Susan 179, 201, B. 211, R. 
249. 



y 



Susanna 164, T. 183, 18S. 
Susannah 146. 
Susie E. 243. 
Sybil 173, S. 203. 



Talcot 151, 171, 200. 
Thaddeus 136, 145, 165, 

183, 238. 
Theodore 189, A. 233, A. 

236, B. 244. 
Theodosia 156. 
Thirsa 250. 
Thomas 153, H. 211, S. 

240. 
Timothy 140, 151, 203, 204, 

E. 234, S. 252. 
Truman T. 252. 

U 
Ursula II. 210. 

V 
Vertia E. 213. 

W 

Wakeman 148, 155, 169, 

202, 203. 
Walter 146, 158, 201, 204, 

C. 242, 252, C. 259. 



Walton P. 216. 
Washington 198. 
Wellington 204. 
William 139, 155, 158, 164, 

166, 172, 176, 177, 179. 

190, 193, H. 195, A. 198, 

A. 200, II. 204, E. 205, 
N. 209, S. 210, E. 211, O. 
212, 215, II. 219, H. 
225, A. 226, 228, 229, 
H. 233, L. 235, E. 236, 
T. 238, H. 241, O. 242, 
H. 243, H. 244, I. 249, 

B. 250, 252, E. 253, F. 
256, 257. 

Willis 202, 229. 
Winifred 237. 
Woodruff L. 211. 



Yvonne A. 255. 



Zalmon 171, 173, M. 196, 

B. 200, 202, 204. 
Zenia E. 213. 
Zera, 196. 
Zida R. 247. 



PART II. 



Surnames of those who have intermarried with Burrs. 



Abbott 215, 244. 

Abell 146. 

Achey 160. 

Ackerly 198. 

Adams 140, 158, 169, 213. 

Aiken, 191. 

Airey 181. 

Allen 134, 175, 178, 195. 

Alvord 199. 

Al worth 221. 



Anderson 223. 

Andrews 135, 153, 215, 21S 

232, 235. 
Angerine 142. 
Annabel 195. 
Arnold 206. 
Atkins 218. 
Austin, 181. 

B 

Babbitt 198, 218. 
Bailey 163. 



Bains 199. 

Baker 175, 178, 191, 235. 

Baldwin 177. 

Ball 179, 218. 

Banks 171, 190, 202, 229, 3-*&' .. 

23 1 , 2 35, 252, 258. 23 <= 
Bannatyne 247. 
Barber 216, 236. 
Barlow 139, 151, 197. 
Barnes 157, 169, 207, 232, 

251. 
Barrett 159. 



574 



INDEX. 



Barry 242. 

Bartlett 167, 175. 

Bartram 153, 205, 229, 234. 

Bates 154. 

Baxter 201. 

Beach 132. 

Beardsley 164, 170, 193, 

202. 
Beck 205, 248. 
Becker 241. 
Beecher 193. 
Beers 160, 171, 172. 187, 

206, 230, 250. 
Belden 218. 
Bell 162. 

Benedict 169, 183, 203, 204. 
Bennett 257. 
Benson 164. 
Bentley 186. 
Bernard 200. 
Berry 226. 
Betts 199. 
Bingham 193. 
Birdsall 251. 
Birdseye 168. 
Bishop 189. 
Blackburn 219. 
Blackman 218. 
Blaine 197. 
Blakeman 218. 
Blackwell 206. 
Bookwalter 230. 
Boosey 131. 
Booth 166. 
Botsford 219. 
Boughton 189. 
Bouton 202. 
Bradley 136, 155, 171, 172, 

20I, 203, 222, 230, 232, 

234. 235, 25r. 
Braisted 149. 
Bramhall 219. 
Brand 236. 
Bright 1S6, 244. 
Brinsmade 256. 
Brischard 215. 
Briscoe 201. 
Brittin 211, 212. 



Britton 223. 

Bronson 193. 

Brooks 178, 196. 

Brown 167, 176, 187, 230, 

258. 
Brundage 186. 
Brunson 191. 
Brush 207. 
Bryan 249. 
Buchanan 177. 
Buckingham 178, 246. 
Buckley 190, 193, 199, 231. 
Buckman 233. 
Bulkley [41, 151, 171, 172, 

200, 217, 229, 250. 
Burke 215. 
Burrows 21 1. 
Burton 252. 
Burwith 171. 
Bush 215. 
Butterfield 210. 



Cabbs 182. 
Cable 149, 187. 
Cadwell 172. 
Camp 166. 
Campbell 228. 
Candee 233. 
Capers 157. 
Carpenter 153. 
Carr 252. 
Carrier 153. 
Carrington 167. 
Cary 204. 
Case 203, 2 [5. 
Casell 197. 
Chamberlain 247. 
Chapman 236. 
Chatfield 160. 
Chauncey 133. 
Chichester 160. 
Clark 166, 247. 
Clay 183. 
Clute 222. 
Cochran 21 6. 
1 ig well 159. 
Cole 209, 212. 



Coleman 252. 

Coley 152. 

Collins 229. 

Comstock 189. 

Conrad 209. 

Cook 204. 

Cooper 235. 

Cope 211. 

Cornell 192. 

Corning 231. 

Corse 190. 

Corwin 203. 

Cotton 157. 

Couch 169, 194. 

Covington 157. 

Crary 22S. 

Crawford 215, 233. 

Criswell 245. 

Crittenden 163. 

Crofut 229. 

Cronk 234. 

Cummings 169. 

Curtiss 168, 170, 189, 194, 

218, 243. 
Cushing 200, 220. 
Cushman 157. 

D 

Darling 179. 
Darrow 195. 
Davidge 22S. 
Davis 15S, 169, 170, 1S1, 

197, 202. 
Dawson 240. 
Deal 216. 
De Forest 154. 
Dennie 156. 
Dennis 230. 
Dennison 242. 
Detherage 182. 
Deyo 219. 
Dibble 201. 
Dickerman 250. 
Dimon 140, 172, 176, 177, 

217. 
Ditmas 17S. 
Doane 207. 
Dodge 175, 217, 234. 



INDEX. 



575 



Donaldson 177. 
Douglass 236. 
Downs 192, 256. 
Dunscombe 166. 
Duryea 237. 



Eardman 224. 

Eastlack 223. 

Eddy 183. 

Edmonds 250. 

Edson 233. 

Edwards 137, 143, 168, 172, 

223. 
Eliot 183. 
Ellis 219. 
Ells 178. 
Elwood 224. 
Emmons 177. 
Evans 190. 



Failing 227. 
Fairchild 152. 
Fanton 172, 202. 
Faragher 176. 
Farnsworth 204. 
Farrar 221. 
Farrett 200. 
Faulkner 157. 
Fayerweather 252. 
Fenn 246. 
Ferris 194. 
Field 256. 
Fishbeck 197. 
Fisher r67, 255. 
Fitch 146. 
Fleming 189. 
Foley 159. 
Folger 240. 
Foskett 225. 
Foster 149. 
Fowler 160, 167. 
Ford 218. 
Frederick 216. 
French 166, 218. 
Frost 218. 
Froth ingham 158. 



Furguson 162. 

G 

Galatt 234. 

Gardner 173, 205. 

Garlick 230. 

Garrett 234. 

Gaylor 21 1. 

Gaylord 186. 

Gillis 221. 

Glover 134. 

Godfrey 171. 

Gold 141, 142, 148, 155, 176. 

Gold-Gould Family 261- 

277. 
Goodsell 201, 203. 
Goodwin 157. 
Gordon 240. 
Gould 231, 257. 
Graham 233. 
Gray 199, 223. 
Green 242, 253. 
Gregory 181, 216, 250. 
Griffin 155, 176, 181, 248. 
Griggs 246. 
Griswold 188, 216. 
Gritman 211. 
Grumman 154, 212. 
Gurley 167. 
Guthrie 192. 

H 

Haines 230, 243. 

Hale 222. 

Hall 142, 144, 152, 228. 

Hallett 197. 

Hallock 160, 163. 

Hamilton 194. 

Hand 193. 

Hanford 200, 234. 

Hanson 198. 

Hardenburgh 209. 

Harned 223. 

Harper 179. 

Hart 240. 

Haskell 167. 

Hathaway 186. 

Haviland 207. ..,. . 



Hawkins, 173. 

Hawley 153, 168, 170, 174, 

193, 194. 196, 212. 
Hayes 169. 
Headley 149. 
Hedenberg 150. 
Hedge 157. 
Henderson 194. 
Henning 243. 
Hepburn 211. 
Hewitt 247. 
Hicklin 205. 
Hicks 179. 

Hill 137, 186, 201, 257. 
Iline 164. 
Hines 199. 
Hobart 170. 
Hoeg 257. 
Holberton 166. 
Holmes 157, 204. 
Hooker 213. 
Hopkins 152. 
Horton 217, 228. 
Houel 213. 
Hough 230. 
Howe 252. 
Howell 197, 199. 
Hoyle 237, 
Hoyt 189 
Hubbard 164. 
Hubbell 140, 151, 191, 192, 

213, 220. 
Hudson 181. 
Hugg 256. 
Hull 136, 142, 149, 151, 

199, 204, 229. 
Humphrey 241. 
Hunt 203. 
Hunter 254. 
Huntington 166. 
Hurd 170. 
Hurlburt 246. 
Hyde 151, 200. 



Ing 153- 
Irving 211. 
Ives 232. 



576 r. • 



Jacks 24S. 

Jackson 142, 207. 

Jenkins 179, 247. 

Jennings 147, 148, 150, 151, 
165, 169, 177, 178, 191, 
194, 195, 200, 201, 217, 
225, 266, 267. See also 
Gold-Gould Family. 

Jennor 137. 

Johnson 154, 160, 222. 

Jones 164, 205, 234. 

Joslin 248. 

Judson 170, 188. 

K 

Kealy 191. 

Keator 219, 247. 

Keeler 166, 228. 

Keith 176. 

Kellogg 254. 

Kelsey, 168, 251. 

Kase 167. 

Kenney 154. 

Kepler 153. 

Kerr 158. 

Ketchum 190. 

Kinsey 253. 

Knapp 174, 193, 199. 22 3, 

234, 238, 252. 
Knudson 199. 



Laboris 134. 

Lacy 156. 

Larkin 222. 

Lawrence 242. 

Leavens 210, 242. 

Leavenworth 168. 

Lee 229. 

Lewis 142, 173, 181, 220, 

221, 247. 
L'Hominedieu 206. 
Lincoln 241. 
Lindsley 230. 
Lobdell 201, 202. 



. ' 



INDEX. 






Lockwood 134, 138, 177, 

201. 
Lord 226, 246. 
Lothrop 157. 
Loudon 240. 
Lunt 158. 
Lyon 166, 233. 

M 

Macmurdo 253. 

Magdalen 212. 

Magill 167. 

Mallett 170. 

Mallory 176. 

Manley 237. 

Manlon 233. 

Manning 170. 

Mansfield 160. 

March 176. 

Marsh 248. 

Marston 230. 

Marvin 204. 

Mason 189. 

Mattison 216. 

McDurthy 181. 

McGill 181. 

McKenney 167. 

McKer 256. 

McMillan 249. 

Mead 201. 

Meade 196. 

Meeker 136, 143, 149, 150, 

156, 190. 
Merchant 176. 
Merritt 256. 
Menvin 172, 218. 
Merz 230. 

Middlebrook 177, 232. 
Middleton 213. 
Miller 160, 204. 
Millspaugh 233. 
Minis 179. 
Minott 168. 
Mitchell 192. 
Mix 1S1. 
Monroe 158. 
Morehouse 166, 190, 199. 



Morford 213. 
Morgan 202, 229. 
Morris 161, 253. 
Morrison 206. 
Morton 157, 250. 
Mothershead 214, 244. 
Mott 189, 263. 

N 

Naramore 168, 192. 
Nash 149, 151, 209. 
Newton 250. 

Nichols 142, 158, 168, 169, 
170, 172, 178, 235, 237, 

251- 

Nightingale 158. 
Norris 227. 

Northrop 142, 197, 205. 
Norton 24(1. 
Noyes 155. 
Nusbaumer 162. 



Oatman 149. 
O'Connell 243. 
Ogden 177, 202, 203. 
O'Hara 1S1. 
Olds 204. 

Olmstead 211, 213. 
Olyphant 210. 
Osborn 133, 153, 199. 
Osborne 146, 147, 151, 158, 
165, 190, 196. 



Palmer 196, 244. 
Parker 216, 245. 
Parliamen 234. 
Parr 18 1. 
Patchen 187. 
Paton 205. 
Patterson 230. 
Payne 166, 258. 
Peck 161, 167. - 
Peebles 251. 
Penfield 217. 



INDEX. 



579 






Almina 323, 37S. 

Almira 305, 313, 323, 360, 

368, J. 372. 
Almon W. 412, 414. 
Alonzo 400, 411. 
Alpha R. 361. 
Alson 356. 
Alta 448. 
Althea 326. 
Alvin S. 320. 
Amadeus 367. 
Amanda 346, 355, 357,439- 
Amanzel D. 366. 
Amasa 327. 

Amelia 300, 319, 367, 417. 
Amos 2S4, 290, 315. 
Amy I. 447, 450, 451. 
Anderson H. 380. 
Andrew W. 32S, 330, 350, 

351- 

Angelina 331, 357. 
Ann 280, 282, M. 349. 
Anna 284, 288, 291, 292, 

293, 301, M. 324, 328, 

330, F. 339, 343, E. 383, 

392, 394, M. 407, 408. 
Annette 411, J. 412, F. 432. 
Annie M. 390, 418, M. 

428. 
Ansel 291, 294, 324. 
Anson 351. 
Aranzas R. 402. 
Arba 293. 
Archer H. 386. 
Archie L. 422. 
Ardelia 358. 
Arnitta L. 321. 
Arthur 348, S. 390, I. 416, 

A. 420, C. 439, T. 439. 

C. 440, D. 444, E. 445. 
Arvilla II. 372. 
Asa 291, 295, 384. 
Ashbel 294, 323. 
Asher 328. 
Atwell 292, L. 366. 
Augusta F. 383, 384. 
Augustus 358, 366, 400, 

410, 44t- 



Aurelia H. 372. 

Austin 323, E. 390, H. 

412, 417. 
Avis 388. 

B 

Bartlett 323. 

Barton 323, H. 372. 

Baysey 281. 

Bela L. 385, 329. 

Belinda R. 326. 

Belva M. 421. 

Benjamin 277, 280, 283, 

2S7, 295, 310, 317, 321, 

328, 353, F. 374, F. 3S0, 

F. 450. 
Bertha L. 419, 421. 
Bertie 407, O. 417. 
Bessie 392, 399, B. 420, 427. 
Betsey 293, 295, 297, P. 

317, 323, 327, B. 328, H. 

332. 
Beulah 292. 
Bissell 293. 
B. Leroy 451. 
Bradley 322. 
Brewster R. 350. 
Bryant B. 415. 
Buckley 382. 
Buell 326. 



Caleb 280. 

Calista 366, 388. 

Calvin 297, 321, 396, C. 

434- 
Carl S. 350, S. 401, E. 433, 

S. Jr. 437, II. 451. 
Carlos 361, C. 366, 417. 
Caroline, 293, 315, A. 321, 

J. 336, H. 357, 371, P. 

399, L. 445. 
Carrie 353, H. 374, E. 391, 

424. 
Carroll C. 372 
Catherine 297, 366, 394, T. 

E. 396, L. 398. 
Celia A. 412. 



Celinda 322. 

Charles J. 301, 305, 306, 309, 

M. 315, 321, 323, S. 326, 

C. 327, P. 339, 344, W. 

352, C. 355, B. 357, N. 

364, A. 373, F. 373, W. 

375, L. 380, 394, 396, 

A. 398, M. 399, C. 408, 

H. 409, C. 415, E. 415, 

L. 417, G. 422, H. 423, 

A. 426, L. 426, 428, H. 

435, M. 436, J. 441, H. 

443, H. 445, A. 446, H. 

450. 
Charlotte, 316. 322, 353, 

359, L. 396, C. 397, A. 

413- E. 443, A. 446. 
Chauncey 297, H. 320, 329, 

S. 35S, S. 36S, S. 410, s. 

418, N. 419. 
Chester L. 446. 
Chloe 290, 311, C. 426. 
Christopher C. 293, C. 323. 
Clara A. 366, F. 380, A. 

382, W. 383, R. 402, A. 

417, L. 428, J. 434, 

A. 448. 
Clarence E. 380, B. 41' 

434, 440, W. 450, E. 4' 

451, T. 452. 
Clarina 306. 
Clarinda A. 332. 
Clarissa 292, A. 320, 326, 

C. 332, 363. 378. 
Clark C. 365. 
Claude S. 419. 
Clayton C. 441, \V. 421). 
Cleaman 384. 
Clifford G. 44°- 
Clifton J. 3S0. 
Clyde R. 416. 
Coleman C. 375. 
Colonel B. 414. 
Cora M. 388, A. 422, 442, 

447- 
Corinya 367. 
Cornelia J. 305, W. 342, 

K. 436. 



5 So 



INDEX. 



Cornelius A. 336, A. 396. 

Cornie 371. 

Corydon 319. 

Cynthia 324, 327, 331, 356. 

Cyrus 310, 374. 

D 

Dana L. 427. 

Daniel 2S0, 283, 284, 290, 

291, 295, 315, A. 332, 

354, 356, 357, 364. 366, 

W. 425, 448. 
Darius R. 402. 
David 287, 295, M. 321, 

326, C. 335, C. 373, 383, 

A. 426. 
Davis 374, P. 3S5. 
Deborah 306. 
Delia 305. 
Delphine B. 452. 
Demas C. 331. 
Demis V. 388. 
Dency 360. 
Dennis R. 383, A. 3S5, V. 

427. 
Desire F. 402. 
De Witt C. 331, C. 391. 
Diah 324. 
Diantha 314. 
Diodate 332. 
Dora A. 386, 410, 417, M. 

44T- 
I lorothy 436, 440, E. 448. 
Dudley F. 387. 
Dwight 364, A. 445. 



Eben 322. 

Ebenezer 2S1, 282, 284, 

285, 292, 293. 
Edgar C. 429, B. 431. 
Edith 3SS, M. 427, M. 42S, 

A. 431. 
I dmund L. 396. 
Edna H. 440, C. 447. 
I [son W. 335. 
Edward M. 297, 328, 330, 

540, V. 351, M. 353, 354, 



373, 394, S. 397, M. 

422, E. 432, M. 435. 
Edwin 296, 319, A. 340, 

354,357, M. 371, E. 391, 

H. 407, M. 450. 
Effie M. 426. 
Elbert 394. 
Eleanor E. 397. 
Eleazar P. 326. 
Electa 326, 330 M. 375, A. 

37"- 
Elgin A. 3S4. 
Eli 294, R. 319. 
Eliab J. 319. 
Elias G. 319, E. 426. 
Elijah 293. 
Elisha 283, 290, 292, 310, 

311, S. 319, 356, 418. 
Eliza 289, 295, 305, 311, 

319, 329, M. 350, 353, A. 

354, A. 355, W. 357, 360, 

H. 382. 
Elizabeth 280, 282, 284, 

287, 288, 2S9, 290, 294, 

297, 314, 315, 322, 328, 

T. 331, T. E. 339- 34i, 

342, 35o, 35i, J- 35S, A. 

361, J. 369, 373, A. 383, 

412, D. 435. 
Elliot C. 319, R. 367, 41S. 
Ellis A. 386. 
Ellison W. 376. 
Ellsworth, 33 r. 
Elma I. 365. 
Elmer G. 357. 
Elmey A. 403. 
Elmina I!. 348, C. 350. 
Elmira D. 373. 
Elsie A. 317, M. 451. 
Klva R. 421. 
Elvira 356. 
Emanuel E. 398. 
Emasa 360. 

Emeline 349, P. 372, 410. 
Emerson 364. 
Emily 324, C. 337, J. 339, 

W. 345, 364, C. 372, A. 

385. T. 395, C. 396. 



Emma L. 317, 345, F. 353, 
L. 375, C. 388, B. 397, 
C. 399, D. 407, A. 429, 

437, M. 440, P. 443- 
Emmagene M. 387. 
Emmeline 297, M. 340. 
Erastus 314, 315, 366. 
Erick B. 427. 
Ernest 409, 423, 432. 
Ernestine R. 447. 
Estella J. 375, 410, G. 

426. 
Estes 323. 
Esther 292, 32S, M. 332, 

360, A. 388. 
Ethel C. 427. 
Ettienne E. 441. 
Eugene 3S4, H. 390, W. 

393, W. 422, O. 427. 
Eunice 2$r, 2S4, 292, 301, 

313,36s, M. 370, A. 374, 

P. 374, C. 388, 442. 
Euphemia C. 398. 
Eva M. 407, L. 420, L. 

435, 439- 
Evangeline S. 364. 
Evelina 350. 
Everett C. 376, D. 407, 

425, L. 441. 
Experience 285. 
Ezra 348. 



Fannie 331, M, 374, 424. 

42S, C. 452. 

Fanny, 305. 3", 394. B. 

415, 423, S. 443- 
Farley M. 372. 
Filena 290. 

Flora J. 374, G. 422, 424- 
Florence G. 3S3, A. 391, 

L. 399, 418, V. 428, E. 

434- 
Florrilla 312. 
Frances E. 305, 321, 415. 
Francis A. 342, W. 343, 

364, W. 385. S. 441. 



INDEX. 



5 8l 



Frank 340, D. 364, W. 365, 
368, L. 370, L. 371, W. 
372, A. 384, L. 390, 394, 
397, R.407,W. 409,411, 
S. 417, L. 420, A. 423, 
428, L. 429, 435, A. 446, 
R. 450, E. 450. 

Franklin L. 305, 324, S. 

350, H. 357, 358, 366, P. 
399, E. 415. 

Frederick R. 341, W. 345, 
B. 350, 372, E. 391, 397, 
410, 418, L. 423, N.428, 
A. 443, C. 449. 

Freeborn G. 326. 

Freelove 284. 

Freeman 294, 323. 

G 

George 288, 295, 310, W. 
327, W. 332, E. 335, S. 
340, W. 346, P. 350, H. 

351, H. 361, W. 365, C. 
371, A. 3S0, D. 387, B. 
390, A. 391, M. 399, S. 
402, M. 408, W. 410, A. 
413, H. 414, C. 415, B. 
420, M. 421, L. 422, M. 
426, W. 442, L. 450 

Georgianna C. 391. 
Georgie E. 402. 
Geraldine 436, 445. 
Gerdensia 317. 
Gertrude 391, 423, 440, A. 

444- 
Gideon 2Sr, 284, 292. 
Gilbert B. 357, 364, J. 367, 

M. 426, F. 448. 
Gladys M. 416. 
Glenn 441. 
Grace I. 365, 417. 
Grant M. 446. 

H 

Halsey 323, C. 372. 

Han ford W. 402. 

Hannah 279, 280, 2S2, 283, 



284, 286, 291, 292, 295, 
322, 323, L. 324, A. 329, 
33o, 356, 357- 

Harlow 356, 366. 

Harmon E. 359, 394, E. 

413- 

Harold F. 417, C. 436, W. 
445, L. 451. 

Harriet 292, 299, 311, E. 
315, E. 336, A. 339, 353, 
I- 354, 356, 360, E. 372, 
E. 388, 393, 394, R. 422. 

Harris 331, L. 433. 

Harrison H. 426. 

Harry 301, 310, 364, S. 
3S0, 396, 409, E. 415, 

435, 439, R- 447, 448, 

W. 449. 
Hart 323. 
Harvey 326, W. 371, H. 

441. 
Hattie M. 370, 400, J. 409, 

E. 413, 418, E. 425, E. 

426, L. 428. 
Helen 366, 417, 420, 440, 

C. 441, I. 444, A. 448. 
Heraan 358. 
Henrietta 353. 
Henry A. 292, 315, H. 319, 

322, 326, C. 32S, 329, L. 

336, L. 340, 341, 352, 

356. C. 358, S. 365, B. 

366, U. 380, L. 396, W. 

397, H. 39S, C. 410, S. 

416, S. 426, H. 429, C. 

442, A. 452. 
Hepsibah 291. 
Hester A. 375. 
Hezekiah 2S7, 297, S. 332. 
Hilda M. 441. 
Hiram 321, L. 363, H. 373, 

A. 403. 
Hollister H. 322. 
Horace 293, 301, 321, S. 

324, 328, 382, L. 420, J. 

427. 
Horatio 11. 319, L. 321, L. 

371. 



Howard M. 367, 396, 415, 
B. 416, E. 418, H. 418, 
R. 443. 

Hudson 411, 446. 

Hugh A. 441. 

Huldah 328, 359. 

I 

Iantha 351. 

Ida 368, 380, R. 384, 409, 

M. 426, M. 440, L. 442. 
Ina A. 451. 
Ines, 435. 

Ira 356, 367, M. 419. 
Irene 442. 
Irving H. 383. 
Isaac 280, 283, 288, 289, 

290, 310, P. 326, P. 375 
Isabella 310, 353, M. 390 
Isaiah 284. 
Israel 294, S. 329. 
Ivan J. 426. 



Jabez B. 324, 328. 

Jacob 288, 289, 353, H. T. 

E. 396. 
James 288, 289, 293, T. 

309, 310, O. 317, H. 321, 

A. 336, H. 343, B. 350, 

T. 354, S. 371, A. 383, 

394, A. 395, M. 407, W. 

407, W. 409, II . 416. 
Jane C. 332, G. 340, 354, 

A. 361, 366, 377, O. 384. 
Janette W. 297, E. 375. 
Jared 328. 
Jarvis 328. 
Jason 305, L. 340, 358, L. 

422. 
Jay L. 416. 
J. Calvin 341. 
Jeannette W. 288 
Jehiel 290. 
Jehiol 360. 
Jennie 384, M. 398, 415, 

419, 427, 428, C. 432, M. 

447- 






582 



INDEX. 



Jerusha 2S8, 292, 322, 326, 

E. 362. 
Jessie F. 430. 
Jewell C. 421. 
Joanna 335. 
Joel 306, P. 324. 

John 280, 281, 2S3, 284, 
290, 294, 298, 302, 305, 
311, 321, 326, V. 354, V. 
R. 357, M. 360, Q. 3«8, 

F. 373- 374, K. 378, B. 
385, N. 388, K. 392, V. 
407, 409, II. 410, H. 414, 
W. 418, P. 426, L. 435, 
11. 442, R. 446. 

Jonathan 280, 282, 283, 
286, 287, 294, 295, 311, 
H. 330, K. 332, 356, E. 
388. 

Joseph 280, 283, 287, 288, 
295, 297. 328, 355, A. 
380, B. 392, C. 4 10, L. 442. 

Josephine 350, A. 354, W. 

437- 
Joshua V. T. 354. 
Josiah L. 367. 
Juan H. 376. 
Judson 410. 
Julena E. 450. 
Julia 295, 297, C. 332, A. 

336, A. 371, C. 388, L. 

389, A. 428. 
Juliet 42C. 
Juliette 410. 
Julina 323. 
Julius D. 320, W. 332, II. 

370, N. 400, 410. 
Junius J. 397. 
Justus 312. 

K 

Kate E. 390, 397, 428. 
Katie I. 397. 
Katurah 306, A. 351. 
Kenneth M. 419. 
Kesia 292. 
Keturah 352. 
Kittie C. 415. 



L. Addie 385. 
Lafayette J. 368, 449. 
Laura 314, A. 363, B. 380, 

A. 381, 426, E. 426, A. 

429. 
Lavena 354. 
Leander 32S, Z. 369, T. 

402, Z. 420. 
Lee 448. 

Le Grand A. 392. 
Lelia K. 427. 
Lena M. 421, B. 441. 
Leon 427. 
Leonard L. 441. 
Leroy 392, E. 415. 
Lester 366, H. 402, 423, 

426, B. 439. 
Leverett 305. 
Levi 319. 

Lewis R. 369, 439. 
Lila C. 451. 
Lilian E. 382, M. 400, L. 

428, A. 434, M. 437,446. 
Lillie A. 391, M. 397. 
Linus 295, E. 335, J. 392. 
Lionel C. 366, 448. 
Lizzie A. 366, 370. 
Lois 283, 291, A. 365. 
Lorin 319. 
Lorina 40S. 
Lorinda 329, 356. 
Louada 341. 

Louis C. 399, G. 433, S. 434. 
Louisa 326, 340, II. 362, J. 

373. 
Lovilla M. 435. 
Lovinia 328. 
Lucena 322. 
Lucia 314, C. 320. 
Lucien N. B. 317, J. 320. 
Lucina 295, 361, 447. 
Lucinda II. 320, E. 374. 
Lucius 360, F. 370. 
Lucy 281, 2S4, A. 291, 292, 

J. 342, 361, A. 366, L- 

432. 



Luie 316. 

Lulu M. 383, 427. 

Luman 411. 

Luther S. 305. 

Lycurgus L. 369. 

Lydia 292, 295, 301, 328, 

330, 340, 34i, A. 369, R. 

373, A. 387, 408. 
Lyman E. 324, 374, S. 411. 

M 

Mabel 394, 435, II. 445, V. 

447- 
Mabel ia 319. 
Madison, 310. 
Mae A. 417. 
Mala P. 319. 
Malinda 293. 
M. Allen 372. 
Maggie M. 354. 
Marcellus G. 367. 
Margaret 309, E. 339, D. 

357, W. 396,410, E. 424. 
Margaret ta 354. 
Margarette 366. 
Marguerite 433. 
Maria 296, 297, H. 322, 

326, 340, 342, 354, 357, 

359, 364, H. 3S5, A. 398. 
Marjorie 440. 
Marshall B. 317, 366, D. 

417. 

Martha 2S1, 287, 289, 292, 
295, 310, J. 315, L. 340, 
A. 351, A. 353, M. 378, 
A. 384, M. 387, J. 394, 
M. 432. 

Martin 291, L. 335, 415. 

Mary 279, 2S0, 281, 282, 
283, 284, 2SS, 289, 293, 
295, 299, E. 305, 306, 
309, E. 310, G. 314, 3L5, 
L. 317, E. 317, A. 319, 
A. 321, 322, A. P. 324, 
A. 331, K. 336, 340, I. 
341, C. 345, A. 346, 348, 

333, C. 354, 355, S. 355, 
359, E. 360, 361, A. 363, 



I 



INDEX. 



583 



M a ry — Con tin ued. 

E. 364, 366, F. 367, S. 

367, H. 371, M. 372, G. 

373. F. 375, B. 378, S. 

382, E. 386, E. 388, A. 

390, H. 392, C. 395, L. 

395. L. 396, 399, L. 407, 

A. 409, 410, E. 411, A. 

413, A. 416, E. 418, J. 

418, E. 421, B. 426, M. 

436, M. 437, 439, 441, I. 

442. 
Matie A. 444. 
Matilda A. 354, 354, 360. 
Maude A. 417. 
Maurice B. 348, A. 437. 
May A. 415. 
Mehitable 311. 
Melancthon 342, Jr. 398. 
Melvin R. 422. 
Melvina A. 410. 
Merrill J. 445. 
Miles H. 368. 
Milicent E. 351, A. 387. 
Milo S. 322, G. 388, A. 447. 
Milton H. 440. 
Minerva 319. 
Minnie L. 403, 409, 418, 

428. 
Miriam 281, 284. 
MironL. 381, E. 426, B. 451. 
M. Julena 374. 
Monroe 384, V. L. 392. 
Montgomery 410. 
Morris 321. 

Morrison C. 355, M. 44i s , 1, 
Moses 28272B4, 287, 29^.' 

297. C. 315, 329, P. 399, 
Muriel M. 441. 
Myranda L. 320. 
Myron S. 390, C. 416, R. 

434- 
Myrta 409. 
Myrtis C. 450. 
Myrtle C. 414. 



N 



Nabby 310. 



Nancy 292, 361, 368, E. 

408, V. 441. 
Narcissa A. 320. 
Nathan 293, 295, 297, 314, 

R. 319, F. 320, D. 328, 

P. 3S5- 
Nathaniel 2S1, 282, 284, 

287, 295, 354. 
Nehemiah 329. 
Nellie 384, I. 409, R. 415, 

417, 419, M. 422, C. 427, 

M. 441, I. 443. 
Nelson 335, G. 387, B. 396. 
Netta 409, 423, J. 399. 
Nettelle P. 401. 
Newman 356. 
Noah 291, P. 295, 328, A. 

427. 
Noahdiah 281,284, 291, 294. 
Norman 357. 
Normond 305. 

O 

Olive S. 317, P. 374, G. 

383, 431- 
Oliver 293. 
Olivia 354. 
Orcott 356. 
Ordwell P. 450. 
Orenda 319. 
Orinda R. 370. 
Orison 400. 
Orlando 382. 
Orpha D. 388. 
Orren 356. 
Orrin 415. 
Orson P. 426. 
Ortia L. 448. 
Orville D. 385, 427. 
Oscar H. 356, 388. 
Osman 364. 
Owen 356, 415. 
Ozias 285, 293. 



Pamela 291. 
Parace G. 320. 
Parrehna 284. 



Pascalina 402. 

Pasley 291. 

Paul T. 452. 

Pearl Z. 421. 

Peggy 328. 

Penfield 364. 

Percy 439. 

Permilla D. 322. 

Perry R. 409, A. 426. 

Persis 324. 

Phebe 2S7, 296, 351, 353. 

Phena 293. 

Philander 331. 

Philetus 352, 426. 

Phinihas3ii, 326, 358. 

Piatt R. 346. 

Pliny 410. 

Polly 314, 323. 

Prince R. 421. 

Prudence 2S4. 

R 

Rachel 291, H. 314, 322, 

418, C. 441. 
Ralph E. 315, L. 341, C. 

364, H. 390, B. 450. 
Randolph 388. 
Ransom S. 409. 
Rebecca 282, S. 300, 328, 

I. 383. 
Reliance 292. 
Remus D. 367. 
Retta A. 426. 
Reuben 290, 311. 
Rezin W. 369. 
Rhoda 293. 
Richard 283, 310, 328, M. 

384, 396, B. 421, T. 451. 
Robert M. 340, 353, H. 

383, H. 437. 
Roda 291, 359. 
Rodolphus 293. 
Rollin 357, 364, II. 434. 
Rosabel 382, M. 429. 
Rose N. 409. 
Rosetta 331. 
Roxana 327. 
Rowland 289. 



5§4 



INDEX. 



Roy 409. 

Royal II. 423, E. 450. 

Rozina 356. 

Ruby 291. 

Rufus 359, II. 373. 

Russell 290, J. 385, R. 

439- 
Ruth 284, 287, 297, 322, 
A. 348, 399. 

S 

Sabrina 293, 319. 

Salem 293. 

Salmon 284, 290. 

Sallie R. 320. 

Sally 292, 294, 311, 314, 

367. 
Samuel 279, 280, 281, 283, 
287, 288, 294, 299, B. 
305, 322, 326, 353, 354. 
359, 3f»b. G. 370. 
Sarah 2S0, 2S1, 282, 283. 
287, 291, 297, 301, 305, 
309, 310, 322, S. 327, E. 
328, 335, I. 342, E. 344, 
F - 352, 354, 359, A. 360, 
364. I. 370, L. 370, C. 
373, R- 376, O. 3S0, J. 
410, J. 411, J. 41S, A. 
426, M. 441. 
Sears 289. 
Sela 293. 
Selden 366. 

Selina S. 321, 363, 418. 
Seneca B. 441, Jr. 452. 
Seymour 293. 
Shaler 295. 
Shirley A. 418. 
Sidney 297, 396, R. 431. 
Silas 292. 
Simeon 295. 357. 
Smith 305, 352. 
Solomon 323, 374. 
Sophia 292. 
Sophronia 361, J. 410, I. 

441. 
Stella 394, F. 4 i 4 , M. 4 j 5i 
A. 418. 



Stephen 281, 283, 287, L. 

289, 295, 310, D. 328, 

II. 331, H. 354, N. 370, 

T. 3S5. 
Stiles 357. 
Surrellous W. 369. 
Susan 314, M. 336, 348, E. 

353, S. 376, M. 388, M. 

403, F. 407, 410. 
Susannah 289, 291, 329. 
Susie A. 383. 
Syl.il 348. 
Sylvanus 292. 
Sylvester R. 320, 335. 

T 
Tabitha 290. 
Thaddeus G. 370. 
Thankful 2Sr, 282. 
Thede 291. 
Thedy 364. 
Theodore 290, 311, ]. 332, 

35S. 
Theodosia A. 410. 
Theron R. 414. 
Thomas 279, 280, 282, 283, 

301, S. 407, S. 440. 
Timothy 283, 2S7, 290, 

293, 294, 296, 311, 314, 

336. 
Tina 409. 
Titus 284. 
Townsend 354. 
Truman 314, 322. 
Tryphena 322. 
Tunis B. 401. 

U 
Urania 315, 364. 
Uri 360. 
Una! 311. 
Uriel T. 361. 
Uva N. 370. 

V 

Van R. 436. 
Yerna 409. 
Vinne R. 427. 
Viola P. 416. 



Voranza B. 369. 
Vorintha 367, B. 368, A. 
420. 

W 

Waldron 357. 

Walker 409. 

Walter 297, 310, A. 314, 

B. 368, H. 37S, 384, G. 

416, 417, G. 421, W. 

432, H. 443, H. 446. 
Wareham 319. 
Warren 322, H. 343, C. 

348, F. 400. 
Weltha 293, A. 301, 324, 

A. 375- 
Wesley C. 445. 
Whitney 394. 
Wilbur F. 335, I. 370. 
Wilford P. 426. 
Willard K. 32S, F. 341, 

359, R - 367, Jr. 412, W. 

41S. 
William 2S8, 2S9, 295, 301, 

P. 306, 310, 313, M. 319, 

H. 321, 323, H. 335, M. 

339, 340, A. 341, II. 

342, O. 344, H. 354, O. 

355, A. 357, H. II. 357, 

366, B. 368, G. 369, B. 

370, 373, H. 3S2, E. 

384, 392, 394, M. 396, 

R. 397, H. 39S, A. 408, 

409, 410, 415, F. 417, R. 

422, D. 424, C. 426, R. 

427, H. 435. II. 440, C. 

441, I- 442. 
Willis S. 326. 
Willoughby F. 394. 
Wilson 359, P. 436. 
Winnifred 409. 
Wordell D. 434. 
Worthington 353. 
Wyllys K. 3S2. 



Zerelda 368, A. 369. 



INDEX. 



585 



Abbott 418. 

Abernathy 342. 

Adams 355, 380, 425. 

Alcott 314. 

Alexander 397. 

Allen 284, 311, 320, 340, 

373- 
Allyn 311. 
Ames 312, 3S4. 
Amsden 451. 
Anderson 416. 
Andrews 413, 422. 
Andrus 314, 407. 
Apley 427. 

Arnold 311, 356, 408, 436. 
Aschenbach 353. 
Atherton 396. 
Atwell 284, 292. 
Austin 417. 

B 

Babcock 320, 350. 

Backus 314, 378. 

Bacon 361. 

Bagley 432. 

Bailey 295, 328, 376, 427. 

Baker 293, 340, 444. 

Balcom 291. 

Baldwin 288, 316, 352, 360. 

Barber 2S4, 366, 412. 

Barbour 337, 338. 

Barker 358. 

Barnard 297, 374. 

Barnes 336. 

Barney 361. 

Barrett 369. 

Bartlett 387. 

Bartling 302. 

Barton 315, 364. 

Basey 280. 

Bastiniski 312. 

Batelle 447. 

Bateman 356. 

Battles 364. 

Baxter 236. 



PART II. 

Beach 29*-, 312, 428. 

Beaman 435. 

Beardsley 296, 321, 3S4, 

39 6 - 

Beasley 441. 
Beebe 366, 383. 
Beel 426. 
Beers 291. 
Belden 329, 386. 
Belding 286. 
Bell 426. 
Bellinger 449. 
Belyea 421. 
Benedict 330. 
Benjamin 352, 403. 
Bennett 294. 
Benton 301, 315. 
Bestor 372. 
Bigelow 410. 
Birge 362, 415. 
Bishop 283. 
Blackman 327. 
Blake 337. 

Blatchley 328, 331, 390. 
Bleecker 339. 
Blood 322. 
Blount 355. 
Blydenburgh 352. 
Boardman 384. 
Bogardus 302. 
Bolingar 441;. 
Boly 312. 
Bonfoey 383. 
Bonnett 450. 
Booth 344. 
Boss 420. 
Boswell 452. 
Bosworth 355. 
Bowhall 370. 
Bradbury 368. 
Bradford 387, 417. 
Bradley 378, 429. 
Brainerd 376, 384, 394. 
Brewer 423. 
Brewster 347. 
Bridges 304. 
Briggs 368, 371. 



Brigham 286. 

Bristie 295. 

Brock 408. 

Brooks 367. 

Bross 354. 

Brown 281, 284, 291, 302, 

305, 314, 353, 363. 368, 

392. 
Bruce 422. 
Brush 305. 
Bryant 347, 439. 
Buckley 44S. 
Buclin 294. 
Buell 383, 429. 
Bulkley 301, 302, 328. 
Bullard 435, 451. 
Bunce 306, 343, 349. 
Burchard 324. 
Burke 313. 
Burnap 293. 
Burnett 324. 
Burns 321. 
Burrill 407. 
Bush 399. 
Bushnell 325. 
Buter 291, 431. 
Butterfield 398. 



Cadwalader 361. 
Cadwell 282. 
Cady 324. 
Calan 451. 
Caldwell 363, 412. 
Calhoun 315. 
Calkins 294. 
Cameron 297. 
Camp 315, 322. 
Canfield 284, 291. 
Cannon 285. 
Card, 372. 
Carleton 341. 
Carll 437. 
Carpenter 306. 
Carter 326, 332, 425. 
( avy 409, 327. 



586 



INDEX. 



Case 281, 2S5, 378, 401, 

442. 
Castle 371. 
Cauffman 415. 
Chalmers 348. 
Chamberlain 322, 331. 
Chambers 384. 
Champlin 294. 
Chandler 422. 
Chapin 323, 399. 
Chapman 292, 358, 361. 
Cheney 301. 
Cherry 330. 

Cheshire 288, 289, 406. 
Chidsey 314. 
Childs 322, 372. 
Chittenden 332, 383, 414. 
Christian 441. 
Christianson, 450. 
Clapp 334. 
Clark 2S0, 295, 313, 325, 

327, 329, 331, 376, 400, 

433- 
Clarke 279, 296, 398. 
Cleaveland 300, 35S. 
Cloward 380, 426. 
Cochrane 411. 
Coffin 375. 
Cogswell 355. 
Cohn 340. 
Cole 293, 422, 440. 
Coleman 365. 
Collins 35S. 
Colton 444. 
Conger 317. 
Converse 361. 
Cook 297, 311, 363, 366, 

369, 388, 428. 
Cooke 359. 
Cooley 342. 
Coolidge 422. 
Cooper 39S, 427. 
Cornish 279. 
Cortelyou 302. 
Cortis 384. 
Corwin 352, 391. 
Cotterell 368. 
Couch 322. 



Cowles 366. 

Craft 347. 

Cramer 341. 

I niwford 415. 

Crissey 292. 

Crocker 305. 

Cross 305. 

Crouch 330. 

Crouse 321, 428. 

( roue 279. 

Crovvell 379. 

Crowsen 404. 

Crozier 441. 

Cummings 322. 

Cummins 367. 

Curtice 417. 

Curtis 296, 360, 372, 391. 

D 

Danforth 301, 378, 379. 

Darrow 313. 

Davidson 314. 

Davis 326, 328, 348, 427. 

Day 435. 

Dearborn 444. 

Decor 356. 

De Forest 396. 

Delano 415. 

Dennison 285, 329, 388. 

Denny 428. 

Derby 331. 

Dewald 408. 

Dewey 362. 

Dewing 421. 

Dewitt 363. 

Dickinson 323, 328, 350, 

3SS, 406. 
Dixon 337. 
Dodd 305. 

Dodge 306, 337, 414. 
Doner 44S. 
Doughty 407. 
Douglas 302. 
Dow 288. 
I 'owning 325. 
Drake 400. 
Drew 310. 
Dudley 285, 313, 370. 



Dunbar 327. 
Dyke 321. 



Eades 310. 
Eames 358. 
Eastman 372. 
Edwards 284. 
Eliot 283. 
Eno 304. 
Ensign 359. 
Erastus 312. 



Falkner 410. 

Farr 319. 

Farrar 344. 

Fellows 374. 

Fenn 340. 

Ferris 325, 348. 

Fink 372. 

Fisher 361. 

Fisk 285. 

Fiske 345. 

Fitts 362, 414. 

Flagg 297. 

Fleet 306. 

Fleming 414. 

Flint 292. 

Flower 411. 

Folliet 342. 

Fonda 367. 

Foote 285, 290, 312, 315, 

337, 339, 4M- 442. 
Ford 316. 
Fordham 376. 
Fordyce 427. 
Forshay 440. 
Fowler, 358, 384, 406. 
Fox 293. 
Francis 435. 
Freck 31 S. 
Freeman 294. 
Fritcher 424. 
Frobisher 325. 
Fuller 290, 355, 356, 364, 

450. 
Funke, 44S. 



II 



INDEX. 



587 



Furguson 356. 
Furlong 341. 

G 

Gaffney 367. 
Galusha 355. 
Garrett 327. 
Garven 301, 415. 
Gaylord 291, 384, 392. 
George 312, 320. 
Gibbs 359, 395. 
Gibson 347, 396. 
Gilbert 285, 343. 
Giles 334, 370, 417. 
Gillett 281. 
Gilman 344, 383, 433. 
Godfrey 436. 
Goldsmith 374. 
Goodell 322, 323, 325. 
Goodman 283. 
Goodwin 359. 
Gordon 416. 
Gorham 323. 
Gould 372. 
Graham 388. 
Grant 315, 444, 446. 
Gray 318, 331. 
Green 292, 404. 
Greene 301. 
Greenleaf 397. 
Grier 420. 
Griffin 342. 
Griswold 412. 
Grover 364. 
Gruschus 330. 
Guering 408. 
Gulick 396. 
Gunckel 297. 
Guriseler 377. 
Gustin 357. 



H 



Hackett 362. 
Hadley 398. 
Hafner 387. 
Hain 380. 
Haines 366. 
Haling 389. 



Hall 318, 319, 370, 378, 

397, 400. 
Halsey 3T2, 394. 
Hamlin 415. 
Hammond 397, 445. 
Hancock 426, 451, 
Hanks 322. 
Hannahs 361. 
Harding 338. 
Hard wick 440. 
Harkness 388. 
Harmon 293, 302. 
Harnay 317. 
Harris 322, 390, 407. 
Hart 312, 323, 400. 
Hartt 347. 
Harwood 443. 
Hastings 336. 
Hatch 286. 
Hathaway 325. 
Hawley 310. 
Havvorth 324. 
Hayes 423, 441. 
Haymaker 312. 
Hazen 285. 
Hazlitt 329. 
Hebrank 362. 
Hempshall 412. 
Hendrickson 289. 
Herrick 325. 
Hess 427. 
Hickok 440. 
Hicks 310, 358. 
Hill 315, 332, 340, 337,393, 

409. 
Hillyer 279. 
Hilton 285. 
Hinckley 297. 
Hinman 291, 312. 
Hinsdale 296, 341. 
Hogan 370. 
Holcomb 342. 
Holclen 305. 
Hollister 312, 374, 433. 
Holmes 285. 
Hooper 435. 
Hooser 369. 
Hopkins 389, 439. 



Horton 296, 315. 

Hosmer 338, 371. 

Hotchkiss 385, 3S7. 

Hough 312, 383. 

Houghton 373. 

Houseman 418. 

Howard 285, 330, 410. 

Howe 343, 370. 

Hoyt 327. 

Hubbard 2S2, 295, 327, 
328, 329, 330, 331, 336, 
384, 388, 390, 391, 433- 

Hubbs 347, 349, 4°o. 

Hudson 411. 

Huffman 369. 

Hughes 330. 

Hull 329, 412. 

Humphrey 279, 311, 312. 

Hungerford 319, 381. 

Hunt 330, 421. 

Hurlburt 291, 414. 

Hutchinson 286. 

Hyde 341. 



Isenogle 419. 
Isham 397. 

J 

Jackson 306. 

James 292. 

Jayne 305. 

Jencks 323. 

Jenkins 448. 

Jewttt 305. 

Joel 451. 

Johnson 293, 295, 305, 320 

326, 335, 376, 4«7- 
Jones 301, 382, 409. 
Joyce 301. 
Judd 291. 

K. 

Kalahan 439. 

Kane 320, 

Kellogg 2S7, 328, 329, 332, 

344, 374, 382, 391, 394, 

428. 



533 



INDEX. 



Kenyon 356. 

Kerr 420. 

Kier 446. 

King 287, 28S, 297, 359. 

Kingsbury 423. 

Kip 436. 

Kissam 289. 

Knickerbocker 440. 

Knight 322, 358, 407. 



La Boiteaux 353. 

Lakey 420. 

La Masten 410. 

Lamberton 323. 

Lamphier 293. 

Land 293. 

Lane 296, 302, 328, 329, 

330, 331, 38o, 3^3, 384- 
Lang 33 r. 
Lamed 357. 
Lawrence 2S8, 291. 
Lawton 413. 
Leach 429, 435. 
Ledyard 396. 
Lee 365, 440. 
Leedes 428. 
Leip 449. 
Leland 428. 
Lemon 341. 
Leonard 367. 
Le Roy 402. 
LeuU 302. 

Lewis 2S5, 316, 434, 451. 
Lincoln 399. 
Lisher 420. 
Litchfield 297, 397. 
Livingston 301. 
Lockwood 314. 
Long 

Longnecker 369. 
Loomis 284, 290, 31 1 , 31 2, 

342, 423, 429. 
Lord 287. 
Lott 301, 302. 
Loveland 286. 
Lovell 357. 
Lowrj 



Lucas 414. 
Ludington 313. 
Lupton 408. 
Lynde 429. 
Lyon 395. 

M 

Mabbett 289. 

Mackay 338. 

Macneal 304. 

Manross 435. 

Markham 311. 

Martin 432. 

Mason 415. 

Mathes 408. 

Matthews 323. 

Matthewson 318. 

Maynard 297, 357. 

McCaughen 397. 

McCormick 347. 

McCune 355. 

McCurdy 443. 

McDonald 355, 365. 

McKeige 302. 

McKinstrey 392. 

McLendon 452. 

McManaman 417. 

McManus 344. 

McPherson 421. 

Meach 389. 

Mead 342. 

Mellen 293, 312, 33S, 373, 

394- 
Merrill 340. 
Merritt 305, 324. 
Merrow 345. 
Messenger 2S6, 292. 
M ; 1 leap 370. 
Milligan 441. 
MilN 521. 
Misell 294. 
Mix 413. 
Moir 437. 
Monogal 367. 
Monroe 448. 
Moohlar 298. 

M e 312, 322, 

Moorhead 353. 



363, 426. 



Morgan 294, 301. 
Morrill 285. 
Morris 372. 
Morse 318, 330. 
Moseley 431. 
Mullin 355, 356. 

N 

Napier 301. 

Nash 350. 

Neff 427. 

Nelmes 442. 

Nelson 404. 

Nerselis 41S. 

Nettleton 329, 362, 3S7. 

Newberry 336. 

Newell 357. 

Newman 322. 

Newton 2S6, 439. 

Nippert 419. 

Noble 364. 

Noffsinger 368. 

Nolles 295. 

North 314, 332. 

Northrop 431. 

Norton 292, 318, 375, 376. 



Oakley 314. 

Olcott 300, 305, 396. 

Okiershaw 3S4. 

Olmstead 362. 

Opper 372. 

Orchard 404. 

Orcutt 310. 

Orr 318. 

Orrin 310. 

Orris 310. 

( »sborn 326, 3S0. 

Osborne 371. 

Owen 341, 436. 

Owens 304. 



Page 310. 
Palmer 337, 355, 
Pardee 388. 
Park 363. 



373- 



INDEX. 



589 



Parker 344, 440, 448. 

Parkhurst 432. 

Parsons 342, 374. 

Partridge 286. 

Patch 322. 

Pease 282, 291. 

Peck 361, 424, 42S. 

Peet 37S. 

Pelton 330, 443. 

Pendleton 304. 

Perkins 330. 

Perry 345, 372, 383, 423. 

Pershian 388. 

Persons 313. 

Peters 436. 

Phelps 2S1, 414. 

Phillip 313, 372. 

Pickering 406. 

Pike 324. 

Piatt 295. 

Platte 423, 450. 

Pliny 311. 

Ponder 382. 

Porter 287, 292, 300, 327, 

341, 362, 447. 
Post 324. 

Potter 315, 320, 364, 388. 
Potts 337. 
Powell 340, 432. 
Pratt 288, 395. 
Preston 384. 
Prewit 449. 
Proggett 324. 
Prout 399. 
Pryor 335. 
Pugh 408. 



Q 



Quinley 375. 
R 

Ralls 410. 
Rambaut 302. 
Randall 397, 447. 
Ransome 359. 
Rea 349. 

Read 372, 437, 449. 
Reddington 292. 



Reeves 352. 

Remington 365. 

Reybert 347. 

Reynolds 292. 

Rhodes 403. 

Riblett 317. 

Richards 311, 326, 402, 436. 

Richardson 336, 372, 409. 

Richey 404. 

Richman 439. 

Richmond 3S4. 

Riley 312. 

Robbins 300, 301, 304, 306, 

3I9- 
Roberts 311, 322, 357, 358, 

433- 
Robertson 409, 411. 
Robinson 356. 
Rockwell 331, 414. 
Rodgers 369. 
Rogers 312, 322, 398. 
Romine 362. 
Rood 389. 
Root 284. 
Rosabaugh 408. 
Rose 331, 355. 
Ross 404. 
Roswell 312. 
Rowley 290, 313, 314. 
Rude 397. 



Sage 390. 

Salisbury 395. 

Salmon 311. 

Sammis 346, 349, 351, 352. 

Sanford 312, 350. 

Saunders 422. 

Savary 444. 

Sawtelle 441. 

Scovil 435. 

Scoville 295, 332. 

Searing 2S9. 

Sears 282. 

Seaver 322. 

Sedgwick 342. 

Scllick 302. 

Selover 301. 



Seymour 360. 

Shailer 383. 

Shattuck 359. 

Sheldon 366. 

Shelhamer 450. 

Shelley 362. 

Shepard 313, 382. 

Sherrick 325. 

Shields 410. 

Short 367. 

Sim 325. 

Simonton 371. 

Sing 39S. 

Sinton 318. 

Sistare 301. 

Sityer 42S. 

Skidmore 406. 

Skinner 328, 330, 360, 361, 

334. 
Sloat 327, 380. 
Smiley 357. 
Smilie 416. 
Smith 294, 295, 302, 309, 

316, 329, 337, 339, 342, 

347, 359. 3D7. 337, 395, 

398, 416, 417. 
Snow 433. 
Solomon 297. 
Sommerrield 419. 
Soper 347, 349, 350, 410, 

443- 

Soule 407. 

Sour wine 370. 

Sparks 440. 

Speck 280. 

Spencer 280, 331, 332, 384, 

339, 394- 
Sperry 342. 
Squire 413. 
Stanford 441. 
Stanley 31 1. 
Stansbury 304, 437. 
Stanton 304. 
Starpey 294. 
Starr 301. 
Stebbins 374, 396. 
Steele 300, 311, 312. 
Steere 364. 



59Q 



INDEX. 



Stephens 336. 

Stevens 294, 295, 326, 328, 

353, 364, 405. 415, 451- 
Stevenson 315. 
Stiles 285. 
Stillman 299. 
Stillwell 418. 
Stocking 315. 
Stoddard 397. 
Stone 414. 
Story 415. 
Stowell 322, 327. 
Stratton 448. 
Street 409. 
Strong 293. 
Stuart 359. 
Stutsman 297. 
Summer 360, 371. 
Suydam 349. 
Swain 325. 
Swartzcope 41 3. 
Sweet 314. 
Swift 339. 
Sykes 294, 324. 
Symonds 313. 

T 

Tailor 358. 

Tallmadge 360. 

Tallman 451. 

Tarbox 295. 

Tatnall 382. 

Taylor 301, 354, 3/2, 409, 

411. 
Teachout 372. 
Templeman 384. 
Ten Eyck 297, 339. 
Terrel 383. 
Terry 353, 439. 
Thayer 340. 
Thayre 295, 

Thomas 335, 369, 431, 435. 
Thompson 373, 416, 426, 

447- 
Thorn 342. 
Thorp 
Thrift 357. 
Thurber 402. 



Tibbals 2S7, 316, 384. 
Tilden 285. 
Tobey 292. 
Toof 388. 
Towell 361. 
Treadwell 308. 
Treat 287. 
Trimmer 352. 
Trowbridge 444. 
Truman 362. 
Truslee 397. 
Try on 408. 
Tucker 400. 
Turner 338. 
Tuttle 326, 361. 

U 
Udell 304. 
Underbill 289, 310. 
Utley 398. 

V 

Vale 376. 
Valentine 409. 
Van Buren 417. 
Vance 353, 415. 
Van Tassel 354; 
Van Vleck 334. 
Vaughn 356. 
Verity 399. 
Vogt 301. 
Voorhies 418. 

Wade 35Q. 

Wadsworth 2S2, 287. 
Walbridge 357. 
Walden 311. 
Walker 409. 
Wallace 367, 375. 
Wansor 354. 
Ward 286, 302. 
Warford 304. 
Warne 318, 365. 
Warner 312, 371. 
Warren 291. 
Waters 326, 381. 
Watkins 329. 
Watrous 386, 430, 435. 



Watson 312. 

Wattles 313. 

Waugh 431. 

Weaver 448. 

Webster 415. 

Weeks 2S6. 

Welch 292. 

Wells 358, 364, 418. 

Welsh 422. 

Wendell 297. 

West 360. 

Westlake 432. 

Wetherspoon 297. 

Wheeler 302, 317, 447, 451. 

Whipple 340. 

White 360, 374. 

Whitson 404. 

Wicks 306. 

Wiggins 353, 370. 

Wilcox 331, 332, 383, 450. 

Wilkinson 396. 

Willard 372. 

Williams 286, 287, 300, 319, 

358, 36S, 397, 431. 
Willis 374. 
Willson 355. 
Wilson 312, 423, 442. 
Windell 369. 
Winship 442. 
Wisenburgh 441. 
Witter 363. 
Wood 2S2, 326. 
Woodruff 286, 302, 312, 

413- 
Woodward 314. 
Wooster 312, 402, 418. 
Worcester 362. 
Work 342. 
Worth 285. 
Wright 394. 
Wynn 355. 



\ 



Yeoman 410. 
Young 371. 



Zabriskie 301. 






INDEX. 



591 



DORCHESTER BRANCH. 
PART I. 



Aaron 469. 

Aarona 496. 

Abigail 459, 460, 462, 486. 

Abraham 504. 

Adaline 477. 

Adela 499. 

Adeline E. 492. 

Albert T. 487, 499. 

Alice 463, M. 496, 499, M. 

504, E. 506, P. 512. 
Allen 47S, V. 510. 
Allston 502. 
Almyra B. 4S8. 
Amanda 479. 
Amelia 4S5, 486, 494, F. 

503, 513- 
Ames 470, E. 500. 
Amy E. 504. 
Andrew H. 487. 
Andros 472. 
Ann E. G. 473, E. 485, F. 

487. 
Anna E. 490, T. 496, E. 

510, M. 514. 
Anne I. 486. 
Annie H. 502, 505. 
Ansel 469. 
Arthur G. 4S1, A. 489, M. 

496, E. 504, G. 506. 
Asa 462. 
Austin 481. 

B 

Bailey 513. 

Barbara 512. 

Benjamin 463, 468, 473, 

478, H. 488. 
Benton 504. 
Bertha 502. 
Betsey 463, 467, 468, M. 

469, 471, L. 495, 499. 
Borden H. 496. 



Caleb H. 462, 472, H. H. 

T. 486. 
Calvin 465. 
Carleton 512. 
Caroline A. 477, H. 481, A. 

486, 489, 490. 
Catherine T. 484. 
Celia 494, J. 504. 
Charles 466, 468, 470, C. 

471, 472, A. 481, A. 483, 
C. 484, H. 485, A. 486, 

487, J. 488, T. 489, F. 
491, M.492, A. 495, 496, 
E. 500, J. 501, P. 501, 
W. 501, 504, W. 505, E. 
510, A. 516. 

Charlotte 468. 

Chauncey R. 503, W. 506. 

Christopher 463, 468. 

Clara 499. 

Clarence C. 480, S. 505. 

Claudius 486, 504. 

Clement 463. 

Cora 501, F. 502. 

Cromwell 463. 

Cushing 466. 

Cynthia 468, 479. 

D 

Daniel G. 475. 

David 459, 460, 462, 463, 

465, 467, 470, 472, 477, 

483, L. 493, 501. 
Deborah 459, 461, 468, 473. 
Delphine 510. 
Diantha 478. 



Edmund C. 480, W. 512. 
Edna L. 506. 

Edward 468, 472, B. 486, 
II. 492. 



Edwin 481, F. 484, 493, B. 

501. 
Elathesia W. 475. 
Elbridge G. 471, 485. 
E. Lena 493. 
Elijah 461, 465, 470, 475, 

483, W. 489. 
Elisha 459, 460, 461, 467, 

477- 
Eliza 462, 480, 484. 
Elizabeth 460, 467, W. 475, 

M. 504. 
Ella S. 486, A. 488, L. 489, 

A. 494- 
Ellen L. 489, A. 494. 
Elma A. 487. 
Elsie L. 499, M. 506. 
Elsira E. 475. 
Emil W. 499. 
Emily B. 483. 
Emma 466, C. 475, F. 489, 

J. 500, P. 501, H. 505, 

P. 512. 
Ephraim 461, 463, W. 469. 
Estelle 499. 
Esther A. 481, 496. 
Eugene C. 481, C. 500. 
Eunice 463, T. 492. 
Eveline 493. 
Ezekiel 460, 463. 

F 

Fannie F. 487, E. 500, H. 

505. 
Fanny 463, 469, W. 496. 
Fearing 466, 476. 
Ferdinand C. 4S7. 
Florence I. 509. 
Frances 476, C. 500, D. R. 

513- 
Francis O. J. 488. 
Frank T. 496, A. 499, R. 

500, H. 505. 
Franklin 471, E. 481, 489. 



592 



INDEX. 



Fred C. 487, W. 490, 500, 

B. 501, M. 503. 
Freeman S. 476, II. 507. 



George 463, 477, A. 481, 
E. 485, W. 48S, II. 489, 
W. 491, II. 500, A. 504, 
W. 505. 

Georgianna 505. 

Gerry 472. 

Gertrude M. 501. 

Gladys V. L. 513. 

Gordon A. 501. 

Grace M. 508. 

Gracie 514. 

Guy 501. 

II 

Hannah 45S, 459, 460, 463, 

466, 468, 469, 472, 473, 

E. 489, H. 500. 
Harlton H. 506. 
Harriet N. 473, 477. 489, 

501, A. 506. 
Harry 4S7, K. 500, P. 505. 
II at tie M. 4S8. 
Helen E. 481, 486, 490, L. 

496, T. 505, C. 514. 
Heman M. 471, 481, M. 

484, 4S5, M. 502. 
Henrietta 474, T. 4S8. 
Henry 468, 474, 476, 480, 

M. 485. H. 490, N. 493, 

T. 496, 499, E. 504, W. 

505, F. 507, C. 509, L. 

515. 
Herbert A. 500, B. 507. 
Ilertilla T. 479, 496. 
Hiram 473, J. 488. 
Hollister 479. 
Homer O. 510. 
Horace 470, 483, T. 492. 
I [oratio 483. 
Howard C. 5 12. 

I 
Isaac 459, 460, 461, 462, 



468, 478, 479. T. 484, 
493, T. 502, T. 512. 

Isaiah 463. 
Israel 465, 470. 

J 

Jacob 476. 

James 462, 467, 468, A. 

469, M. 477. 478, 499- 
Jane H. 471, 476, 481. 
Japhet467. 

Jared 480. 

Jennie C. 501. 

Jessie 491, A. 509. 

John 457, 459, 461, 465, 
466, J. 471, 474, E. 481, 
M. 484, E. 486, D. 489, 
S. E. 492, M. 502. 

Johnathan, Rev., 453, 457, 

N. 457, 458, 459, 46i, 
465, 469, 470, 471, 473, 

483. 
Joseph 463, 466, B. 473, C. 

477, 481, 487, J. 505. 
Joshua 459, 460, 467, 476. 
Julia A. 468, 485, A. 491, 

M. R. 513. 
Julie 4S3. 



Kate L. 500. 
Kathleen B. 487. 
Kittie S. 508. 



Laban 466, 475, C. 491, A. 

507- 
Fadassah, 504. 
Fa Fayette, 479. 
Faura, 468, 485, A. 4S6, E. 

501. 
I. eah 474. 
Fena F. 493. 
Feonard 474. 
Lett is 463. 
Levi 4C0, 466. 
Lincoln 467. 
Logan C. 5"7, 5M- 



Lorinda 479. 

Foring 474. 

Fouis L. 493, E. 503, H. 

503. 
Louisa 469, 471, 478. M. 

485, 49 1 - 499- 
Fydia 459, 460, 461, 462, C. 

467, 4"S,S. 473.478,479, 

A. 4S0, A. 496. 
Fyman 493. 
Fyndon 468, 478. 
Fynn A. 510 
Lucy 474, E. 480, M. 487, 

J. 501, W. 501. W. 513. 
Luella 506. 
Luther 465, 471, 504. 

M 

Margaret 476, L. 503, 510. 
Maria 483. S. 489. 
Marian 499. 
Marion E. 509. 
Marshall 481, A. 500. 
Martha 465, W. 46S, 471, 

472, B. 473, A. 4S1. E. 
484, J. 4S5, A. 488, 1. 
494- 

Martin 465, 467, 471, F. 

485. 
Mary 459, 460, 461, 462, 
467, A. 468, 469, N. 469, 
471, A. 472, E. 473, F. 

473, A. 475, A. 477. 47', 
N. 480, J. 4S1, S. 485, 
A. 4S6, E. 486, S. 4S8, 
W. 489, R. 489, A. 491, 
IF 494, T. 496, 501, 504, 

E. 513. 

Matilda 477. 
Matthew 466, 476. 
Mattie L. 510. 
Maude 491. 
Mehitable, 475. 
Melvina 4S6. 
Mercia L. 504. 
Meriel 466, 476. 
Milton 502. 
Minnie F. 506. 



INDEX. 



5< 



Mollie 460. 
Molly 466, 46S. 
Morris 510. 

N 
Nancy 469, C. 475, 478, E. 

493, 40. 
Nathan M. 463, 467, M. 

469. 
Nathaniel 460, M. 477. 
Nattie M. 493. 
Nellie T. 502, A. 509. 
Nettie E. 509. 
Norman G. 480. 

O 

Olive 463, 46S, 476, 479, 

483, W. 501. 
Orlando 495. 
Otis 485. 

P 

Patience, 460, 462, L. 
Patty 469. 
Peggy 466. 
Perez 466. 
Persis V. 487. 
Peter 467, 469, 476. 
Phebe 466, 470. 
Phena L. 495. 
Phillip C. 493. 
Polly 464, 473. 
Porter W. 502. 
Priscilla 489. 
Prudence 475, 490. 
Pyam 475. 



Adams 469. 
Albee 485. 
Alden 474. 
Alger 466. 
Allen 467, 478, 513. 
Allyne 480. 
Ames 469, 470, 512, 
Andrews 461. 
38 



Rachel 459, 460, 462, 467, 

468, 477. 
Raymond 46S. 
Rebecca 499. 
Richard 472. 
Robert 466, 475, L. 487, 

489, H. 499. 
Roger A. 512. 
Rosalie K. 503. 
Ruth 459, 462, 465, H. 

515- 



S 



Sally, 468, R. 473, 474, 

478, 479- 
Samantha 504. 
Samuel 459, 461, 463, 466, 

C. 469, 472, P. 475, 476, 

E. 487. 
Sarah 459, 460, 461, 464, 

A. 475, A. 477, W. 489, 

E. 492, 493. 
Seth 461, 465, L. 476. 
Shubael 460, 469, 480. 
Silence 461, 464, 465. 
Simon 457, 458, 459, 460, 

462. 
Sophia 470, L. 492. 
Spencer 504. 
Stephen 469, 477. 
Sumner H. 486. 
Susan 463, E. 477. 
Susanna 473, 489. 

PART II. 

Arnold 479. 
Ashenden 489. 
Atkins 481. 
Atwell 495. 
Atwood 478. 

B 

Bacon 475. 
Baker 487, 504. 
Baldwin 459. 



Sybil 476. 

Sylvanus 468, 493, 496. 



Theodore 477, 512. 
Theodosia 504. 
Theophilus 466, 474, 489 
Theron L. 495, A. 515, 

516. 
Thomas 461, 466, 476, > 

4S7, S. 496- 
Timothy 461. 
Turner 463. 

W 

Walter H. 496, 505. 

Warren 466, 472. 

Waterman 466. 

Waters 474. 

Wealthy A. 487. 

Wesley 504. 

Willard C. 480. 

Willema K. 486. 

William C. 463, 464, 
469, 471, P. 473,, 4: 
477, H. 480, W. 486, 
488, T. 492, 504, R. 5< 

Willis L. 494. 

Winthrop M. 502. 



Zachary T. 487. 
Zaidee 496. 
Zilpha 483. 



Ballard 501. 

Barnard 499. 

Barnes 493. 

Bartletl 475. 

Barton 480. 

Barrett 485. 

Bates 461, 467, 483, 501. 

Baxter 484. 

Beach 479. 

Beal 467. 



594 



INDEX. 



Belcher 462. 

Berry 473- 

Bigelow 479. 

Bisbee 500. 

Bliss 462. 

Blood 492, 508. 

Booth 494. 

Borden 496. 

Bosely 504, 513. 

Bosworth, 468. 

Botts 516. 

Boulware 514. 

Bourne 489. 

Bradley 471, 508. 

Brales 402. 

Brau 504. 

Brown 463, 469, 493, 514. 

Buck 481. 

Bullock 468. 

Burbank 477- 

Burgess 4S0. 

Burt 490. 

Burton 501. 

Butler 463. 



Carom 462. 

Carr 500. 

Cary 459. 

Chamberlain 488. 

Champlain 4C9. 

Child 462. 

Childs 4(19. 

Clark 47 ). 

Coffin 490. 

Colbath 493. 

Cole p 1. 

Collins 486, 514. 

Cooke 470. 

Copeland 46(1, 471, 487. 

Cornell 477. 

Corthill 473- 

Cory 479. 

Cud worth 465. 5 O. 

Culaver 478. 

Cushing 461, 466, 473, 474, 

477- 
Cutler 471. 



I) 

Dana 463, 468. 
Davenport 475. 
Davis 474, 493. 
Dickson 475. 
Dodd 484. 
Dole 487. 
Donahue 506. 
Down 473. 
Downer 509. 
Drown 469. 
Dutton 503. 

E 

Eagan 481. 
Easton 491. 
Eddy 493. 
Edwards 509. 
Ellis 5 ci. 
Ely 500. 
Evans 491. 
Everett 493. 
Ewing 501, 512. 

F 

Farlow 502. 
Fearing 466, 467, 473. 
Ferral 504. 
Field 488. 
Fields 468. 
Fitzpatrick 500. 
Foster 406, 473, 476, 4S3. 
489. 

G 

Gaylord 513. 

Geiskoph 510. 

Getchell 504. 

( i lad well 484. 

( ioddard 504. 

Godfrey 473. 

I rolding 472. 

Goodrich 501. 

Goodwin 4S4. 

Could 472-475, 484, 514. 

( Ireen 493. 

< Jreene 483. 

Griffith 479- 

( Jross 491. 



H 

Hamilton 478. 
Hammond 487. 
Harding 484. 
Hardon 502. 
Harlow 486. 
Haselden 471. 
H award 460. 
Hazard 462. 
Hazen 481. 
Heitsher 493. 
Henley 491. 
Hentard 

Hersey 490, 505. 
Hey wood 485. 
Hill 486- 
Hobart 458. 
Hodges 468. 
Hogaboom 509. 
Holbrook 472. 
Holman 499. 
Hood 511. 
Holyoke 472. 
Howard 471, 489, 506. 
Howe 512. 
Hughson 480. 
Hulbert 485. 
Hunt 459. 
Hurst 469. 
Hustace 4S9. 
Hutchings 4S7. 

J 
Jacob 476. 
Jack 504. 
James 491. 
Jameson 475. 
Jaquith 475- 
Jenks 468. 
Jewett 512. 
Jillson 509. 
Johnson 488. 
Jones 487. 
Joy 462. 

K 

Keene 468, 4S8. 
Kelley 499. 



INDEX. 



595 



Kimball 485, 503. 
King 500. 
Kingsley 465. 
Knapp 479, 496. 



La Du 496. 
Landor 504. 
Lane 461, 505. 
Larentz 485. 
Lawrence 512. 
Law son 491. 
Leavitt 467, 476, 489. 
Lee 504. 
Leeds 473. 
Leonard 471, 502. 
Leslie 505. 
Lincoln 461, 466. 
Longfellow 488. 
Look 500. 
Loring 474. 
Lowe 488. 
Luther 462. 

M 

Manderville 481. 

Marsh 459, 460, 483. 

Martin 469. 

Mason 478, 

May 460. 

Meir 510. 

Merritt 486. 

Miles 515. 

Miller 463, 474, 477, 

487. 
Modell 491. 
Moody 485. 
Morgan 486. 
Morrow 504. 
Morse 469. 
Munson 493. 
Murphy 501. 
Murray 478. 



Nichols 485. 
Niles 503. 
Northern 468. 
Norton 474. 



480, 



O 



N 



Neal 492. 
Neibel 491. 



Oakes 487. 
Olney 463. 
Orr 512. 
Osgood 503. 



Packard 465. 
Page 515. 
Parker 4S8. 
Parker-Gordon 495. 
Parks 494. 
Partridge 492. 
Peak 491. 
Pease 483. 
Peck 468. 
Perry 504. 
Peters 512. 
Philbrook 475. 
Philip 494. 
Phillips 485. 
Pierce 474, 4Q3. 
Pitcher 500. 
Porter 494, 511. 
Potter 491. 
Pratt 477. 
Prentiss 475. 
Pryor 485. 
Purden 467. 

R 

Rea 469, 502. 

Read 477. 

Renshaw 473. 

Reynolds 506. 

Rice 481. 

Ricketts 513. 

Ridgeway 485. 

Ripley 473- 

Ritchey 475- 

Robinson 474, 488, 500. 

Rockwood 509. 



Rogers 488. 
Root 471, 
Rowe 505. 
Russell 502. 



Savage 487, 488. 

Saunders 475. 

Sawyer 493, 508. 

Saxton 495. 

Scott 475. 

Severance 4SS. 

Sexton 485. 

Seymour 475. 

Shepard 496. 

Sherwood 478. 

Shipley 473. 

Siders 469. 

Simpson 494. 

Skinner 490. 

Slevins 483. 

Smiley 487. 

Smith 459, 470, 475. 

Snow 463, 486, 488. 

Spencer 475. 

Sprague 467, 473, 477, 489. 

Squires 485. 

Stacy 501. 

Stephenson 489. 

Starin 566. 

Stockbridge 475. 

Stocking 475. 

Stoddard 478. 

Stone 467, 487. 

Stowers 473. 

Studley 474. 

Sturtevant 514. 

Sumner 508. 

Sutherland 490. 

Swift 499. 



Tarr 487. 
Teater 514. 
Terrill 473 
Thayer 463, 506. 
Thelberg 504. 
Thompson 486. 



59<5 



INDEX. 



Thorpe 463. 
Thrasher 506. 
Tibbitts 473. 
Tichenor 4S5. 
Tileston 461. 
Toman 478. 
Tomasi 49 r. 
Trask 474. 
Trimble 506. 
Trowbridge 491. 
True 484, 485. 
Tucker 483. 
Turner 464, 476, 477. 

V 
Vanskaik 493. 



Van Tassel 478. 
Vickray 459. 
Vinton 469. 

W 

Wadleigh 506. 
Walker 474. 
Wallace 503. 
Walton 473. 
Ward 502. 
Warren 459. 
Washburn 488. 
Waters 474. 
Watson 467, 505. 
Weeden 479. 
Westgate 495, 511. 
Wheaton 460. 



Wheeler 468. 
Whipple 463. 
Whittaker 468. 
Wild 492. 
Wiley 502. 
Wilkinson 492. 
Willard 469, 
Williams 501. 
Wilson 488, 501, 510. 
Winslow 473. 
Wiswell 472, 488. 
Wood 477, 4S7. 
Wright 499. 
Wrisley 483. 



Yates 46S. 



NEW JERSEY BRANCH. 
PART I. 



Aaron 530, 539, 543. 

Abagail 522. 

Abbie 539. 

Abfr B. 530. 

Abel II. 543. 

Abigail 527. 

Achrah 528. 

Agnes II. 550, 553. 

Albert II. 542, 548, A. 

554- 
Albertine 551. 
Alexander 533. 
Alfred T. 543, 553- 
Allen 539. 
Amanda 538. 
Am laF. 543, 551, 555 
Ann 522, 531, 533, 534, 

53". 539- 542. 
Anna 539, R. 542, 543, 

553- 

Anne R. 542. 
Annie 551. 
Antonio 536. 
Augustus 539, W. 543. 



B 

Barzillai 52S, 533. 
Benjamin 527. 533, 538, 

539. 543, 551- 
Bessie 556. 
Buelah 527, 540. 



Caleb 528. 

Caroline E. 538. 

Chapman 54S. 

Charles 527, 530, 532, II. 
538, W. 541,542, D. 543, 
H. 543, H. 550, 551. P. 
552, E. 553. H. 553, H. 

554- 
Christina 536. 
Clara 553. 
Clarence 554. 
Clarkson C. 549. 
Clorinda 536. 
Cortland 539. 

D 

Daniel D. 533. 



David 523, 529, T. 530, 

P. 55i, H. 554- 
Dellaplaine R. 532, 541. 
DelossW. 550. 
De Vere 53S. 
Dismond E. 555. 
Dorothy 556 

K 

Edith 534. 

Edmund W. 532. 

Edward E. 538, 539, 551, 

IP 552. 
Effie 539. 
Eleanor B. 556. 
Eliza 536, 540, J. 543. 
Elizabeth 520, 523, 530, 

532, 534, 539. 540. 542, 

543, 545. G. 550, 55i- 
Ella 544. 

Ellen 539, C. 543- 
Elwood 539, 551. 
Emily 539, 
Emma F. 537, 539, H. 

552. 
Ethel M. 557- 



i 



INDEX. 



Evan W. 541. 
Ezra 530, D. 550. 



Florence G. 550. 

Frances L. 555. 

Francis C. 538. 

Frank P. 550, 551, R. 552, 

554- 
FredT. 553, A. 555- 

G 

George W. 532, 538, 539. 

540, 544, 55i. 553. E. 

555- 
Gordon 539. 

H 

Hamson 538. 

Hannah 522, 527, 531, 54S. 

Harriet 531, 539. 545. 555- 

Harry S. 538, M. 550, 551. 

Helen E. 537, A. 550, L. 
556. 

Henrietta 551. 

Henry 517, 520, 521, 522, 
524, 527, 529, C. 530, 
532, 536, D. 538, 539, 
542, 543. H. 551, C. 556, 
C. 558. 

Hester 545, 548. 

Howard C. 538, S. 550. 

Hudson 521, 524, 531, S. 
532, C. 540, G. 556. 



1 



II 



IdaW. 553- 
Irene 540. 
Isabel 536. 
Isaiah 528. 
Israel 533. 

J 

Jacob 527. 

James 539, 540, 544, 545, 

j 3 4- 
Tane 522, 529, 535, 557. 
. Franklin, 541. 



Jesse 536. 

Jennie B. 552. 

John 520, 521, 524, H. 

529. 530, 535. 539. I- 
540, Jr. 544, 551. 
Joseph 520, 521, 522, 527, 
528, 529, 531, B. 533, 

S. 536. c. 538, s. 538, 

540, J. 544, A. 551, F. 

554. 
Josephine 543, 551 
Joshua 532, 540. 
Juan 536. 
J. William 539. 

K 

Kate L. 554. 

Keziah 521, 524, 525, 531. 



Lansing B. 554. 

Laura A. 550, 552, C. 554, 

L. 557- 
Lavinia F. 550. 
Leonard 539. 
Leslie N. 555. 
Linna. '8. 
Lizzie 539, 551, 553- 
Lord H -3. 
Louie F. ;,.,6. 
Louisa 538, 540, M. 553, 

D. 554- 
Lucy A. 543. M. 554. 
Lydia 528, 533. 

M 

Madeline 553. 

Mamre 543. 

Margaret 533, 539. 54©. 

Maria 540. 

Marie 551, R. 557- 

Mariam 530. 

Mariones 536. 

Marmaduke L. 52S, 534. 

Martha 520, 529, 532. 

Mary 520, 522, 524, 528, 

T. 530, 53i. A. 53'-. S. 

533, 536. 538, A. 538, I • 



53-. 

545, D. . 

552, A. 554. 
Matilda 531, 544. 55- 
Maude L. 553. 
Meribah 544. 
Merrick S. 536. 
Milton J. 536, 548. 
Minerva S. 554. 
Minora E. 549. 
Miriam 532. 
Mollie E. 554. 

N 

Nantv 535. 
Nathaniel 535. 
Nellie 556. 
Nelson 540, 542. 
Newton P. 5^9. 



<) 



Oren 548. 



Percy 554- 

Phebe 532, W. 542. 

Postrema R. 532. 

R 

Rachel 521, C. 533. 
Rebecca 520, 522, 527 

530, 532, 533, 535- 

539, 54i, W. 543 

554- 
Rheuben 529. 
Richard 530, 531, 53! 

535, 538, 540. 
Robert 522, D. 530, 

538, 544- 
Rosalia 536. 
Rowland 527, 535, 555 
Ruth A. 536. 



Samuel 524, 529, 11. 
538, 539. E. 543, H. 
E. 553- 



INDEX. 



-o, 524, 527, 531, 
,j5. 536, A. 533, J. 539- 
542, 545, L. 548, J. 549, 
P. 55i, E. 555- 

Solomon 521. 

Stacy 530. 

Susan 538, 544. 

Susanna 521, 527, \V. 532. 



Thomas 524, 527, E. 530, 
S. 532, S. 537, 538. 



Timothy 529. 
Tyle W. 532, 533. 



Virginie 551. 

W 

Walter L. 538, W. 554. 
Westley 540. 



William 520, 522, 524, H. 
527, 529- H. 530, R. 
530, H. 532, W. 532, 
F. 5>3, 539, 540, H. 541, 
542, W. 543, II. H. 544, 
548, S. 549, B. 550, 551, 
552, 554- 



Zillah A. 552. 



Abbott 521, 528. 

Ackley 552. 

Adams 524, 543. 

Agnew 525. 

Albert 555. 

Allen 524, 526, 537, 558. 

Antrim 528. 

Atkinson 533, 534. 

B 

Bailey 52S. 
Barclay 534. 
Bardenwerper 544. 
Bastian 531. 
""chtel 554. 
.jelncns 534. 
Bennett 534, 554. 
Bentley 555. 
Berrell 550. 
Bicknell 524. 
Bigelow 551. 
Birdsall 542. 
Bishop 529. 
Bispham 52S, 540. 
Black 541. 
Blackwood 540, 542. 
Bloomsburg 557. 
Bolton 531. 
Bond 549. 
Borden 531. 
Boyd 544. 



PART II. 

Brinkerhoff 543. 

Brognard 531. 

Bromhall 546. 

Brown 526, 527, 530, 531, 

534, 556. 
Browning 534. 
Brownley 552. 
Bryan 541. 
Budd 527. 
Buehler 542, 544. 
Bullock 541. 
Burden 551. 
Burroughs 528. 
Butcher 552. 
Button 544. 
Buzby 554. 



Camp 556. 
Cantrell 554. 
Carey 546. 
Cartwright 556. 
Castleberg 544. 
Chapman 522. 
Clair 531. 
Clark 523. 
Cleever 535. 
Clevenger 542. 
Coats 528. 
Coe 540. 
Colby 553. 
Comfort 52S. 



Compton 538. 
Congdon 528. 
Conrad 534. 
Cook 540. 
Cooper 531, 557. 
Craft 539. 
Cronk 539. 
Cuthbert 543. 

D 

Daniels 538. 

Davis 522, 526. 531, 555 

Day 555. 

Deacon 522, 532. 

Dempsey 539. 

Diehl 542. 

Dikeman 542. 

Dingas 523. 

Downie 523. 

Downs 543. 

Duffield 552. 

Dutton 537. 

E 

Eayre 522, 523, 531, 541. 

Edwards 529. 

Ellison 555. 

Engle 543- 

Erwin 53S. 

Evans 522, 524. 



eatherstonhaugh 556. 

'enimore 530, 539. 
Fenton 533. 
Fisk 557. 
Flinn 539. 
Force 53s, 539. 
Ford 557- 
Foster 527. 
Fouville 5:6. 
Francis 345. 
Freeman 551. 
French 534, 538. 

G 

Gardner 539. 
Garritson 534. 
Gaskill 542. 
Gibbs 551. 
Gilbert 53 r. 
Gillam 550. 
Glaser 525. 
Gore 557. 
Graham 535. 
Grant 540. 
Green 525, 556. 
Gross 550. 

H 

Haines 520, 532, 534, 543- 

Hall 53S. 

Hampton 533. 

Harkness 551. 

Harmon 523. 

Harris 524, 531. 

Hartman 553, 557. 

Haskin 551. 

Haverstick 528. 

Hays 539. 

Heaton 554. 

Hendrickson 543. 

Hendry 534. 

Hewlings 523. 

Hice 526. 

Hill 553- 

Hilyard 534. 

Hinman 552. 



I AW EX. 

Hobart 533. 
Hollinshead 530. 
Hooton 528. 
Hopkins 528, 553. 
Hopper 533. 
Horner 551. 
Houghton 554. 
Howell 524. 
Hoyt 543. 
Hudson 517. 
Hunter 539. 
Hutchinson 533. 



Inship 542. 
Irick 531, 553. 



Jarden 528. 
Jenkins 528. 
Jenks 528. 
Johns 522, 523. 
Johnson 530. 
Jones 533. 

K 

Kaighn 528. 
Keegan 531. 
Keen 531. 
Kemp 526. 
Knight 532. 
Koons 534. 



Lamoureux 544. 
Lehman 530. 
Lelley 553. 
Lennox 545. 
Lievzy 522, 534. 
Lippincott 520, 
530, 539. 55t- 
Lipsey 53 d - 
Lodge 523. 
Logan 542. 
Lopez 541. 



599 



Losee 531. 
Louck 526. 
Love 522. 






527, 528, 



M 



MacDonald 547. 
Makfield 526. 
Manchester 555. 
Marsh 535, 544. 
Matlack 520, 539. 
McClaflin 552. 
McCurdy 523. 
McFarland 542. 
McLeod 550. 
McMullen 554. 
Miall 556. 
Miller 523, 534. 
Minis 526. 

Montgomery 544, 551. 
Moore 526. 
Moreing 556. 
Morgan 528. 
Morrison 526, 528. 
Mulford 539. 
Mullen 524. 
Murray 539. 
Myers 523. 

N 

Navarro 536. 
Newbold 532, 541. 
Nicholson 528. 

O 

Obley 530. 
Oliphant 540. 



Page 523. 
Pallat 523. 
Patton 530, 545. 
Peacock 551. 
Pearsall 533. 
Pearson 529, 543. 
Pell 528. 
Penny 533. 



6oo 

Perry 535- 
Pettit 534- 
Peusch 543- 
Pike 543- 
Pollock 544. 
Potts 539. 
Prosserd 535- 
Pyle 535- 



Quien 539- 







K 



Ray 544- 
Reese 550, 554. 
Reynolds 541. 
Richardson 553- 
Ridgway 522, 53L 532. 
Roberts 525. 
Robinson 5 50. 
Root 524. 
Rue 543- 
Rulon 534. 



Satterthwaite 532. 
Scanlan 523. 
Seaman 539. 
Setter 539. 54°. 



INDEX. 

Sheppard 528. 

Shiras 530. 

Shreve 532. 

Simmons 523. 

Sloan 533. 

Smith 523. 528, 531- 532, 
533. 538, 540, 543- 

Snodgrass 542. 

Sperry 531. 
Stanton 536. 
Stedman 536. 
Stevens 531, 555- 
Stockton 523, 525- 527- 
Stokes 528, 533- 
Story 550. 
Strahl 529, 535- 
Sullivan 526. 



Tatum 52S. 
Taylor 531. 
Tempest 552. 
Thatcher 539. 
Thomas 536, 550. 
Thompson 538, 553- 
Tillinghast 55 6 - 
Townsend 551. 
Troth 543. 
Tyrrell 545- 



V 

Van Reed 552. 
Vanciver 539. 
Varney 540. 
Vogels 534. 

W 

Walker 545. 
Walton 528. 
Walts 541. 
Ward 545. 

Warrington 528, 534- 
Watkins 541. 
Watson 533. 
Wells 531. 
White 520, 530. 
Willetts 533. 
Williams 532. 
Wills 529. 
Willson 535. 
Wiltie 554. 
Woodick 55 r. 
Woodward 553. 
Woolman 520. 
Woolston 531. 
Wright 521, 528, 539. 



Yarnall 534. 
Yokim 529. 



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